PC&L Specialist - Seneca Battery (Plant)

The PC&L Specialist (Shipping and Receiving) incumbent will be expected to perform all shipping and receiving duties, material movement to production line including repack and delivery, and maintaining inventory accuracy.    

The PC&L Specialist is expected to demonstrate the BW Core beliefs and be an example to all PC&L associates.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must have the ability to be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Standard Duties of Specialist:

• Strong communication skills between teams, support groups and /or plant leadership teams.

• Support and drive 5S / Housekeeping activities as required.

• SAP entries and L2L (Leading to Lean) transactions required as needed (if applicable).

• Support operations in gathering data, analyzing, and driving improvements with a specific focus on waste reduction, enabling material flow, quality, and cost throughout their area of support.

• Create, analyze, and deliver reports impacting KPI’s to all levels of the organization to gage effectiveness around continuous improvement initiatives.

• Collaborate and share ideas generated by the continuous improvement efforts throughout the Seneca Campus.

• Support and drive self-development activities and department flexibility through learning multiple positions and supporting based off business need.

• Safely operate all equipment and maintain certifications within the PC&L fleet including but not limited to (where applicable):

  • All Powered Industrial Equipment (Tugger, Sit Down, Pacer, Reach, Swing Reach, Electric Jacks)

  • BW company vehicle

• Develop, maintain, and document PC&L department work instructions.

• Provide support on inventory management by performing root cause analysis for all variations with inventory as needed.

• Support and maintain Part Change Management.

• Audit task performance to standards.

• Attend daily operations meetings.

• Other duties as assigned including operating P.I.T., material movement, PC&L Operator roles, etc.

Emphasis on Key Roles and Responsibilities of Receiving Process

• Fully understand the receiving/shipping process and work instructions to be able to successfully receive/ship material systematically and physically.

• Manually load and unload material onto or from pallets, trays, racks, baskets, and shelves on foot and by hand as required.

• Transport materials from storage or point of use work areas.

• Install strapping, bracing, or padding to prevent shifting or damage of products in transit and identifies/corrects unsafe or damaged packaging conditions as needed (ex: freight claims).

• Count, weigh, and record opened/unsealed materials for accurate SAP transactions and labeling.

• Accurately and timely enter materials transactional information into SAP and other system as required.

• Read electronic and manual bill of materials, pull sheets, pick sheets to retrieve and deliver necessary materials for operations.

• Use appropriate deviation areas, hold tags, to process defective parts through nonconforming material procedure.

• Load/unload material into trailers adhering to Dock Safety Protocols.

• Adherence to FIFO standards throughout all storage areas and material flow points.

• Complete audits and hand-offs to peers as needed.

• Perform container management duties (if applicable).

Emphasis on Key Roles and Responsibilities of Shipping Process

• Accurately and timely send all Advanced Shipping Notice(s) (ASN) for shipments.

• Hand write Advanced Shipping Notice(s) (ASN) as required.

• Create pick tickets daily.

• Re-shuffle customer loads as needed based on finished good parts availability.

• Effectively communicate to production teams when finished goods are low on inventory and adjustments need to be made to meet customer shipments.

• Proactively communicate to carriers for late or no-show trailers.

• Monitor expediate entities for timely pick up, etc.

• Audit task performance to standards.

• Communicate to 3PL provided as needed for shipping coordination.

• Be the onsite contact in partnership with Shipping Specialist for original equipment manufacturer (OEM) carriers regarding a truck arriving outside their normal window and the contact for OEM’s regarding an AND inquiry.

• Establish that all incoming and outgoing shipments are properly labeled and that correlating documents are available.

• Accurately and timely enter materials’ transactional information into SAP and other systems as required.

• Use appropriate deviation areas, hold tags to process defective parts through nonconforming material procedure.

• Adherence to FIFO standards throughout all storage areas and material flow points.

• Assist in training and educating employees within the department.

Emphasis on Battery Operation

• Repack material to introduce to production line in a quality standard.

• Ensure 5S is always maintained on the production line.

• Completion of Hazmat Certification.

• Ensure hazmat shipping and receiving requirements are held to standard and followed.

• Safety measures are followed and always maintained during material movement.

Additional Information:

• Travel is occasionally required, up to 5% of the time.

• Availability to work a flex schedule due to business needs including working overtime.

Safety, Health and Physical Requirements:

• Complete DOT HAZMAT training prior to material movement of hazmat products.

• Required to safely perform all tasks assigned. This includes all positions within the PC&L department. 

• Stand for long periods of time including during operation of stand-up lifts.

• Lifting shoulder high up to 35 lbs. repetitively and up to 50 lbs. occasionally.

• Stepping up and down off lift; walking long distances over extended periods.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

• Working in a non-climate-controlled environment.

• Repetitive motion activities including but not limited to box cutting, standing, lifting, loading/unloading carts.

• All employees are responsible for knowing, understanding, and complying with the safety policies and procedures.

• Wear all PPE (including electrical PPE) as required and follow box cutting safety protocols.

• Support 5S/Housekeeping activities as required.

Key Competencies

Safety Initiative and high sense of urgency Judgement/Decision Making Teamwork/Interpersonal Skills Internal/external Customer Service Orientation Attention to detail and accuracy of work

Education & Experience

Education:
High School diploma or GED required or skills assessment.

Experience:

• 6 months experience in automotive manufacturing material handling/shipping & receiving role required including utilizing lean concepts.

• 6 months battery material movement preferred.

• 1-3 years’ experience leading teams in a fast-paced environment preferred.

• 6 months of experience in SAP/ERP systems preferred.

• Familiarity with key performance indicators of a logistics department

• Proven track record of excellent verbal and written communication.

• Strong customer service skills.

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

• Flexible work schedule/ability to work overtime as needed.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Must have great communication and presentation skills.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of SAP software, Leading to Lean, Excel Spreadsheet, PowerPoint Presentations and Word.

EEO Statement

BorgWarner is an equal employment opportunity employer such that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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