Material Specialist Job Description
Material specialist
provides clerical support including reception duties, phone coverage, word processing, office supply inventory, computer user support, mail distribution.
Material Specialist Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective material specialist job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included material specialist job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Compares identifying information and counts items of outgoing shipments to verify information against sales orders or other records
Affixes shipping labels on packed cartons and write and/or stamps identifying shipping information on cartons
Schedule and process International shipments, including bill of lading and NAFTA documentation
Pick/pack using scanner including trade show orders
Operates forklift truck, cherry picker or uses pallet jack to move, or transport products from/to storage or work area
Create a constant pipeline of new materials and technologies that will be of interest to ThinkLAB clients and team
Identify root cause and supply possible solutions
Assist the Materials Manager in all phases of inventory management
RIP project execution
Perform pre-use inspections and operate mobile equipment (Raymonds, forklifts, and mules)
Material Specialist Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Material Specialist
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: APICS, ICAR, DOT, MBA, NAPM, TDG, ISO9001, AS9100, ISM, CDL
Education for Material Specialist
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the material specialist job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and High School Degree in Education, Engineering, Business, Associates, General Education, Manufacturing, Science, Management, Business/Administration, Supply Chain Management
Skills for Material Specialist
Desired skills for material specialist include:
Computer capabilities
Information processing methodology / technology
Processing techniques
Various computer features and functions
Inventory management and computer inventory management systems / bar coding
Different product lines and the terminology associated with each
Word
Product lines
Inventory management principles and receiving processes
Disposable hospital supplies
Desired experience for material specialist includes:
Available to work weekends, off-shifts, and overtime as required
Participate in design & planning through DFM, process yield, capacity and cost modeling
Familiarity with paperless Shop Floor Control Systems
Speak Chinese and English fluently
Must be able to operate all other pieces of equipment within the department safely and efficiently
Verify piece counts and perform inspections
Material Specialist Examples
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Material Specialist Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a material specialist. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for material specialist
- Works with the buyers to ensure shortages are being expedited to support commitment dates
- Act as a liaison between customer service, planners and manufacturing
- Works with production to ensure WIP items are scheduled to meet master schedule
- Provides clerical support as needed
- Interacts with department supervisors/team leaders to determine status of assigned projects
- Interacts with all levels of plant and corporate personnel
- Joint accountability of the promotional material development, review and approval process
- Centralized expert, support and contact with respect to development, review and approval process
- Proactively ensure that applicable internal and external medical policies, standards and practices are considered and applied timely to the promotional material development process
- Leverage a global network relevant to the promotional material development process in order to help drive best practice and efficiencies
Qualifications for material specialist
- Read and write legibly to complete forms and/or acknowledge messages, identify company part numbers, invoice, bill of lading, and shipper numbers, as required
- Must be able to obtain a SIDA badge and meet all local airport requirements
- Or, a minimum of 6 months job related manufacturing experience
- Or, Bachelor’s Degree
- Experience in Multi tasking, managing a large number of projects and a wide variety of queries to satisfactory resolution
- An understanding of the various codes and policies for Pharmaceutical promotion
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of material specialist. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for material specialist
- Receive, sign for, process and safely handle aircraft maintenance related parts, material, equipment and tooling, to include entering data into the inventory management system and processing the associated documentation
- Appropriately issue materials and process returns
- Reading and interpreting documents or instructions to build kits for use in aircraft heavy maintenance
- Enter outstation inventory transactions into the inventory management system
- Package items for shipment and coordinate with shipping vendors for pick up
- Keep the Stores clean and well organized
- Performs inventory audits, inspections and reconciliations of materials based on direction from leadership
- Monitors and updates stock items, minimum and maximum stock levels, and coordinates stock level adjustments with Maintenance, Purchasing, and / or other departments within Allegiant
- Palletizes product to specifications for shipment
- Review and Extract the required document to develop Material list from COMPANY's
Qualifications for material specialist
- Must have or obtain Raymond and mule mobile equipment licenses
- Must pass basic math test and Typing 15 wpm (Must successfully complete all testing prior to or within posting period).Typing must be current within one (1) year
- Ability to pull, push, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and reach with arms
- Bachelor degree in Engineering or Economy
