Stockroom Keeper

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Primary Purpose:

At our Cleveland Service Center site, located in Cleveland, Ohio, we re-manufacture alternators for EVO, HDL and FDL locomotives. The Cleveland Center supplies alternators to locomotive manufacturing sites and repairs points across the globe. The site focuses on safe, efficient processes, while continuously driving out costs. The Stockroom Keeper is responsible for maintaining stockroom levels, load/unload trucks, and distribute product/materials to proper departments in an effective and efficient manner for the organization. Employees are involved in 5S and lean projects. This role will report directly to the Supervisor.

This is a 1st shift position with standard hours Monday-Friday 6:30am-3:00pm

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Freight Management: Direct the offloading of trucks and transition of materials into the facility. Inspect all incoming freight for damage and verify physical contents against packing slips and purchase orders.
• Put-Away & Labeling: Ensure all received materials are accurately labeled and moved to their designated "home" locations immediately to maintain a hazard-free, organized workspace.

Oracle ERP & Data Management

• Transaction Excellence: Execute all daily Oracle transactions with 100% accuracy, including material receipts, part issues to the shop floor, and sub-inventory transfers.
• Digital Record Keeping: Maintain a "clean" digital audit trail for every physical move, ensuring the system reflects the real-time status of the warehouse.
• Audit & Accuracy: Lead the weekly cycle count program to validate physical on-hand quantities against Oracle records and investigate the root cause of any discrepancies.
• Data Communication: Clearly communicate inventory trends, data gaps, or system discrepancies to management and the Materials function to ensure ERP alignment.

Material Flow to Shopfloor

• Production Distribution: Proactively issue and deliver materials to specialized production departments in an effective and timely manner to prevent technician downtime.
• Risk-Mindset & Forecasting: Proactively identify items running low on stock. Anticipate potential shortages by monitoring usage and communicate "at-risk" materials to the Materials function and shop leadership well ahead of production needs.
• Lean Communication: Utilize Roto-Cubes and Two-Bin Kanban systems to signal replenishment needs and communicate stock levels clearly to management.
• Kitting & Staging: Organize and "kit" materials for upcoming alternator and generator repair jobs, ensuring 100% of required parts are staged before a job hits the floor.
• Visual Management: Support Material TAs and Work leaders in creating and maintaining world-class visual management across all three site stockrooms.

Shop Support & Continuous Improvement

• Lean/5S Projects: Actively participate in 5S and Lean manufacturing projects to drive out waste and improve the efficiency of the repair process.
• Safety Leadership: Maintain a safety-first mindset, participating in accident prevention initiatives and adhering to all PPE requirements (Steel toes, safety glasses, etc.).
• General Support: Flexibility to perform all tasks required to support the repair of Alternators and Generators as assigned by supervision.

• Perform Oracle transactions. Receiving material and Load/Unload trucks. Issue materials to the production floor.

o Demonstrated ability to maintain stockrooms with a focus on safety awareness and accident prevention

o Support the Material TA in creating and maintaining visual management for all 3 stockrooms.

o Communicate stock levels to management via the use of the roto-cubes and two bin Kanban systems.

o Complete weekly cycle counts and communicate results.

• Assists the Working Leaders in the development of production floor visual management.
• Support various departments as required.

o Ability to meet aggressive delivery schedules and productivity goals and to make/implement recommendations that will both improve the repair process and quality.

o Flexibility to perform all tasks required to repair Alternators and Generators.

o All other duties assigned by supervision

Minimum Qualifications:

o At least 1 year in manufacturing environment or equivalent experience.

o High School Diploma or GED.

o Tow Motor/Forklift experience preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to work unsupervised.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to clearly communicate ideas and concepts.
• Ability to relay inventory status clearly and concisely to both shop floor personnel and management via verbal and written channels.
• Fast-Paced Execution: Ability to thrive in an environment with aggressive delivery goals and shifting priorities.

Physical Demands:

o Employee is regularly required to talk and hear.

o Employee is regularly required to see and observe small handwriting, labels, and components.

o Employee is regularly required to wear steel toe shoes, safety glasses.

o Position requires the employee to be on-site during scheduled shift to perform daily duties and responsibilities.

Work Environment:

The employee will normally work in a non-temperature-controlled environment, with frequent exposure to electronic office equipment. During visits to areas of operations, may be exposed to extreme cold or hot weather conditions. Is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and loud noise.

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The salary rate for this role is 25.42/hr.

The actual salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demands and work location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, are available at mywabtecbenefits.com. Other benefit offerings for this role may include annual bonus, if eligible.



Highlights:

• Medical, dental, vision benefits available day 1.
• $500 referral bonus paid out once candidate is hired and worked for Wabtec 60 days.
• $10,000 annual tuition reimbursement.
• Mental Health assistance (Spring Health, Teladoc, Headspace)
• Auto/Home/Renter’s Insurance Discounts (Farmers, Travelers, Liberty Mutual).
• Medications discounts through CVS Caremark.
• Pet Discounts
• Employer paid life insurance.
• Progyny Fertility and Family building.
• 401k 3% match with additional 3% of earnings from prior year added to the following year, vested after 3 years.
• Free Pair of Steel Toe Boots and Prescription Safety Glasses Annually.
• Short Term Disability Benefits after 90 days (employee receives 60% of their salary while on STD.

Who are we?

Wabtec is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.

Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers' potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more!

Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:

Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationship with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.

To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world's brightest minds to help us create limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.

We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles...People like you! Wabtec