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About this Distribution Clerk role at Avantor

Avantor · Onsite · Missouri City, TX

The Opportunity:

Avantor is seeking a Distribution Clerk for the Missouri City location. The Distribution Clerk is responsible for ensuring that all shipping and receiving documents and functions are completed accurately and on time. Communicates with customers (Carriers) as required and, with the Transportation Department, develops inbound and outbound freight schedules.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR


  • High School diploma or equivalent required.
  • Minimum of 1-2 years’ experience preferred.
  • Experience with shipping and receiving operations is also necessary.
  • Experience with computers.
  • Requires good judgment and decision-making ability.
  • Communication skills, both oral and written, are essential.
  • Simple math skills required.
  • Ability to operate forklift
  • Warehouse program and software (SAP, iAuditor)


HOW YOU WILL THRIVE


  • Schedules inbound and outbound freight to comply with warehouse operations and capacities.
  • Coordinates Carrier/inbound/Outbound trucks to dock doors and schedule adherence
  • Releases Waves and processes wave exceptions.
  • Identify Replenishment/consolidation
  • Report out/tracker for volumes
  • Create and verify ASN's for receivers
  • Process I-Audit entries
  • Ensures proper labels and tickets have been applied before shipping.
  • Performs visual quality inspection of all products (Wrap/Strap/Box/Pallet Condition before shipping)
  • Maintains good security habits at dock doors.
  • Assists in loading and unloading trucks when necessary; operates PIT equipment as needed.
  • Complies with OSHA and other appropriate standards.
  • Ensures the accuracy of all receiving and shipping documents.
  • Gathers and maintains all data and records relative to shipping and receiving activities.
  •  Enters data into systems and data collection documents.
  • Monitors and performs task for QN QM10 and EWM Inbound system Maintenance.
  •  Ensures that receiving counts match packing lists and purchase orders and that shipping counts match picking documents.
  • Assists in resolving any discrepancies.
  • Collects all documentation for inbound freight and perform proper record-keeping.
  • Directs and oversees the pallet control and exchange program.
  • Participates in cycle counts and help maintain inventory accuracy (As needed)
  • Performs other duties as assigned.



ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL EFFORT (Under Typical Positions)


  • Typically works in an office environment with adequate lighting and ventilation and a normal range of temperature and noise level.
  • Although the associate primarily works in an office environment, while performing the duties of this job, the associate can be exposed to an industrial warehouse environment. The associate may work near moving mechanical machinery and/or vehicles and the noise level in the work environment can be loud. 
  • Work assignments are diversified. Examples of past precedent are used to resolve work problems. New alternatives may be developed to resolve problems.
  • A frequent volume of work and deadlines impose strain on routine basis. 
  • Minimal physical effort is required. Work requires walking, standing, bending, reaching, lifting, or carrying objects that typically weigh less than 10 lbs.    

Disclaimer:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Why Avantor?

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.
 
The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.
 
We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world. Apply today!

EEO Statement:

We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state/province, or local law.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

For more information about equal employment opportunity protections, please view the Know Your Rights poster.

Privacy Policy:

We will use the personal information that you have submitted to us in order to consider your application for the relevant role.
 

Your privacy is important to us. Please click here for our Privacy Policy which explains the purposes for which we will use your personal information and the ways in which we will handle and retain your information. It also explains the rights you have in relation to your information, and how to contact us with any queries or requests.

3rd Party Non-Solicitation Policy:

By submitting candidates without having been formally assigned on and contracted for a specific job requisition by Avantor, or by failing to comply with the Avantor recruitment process, you forfeit any fee on the submitted candidates, regardless of your usual terms and conditions. Avantor works with a preferred supplier list and will take the initiative to engage with recruitment agencies based on its needs and will not be accepting any form of solicitation.

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About Avantor

Avantor®, a Fortune 500 company, is a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the biopharma, healthcare, education & government, and advanced technologies & applied materials industries. Our portfolio is used in virtually every stage of the most important research, development and production activities in the industries we serve. One of our greatest strengths comes from having a global infrastructure that is strategically located to support the needs of our customers. Our global footprint enables us to serve more than 225,000 customer locations and gives us extensive access to research laboratories and scientists in more than 180 countries. We set sc

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