Storage Planning Specialist

About the Role

As a Storage Planning Specialist, you'll play a critical role in coordinating the safe storage, movement, and distribution of materials that support our manufacturing operations. From directing truck and rail traffic to planning storage capacity, maintaining shipment records, and partnering with production teams, you'll help ensure operations run safely, efficiently, and on schedule.

Responsibilities

• Plans receipt, storage, and allocation of production or general stores material.
• Ensures all storage compatibility and capacity requirements are followed.
• Directs truck and rail movements to point of loading or unloading.
• Maintains records of vehicle contents, trailer and car numbers, carriers, and crew assignments.
• Maintains records of inbound and outbound shipments.
• Receives material requests from production expediters/planners and coordinates delivery and pick-up.
• Supports Storage supervision on crew assignments, load planning, storage availability, and re-warehousing efforts.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

• Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; gathers and analyzes information.
• Oral Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions.
• Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently; organizes or schedules other people and their tasks.
• Professionalism - Reacts well under pressure; treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position.
• Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; looks for ways to improve and promote quality; applies feedback to improve performance; monitors own work to ensure quality.

Qualifications

• H.S. Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) Required.
• Associate’s Degree (AA) from two-year college Preferred.
• 2-3 years in Warehousing, Material Handling, Dispatch, Logistics or related position Required.
• MS Office Experience (Word, Excel, Outlook) Required.
• SAP Experience Preferred.

Candidates may be required to satisfy additional job-related requirements, including those established and controlled by third parties, as part of the selection process.

Pay

The salary range for this role is $47,040 - $70,560 annually. Please note that this range is not a guarantee of compensation; final offer amounts may vary based on experience and geographic location.

Benefits

• Medical/Rx, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life, AD&D, and disability insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• 100% paid maternity leave for up to 12 weeks, parental leave, family leave, and other paid time off.
• Voluntary benefits and discount programs, including pet insurance.

Physical and Mental Requirements

• Visual acuity (e.g., needed to prepare and analyze data, to transcribe documents, to view a computer, to read, to inspect objects, to operate machinery).
• Pushing or pulling (e.g., using a part of your body to press against something in a downward or outward direction, or in a dragging or hauling motion).
• Balancing (e.g., maintaining equilibrium when walking, climbing, crouching, etc.).
• Manual dexterity (e.g., picking, pinching, typing, or other work that uses the fingers).
• Stooping (e.g., bending the spine at the waist).
• Grasping (e.g., use of hand to apply pressure).
• Reaching (e.g., reaching the arms or legs in any direction).
• Feeling (e.g., perceiving an object’s size, shape, texture, etc.).
• Lifting motion or lifting objects more than 0 pounds.
• Climbing (e.g., ascending/descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, etc. using feet and legs or hands/arms to climb).
• Walking.
• Hearing.
• Repetitive motions of any part of the body.
• Talking.
• Kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
• Capacity to think, concentrate, and focus over long periods of time.
• Ability to write complex documents in English.
• Ability to read complex documents in English.
• Capacity to express thoughts orally (e.g., accurately, quickly, and loudly convey spoken instructions to workers).
• Capacity to reason and make sound decisions.
• Ability to wear a mask, respirator, bulletproof vest, or other equipment.
• Ability to regularly perform all job functions at the Company’s office or work site.
• Ability to withstand environmental conditions (e.g., extreme heat or cold, grass, wind, sand, fumes, odors, gases, extreme noise, etc.).