Assistant Jobs in Milton, ON

Eaton’s ES AMER PCS division is currently seeking a Warehouse Assistant. Eaton’s Milton, Ontario site is Eaton's largest manufacturing facility in Canada. Known for our large-scale custom electrical-build projects, we take pride in our highly engaged workforce, where we are focused on inclusion and celebrate diversity regularly through site engagement events. We are committed to powering Canadian infrastructure in an environmentally friendly and energy-efficient way and are looking to hire passionate individuals who are enthusiastic about shaping the future of Eaton.

The hourly rate for this position is $22.78 - $25 per hour.

This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What You’ll Do

The warehouse assistant will be responsible for working with all plant departments to drive better efficiencies in inventory and positively impact performance of the business in key metrics by yielding savings in materials costs, reducing cycle time, improving quality and delivery, and supporting deployment of lean activities. The incumbent will be responsible to maintain records of materials in inventory, monitor re-order points and reconcile discrepancies in inventories and elevate any concerns to production and materials teams.

In This Function You Will

• Monitor and maintain current inventory levels; process purchasing orders as required; tracks orders and investigates problems.
• Maintain records, perform physical count of inventory, and reconcile actual stock count.
• Process past due Purchase Orders (PO’s) & investigate received but not delivered PO’s.
• Communicate with third party logistics provider to ensure offsite inventory accuracy.
• Action aged jobs that require the completion of “Put away” operation.
• Track shortages daily and follow-up on root cause.
• Perform routine clerical duties, including data entry, and physical counts.
• Assist to train summer students, new employees, and agency workers in performing related work.
• Act as a back-up for duties for Warehouse Team lead & Warehouse Manager, as required.
• Support manufacturing plant, materials, logistics and purchasing in Supply Chain initiatives.
• Drive inventory reduction and inventory turn improvement projects through analytic programs.
• Analyze data, including materials requirements planning information to determine stocking policies.
• Setup and Maintain Accurate Item Master attributes for MLT organization.
• Manage the Excess & Obsolete (E&O) process for Milton in dispositioning depreciated and slow-moving inventory.
• Manage with Quality’s support - Non-Conforming components and the timely disposition of the material.
• Manage MRP and MPS exception messages.
• Coordinate, create and maintain forecast planning bills.
• Communicate with Order Management to Maintain a current master schedule to support customer orders and planning bills.
• Create and reschedule orders for material to support stocking policies and improvements.
• Analyze, prioritize and communicate shortages to production managers / supervisors and expedite to ensure schedules are met.
• Utilize Kanban and bulk processes to ensure material availability and reduced cycle times, explore viability of other more effective material planning strategies.
• Work with the production staff to ensure Kanban and production Kanban pull sequences as well as bulk items are maintained according to production requirements.
• Submit cost reduction ideas through the “CHIP-IN” process.
• Support cost reduction projects and other improvement initiatives to achieve overall business objectives.
• Adopt Lean Manufacturing principles.
• Support other warehouse functions within the Milton facility.

Qualifications

Required (Basic) Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Position Criteria

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.

Benefits

We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click Benefits at Eaton Canada for more detail. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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