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Company: Kelly Services
Location: Cookeville, TN
Career Level: Entry Level
Industries: Recruitment Agency, Staffing, Job Board

Description

Job Posting: Material Handler

Role Summary:
The Material Handler is responsible for loading and unloading trucks, packaging and unpackaging materials, assisting in stocking and pulling parts from storage, and performing all other functions associated with shipping and receiving. This role requires exemplary service to both internal and external customers. The Material Handler may also operate a forklift to transport goods and materials within the facility.

Responsibilities & Requirements:

  • Unload incoming shipments and verify the bill of lading and packing list.
  • Unpack incoming shipments and assist in loading/unloading trucks, as well as packaging and unpackaging materials.
  • Help stock and pull parts from storage and perform all functions within shipping and receiving.
  • Collaborate with purchasing and other departments to resolve packing list discrepancies.
  • Conduct inspections and identify damaged goods as needed.
  • Accurately record materials received on the appropriate purchase orders and distribute copies to relevant personnel.
  • Ensure materials are received in the ERP system within 24 hours.
  • Verify the accuracy of outbound shipments and package them properly to ensure undamaged delivery.
  • Handle document filing and archiving requirements.
  • Follow all warehouse processes while maintaining good housekeeping in assigned work areas.
  • Adhere to all safety requirements.
  • Basic computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office.
  • Availability for occasional overtime, including weekends and evenings.
  • Regularly required to stand for long periods, walk extensively, kneel, twist, and bend.
  • Must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally team lift more than 100 pounds.
  • Specific vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Ability to multitask and work in a production environment with multiple product changeovers.
  • Willingness to learn and cross-train in different functions as needed.
  • Familiarity with the terminology used in logistics.
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Preferred Experience / Skills:

  • Previous experience in material handling and forklift operation.
  • Familiarity with ERP systems.
  • Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills.
  • Attention to detail.
  • High School Diploma or GED with 0-2 years of relevant experience.

If you are interested in joining our team as a Material Handler, please submit your resume for consideration. We look forward to hearing from you!



As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

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About Kelly

Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we're obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it's about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It's the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It's the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.

Kelly Services is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We welcome, value, and embrace diversity at all levels and are committed to building a team that is inclusive of a variety of backgrounds, communities, perspectives, and abilities. At Kelly, we believe that the more inclusive we are, the better services we can provide. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to Kelly's Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California's state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.


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