Material Handler

Job Description

Job Description

ALCOM’s impressive growth has been driven by a dedicated team committed to producing the highest-quality aluminum trailers across every category. From our beginnings with a single flagship facility in Winslow, Maine, we’ve expanded to four manufacturing plants across the country. This strategic growth not only strengthens our dealer network but also creates valuable career opportunities, fosters innovation, and enhances our ability to deliver top-tier products with faster turnaround times and lower freight costs

Our team proudly manufactures 160+ standard trailer models, covering a wide range of applications—including cargo, personal watercraft (PWC), horse and livestock, car haulers, snowmobile, landscape and utility, ATV, and motorcycle trailers. We don’t just build trailers; we customize solutions, ensuring our dealers receive open and enclosed models tailored to their customers' needs

At ALCOM, we take pride in what we build and how we build it. Our success is the result of hardworking, skilled employees who share our passion for craftsmanship and innovation.

POSITION SUMMARY :

This position is responsible for receiving, storing, and moving material throughout the factory, warehouse, stockroom, and general premises, and assists production operations and other staff as necessary. This includes safe material movement and accurate recordkeeping of all related transactions. Must be able to drive a forklift.

FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES : 

• Pulls/replenishes parts, raw materials, and other production-related items. Delivers to appropriate areas as required

• Wraps/unwraps, re-packages material as necessary for storage or production needs

• Load/unload packages and pallets from trucks

• Properly record transactions and mark/identify material/product

• Deliver necessary items from the receipt or manufacturing point to the final storage location, avoiding bottlenecks in movement

• Support high emphasis on safe practices

• Cross-train and provide essential support for all warehouse and stockroom practices

• Recommend improvements to gain efficiency in materials movement and storage

Other Duties:

• Cleaning up debris and clutter in the warehouse, on the production floor, and surrounding premises

• Lifts/collects and appropriately handles loose or stray product

• May help with forklift or stockroom duties as needed.

• Other duties as assigned

Responsibilities/Measurements:

• Material handling caused shortages, damage, and root cause/corrective action

• Inventory accuracy in controlled warehouses and line locations

• Turnaround time for parts received at the storage location

• Parts moved per material handling man-hour

• A/P match exceptions reconciliation ratios

Requirements:

• A positive attitude & pleasant personality

• Ability to accurately work with inventory systems and tools, MS-Office

• Effective memory skills

• Dependability, familiarity with Inventory Systems, tools and practices, MS-Office tools, Procure-to-Pay a plus

• Experience with warehouse and materials flow in a fast-paced, highly customized factory

• Experience in the management of an inbound freight department is preferred

• Forklift trained by Alcom

• Ability to follow directions & a strong willingness to learn

• Ability to communicate issues verbally and in written form

• Above average concentration/intensity

• Above average memory, taking into consideration the amount of responsibility and product value

• Above-average time pressure of decision-making

• Normal verbal, non-verbal, and written communication

• High school level general math skills, (High School Diploma or higher education preferred)

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Ability to write reports and business correspondence professionally.

• Ability to effectively establish rapport, present information and respond to questions from managers, dealers, customers, and the general public.

• Must be a creative thinker to enhance brand image.

• Excellent oral, written and listening communication skills.

• Excellent organizational skills.

Why Join Our Team?

We take pride in offering our employees rich benefits packages. We appreciate hard-working and passionate individuals which is why we offer:

• Benefits effective 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Company-paid employee life insurance
• 401k matching- vested immediately with a company match up to 4%
• 80 hours of holiday pay
• Paid Time Off

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled

DISCLAIMER: This job description is only a summary of the typical functions of the job and not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, and duties. The company reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.