Maintenance Inventory Analyst

ALPLA is a global family-owned, privately held company that makes innovative, customized, recycled packaging for top companies such as P&G, Unilever, L'Oréal, Pepsi, and more. ALPLA values their employees, work-life balance, personal growth, compensation and sustainability.

What Can You Expect From ALPLA

• Health and Wellness Care Program- Benefits 
• Child Care Benefits
• Dependent Care Cost Savings Program
• Recognition programs; Promotional opportunities
• 401K Retirement Plan and excellent Matching Plan
• Medical, dental, vision plan
• Education assistance program/tuition reimbursement
• Short term, long term and life insurance paid by ALPLA
• Paid vacation; paid holidays

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What You Will Enjoy Doing

Makes sure that parts are available on time as needed for specific maintenance issues. Communicates and negotiates with outside vendors on a regular basis. 

• Responsible for Purchasing for maintenance, machine repair/ spare parts to OEM specifications and safety standards
• Adhere to proper business ethics by quoting multiple suppliers.
• Researches and establishes venders/ suppliers in the USA that are cost and lead time effective
• Negotiate pricing with vendors
• Establish multiple suppliers for the same parts
• When possible establish vendors/suppliers that are USA wide to be used by other ALPLA plants in the USA
• Performs setup and maintains MP2 Inventory, Equipment & Purchasing Modules with the aid of the system administrator when needed
• Maintains maintenance spare parts inventory to reduce and/or eliminate machine down time and/or loss of production
• Perform random cycle counts and audits to maintain inventory count accuracy
• Establishes MP2 inventory usage history by tracking all parts movement, through receive and check out features to establish min/max and reorder point for all 
  spare parts
• Assists and trains other ALPLA employees on the use of MP2 inventory, equipment and purchasing modules
• Establishes cost saving on spare parts by rebuilding/remanufacturing parts versus buying new when applicable
• Shipping, receiving and inventory control of all machines spare parts
• Works with the other ALPLA USA plants on sharing of inventory

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job:

• The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms and very occasionally to climb or balance.
• The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• The employee must regularly lift and/ or move up to 10 lbs, frequently lift and/or move up to 30 lbs and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 lbs.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

It is required to act in a safe and environmentally responsible manner at all times by adhering to all ALPLA policies and procedures and Safety Standards (OSHA). 

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ALPLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: ALPLA is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ALPLA are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. ALPLA will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

What Makes You Great

Education/Experience:

• High School Diploma, GED, Technical or Trade School
• Min 5 years experience working in manufacturing environment
• Mechanical, Electrical and PLC experience

Qualifications/Skills:

•  Must be able to work under little supervision
• Proven track record in troubleshooting
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Very good numerical skills