Facility Maintenance and Purchasing Clerk

Essential Functions

A Ziegenfelder Facility Maintenance and Purchasing Clerk is responsible for:

• Maintaining daily adequate inventory, scheduling, and receiving shipments of raw materials.
• Maintaining and assessing current orders and forecasting future demand to ensure adequate supplies.
• Receive and consume inventory of raw goods and parts to track materialized utilized versus goods wasted in the Warehouse Management System (WMS).
• Accurately enter raw material usage, waste, and traceability into Navision as needed.
• Responding to any significant changes in supply chain or demand and solving issues that may arise.
• Inputting and processing all orders.
• Ensuring that all documentation from both suppliers and customers is complete and submitted on time.
• Track and forecast raw materials usage for a production cycle or any defined period.
• Inputting and processing all raw materials, parts, and shipping materials in a timely manner.
• Communicate and work towards any department set goals and KPI’s.
• Develop and maintain good relationships with all departments of the facility.
• Working with Maintenance Manager to identify capacity deficiencies in inventory, personnel, and machinery.
• Maintain facility inventory control systems, part rooms, and overall organization and cleanliness of facility.
• Coordinate and plan outside contractors when needed to support the completion of work orders or other work as needed to support operations.
• Ensure ample stock of facility consumables, including paper towels, soap for handwashing, floor washing and equipment, etc.
• Review and update backlogged work ordered awaiting scheduling and unplanned work orders, as necessary.
• Estimate cost for each work order in terms of labor, materials required and total cost.
• Complying with OSHA Safety and Health standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Budget Management

• Maintain/create purchase budgets: This involves forecasting future needs and allocating funds for materials, supplies, and services.
• Monitor spending against budget: Regularly track expenditures to identify potential overruns and ensure adherence to financial goals.
• Conduct spend analysis: Analyze historical spending data to identify areas for cost reduction and optimization.
• Prepare budget reports: Provide regular reports to management on budget performance and variances.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• 2+ years of leadership experience, preferably in food/manufacturing environment.
• 5+ years of warehouse experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to operate electric powered forklifts and electric powered pallet jacks is a plus.
• Must be available to work afternoon or night shift to include weekends and holidays. Flexibility across all shifts and weekends is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to read, write and speak English.

Physical Abilities

• Possesses visual acuity to safely operate forklifts and pallet jacks.
• May need to exert up to 50 lbs. of force occasionally, up to 30 lbs. of force frequently, and up to 10 lbs. of force constantly.
• May need to climb, balance, stoop, crouch, reach, stand, push, and pull frequently during a shift.

Working Conditions

• Subject to cold temperatures of less than 32F for more than one hour with proper protection equipment.
• May be subject to noise above 85 decibels with proper protection equipment.
• Availability to communicate during evenings and weekends when issues arise.

Benefits and Compensation

• Hourly Wage: From $25.00 - $35.90
• Paid Holidays
• 401(k) with company matching

Who We Are
The Armstrong Group is a family owned and operated collection of diverse companies. What began in 1946 as Armstrong County Line Construction, founded by Jud L. Sedwick in Kittanning, PA, has now grown into an organization that encompasses multiple industries and employs over 2,400 individuals nationwide. Our brands include Armstrong Utilities, Guardian Protection, Armstrong Development, 4Front Solutions, Twin Pops, and Armstrong Comfort Solutions.   
 
Armstrong is an Equal Opportunity Employer.