- Stress-resistivity and ability to react adequately in rush situations
- Grocery Store stocking experience a plus
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a material specialist. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for material specialist
- Serves as the primary point of contact for suppliers and internal customers to process requests for MMD maintenance process
- Works closely with the vendor to collect all required information needed to set up new materials
- Serves as liaison for coordination of potential material issues among departments, suppliers and customers
- Reviews critical to quality (CTQ) variables for accuracy issues and completes review and necessary updates within service level expectations
- Supports department projects to improved processes and build-out functionality
- Other duties as assigned (these job requirements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel)
- Unloads freight both manually and with equipment such as forklifts and pallet jacks and verifies shipments
- Put away material in designated locators
- Issues material and records transaction on computer
- Counts inventory items accurately and enter data into software program
Qualifications for material specialist
- In depth knowledge of air freight, common carriers and UPS
- Successful completion of ICAR or other industry related courses or workshops
- Possess industry-related certifications
- Excellent planning and organizing skills are critical
- Familiarity with guidelines by govt
- Bachelor of Engineering or BA
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Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of material specialist. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for material specialist
- In addition, will advise the design engineers, manufacturing engineers, sustaining engineers, field engineers, quality control department, and management on everything dealing with the materials that make-up the organization's various product lines
- Maintain record of suppliers that consistently provide quotes and related information in a timely manner, provides feedback to those suppliers
- Review and analyzes quotes with Regional Commodity Managers and Material Quotations Supervisor to ensure that proposal submission is consistent with the supply chain strategy, ability to supply and customer's needs
- Obtain feedback for customer proposals and identify changes in process, tools, and execution to improve future submissions
- Exercise a good working knowledge of materials, assembly and fabrication processes, and sources of supply to support a competitive supply chain strategy for each quote proposal
- Perform other special projects for Regional Quote Manager as necessary
- Develop competency based development and comprehensive sales training road map to provide progressive sales capability development for all level of internal sales force across distribution channels and conduct any necessary material alignment processes to create standardize competency development and learning
- Develop training materials, participant’s workbook, trainer’s manual, and other learning tools, for all level of internal sales force in all distribution channels as determined in training strategic plan and road map
- Conduct regular review of existing training materials and recommend any necessary new curriculum and/or enhancement of current learning path to ensure the training is fit to the dynamic of the industry
- Manage the quality of delivery of any developed training program through the delivery of proper Train the Trainer to Train (TTT) program
Qualifications for material specialist
- From 1 - 3 years of relevant experience
- Must be able to pass ten year background check and obtain airport security badge
- Possess the ability to work and function independently in a team environment
- Ability to multi-task work and collaborate in a dynamic and challenging team environment
- Proficient in Excel and SAP MM, IM and/or WM
- Bachelors of Arts/Science in Business Management, Engineering/Technology, Supply Management, Accounting Finance or equivalent experience
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Material Specialist Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a material specialist. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for material specialist
- Confers with nursing personnel to suggest changes in par levels and supply utilization to maintain cost effective & time efficient use of supplies, equipment
- Ensure the materials meet API, ASME, ASTM, and NACE standards when required
- Perform Material Movements (Picking, Kitting, Transfers, Replacements, ) and execute appropriate transactions in MRP or database systems to assure inventory accuracy
- This position is responsible for the coordination of global set deployment
- Will be responsible for the yearly deployment of company assets in excess of $75 million in the form of instrument and implant sets
- This position will interact with customer service logistics marketing sales management demand/supply planning field offices and export customers
- This position requires the ability to effectively communicate to internal and external customers
- Utilize system tools and reports in maintaining material master records including material set up and ongoing maintenance
- Work closely with the Integration Team, QA, Warehouse Team, and SCP throughout the Integration process and throughout extended hyper care of an acquired company
- Review and analyze material creation errors between SAP and Legacy systems
Qualifications for material specialist
- Must have ability to work in shop environment
- Minimum of 3 years working experience in procurement and inventory control operation function
- Able to work independently in a team, good people skills
- Experience in roles that require demonstration of excellent communication skills
- Experience in roles that demonstrate strong problem solving skills and a drive to solve problems
- Knowledge of Lean, Quick Response Manufacturing, and Six Sigma