Storeroom Technician

Location: Covington, MO

Pay Range: $21.50 Per Hour – Paid Bi-Weekly

Bonus eligible - $2.00 shift night differential – 12 hr night shift 2/2/3

If you want to work for a global, leading Ice Cream player with €7.9bn Turn Over in 2023, come join Unilever Ice Cream! Ice Cream business is operating in a highly attractive category, as we are part of the 1 trillion snacking and refreshment industry, growing consistently at high pace. We have strong brands equities: 5 of top 10 selling brands including Wall’s, Magnum, Ben &Jerry’s. We are investing to unlock the full growth potential of Ice Cream as a standalone entity, once we separate from Unilever, which is planned to happen by December 2025.

Ice Cream has distinct characteristics from Unilever’s other operating businesses and the growth potential of Ice Cream will be better delivered under a different ownership structure. As Ice Cream company we are committed to developing and nurturing talent as we build our diverse and inclusive culture. You will have ample options for career growth and exploration, allowing you for you to explore roles and opportunities across the new organisation. Your career development will be a priority for us, and we are dedicated to supporting your growth journey within the new company. We hope that you will want to build the new chapter of our Ice Cream history together with us.

JOB PURPOSE:

Find your purpose at Magnum Ice Cream. Lead innovations that drive our business to win and grow. Learn from brilliant leaders and diverse colleagues in a global environment, becoming your best self.

Are you searching for a wonderful manufacturing opportunity? Then this role is tailored for you.

The Storeroom Technician position supports the entire maintenance team. This position coordinates all activities within the storeroom and controls the $7.5 million in parts inventory. This position is responsible for ensuring completion of all tasks in their assigned area, making sure the supervisor is aware if there are any gaps. The position creates plans to address issues, ensures the correct resources are being applied to each problem and escalates to the supervisor when additional help is needed. 

The Magnum Ice Cream Covington factory is a 24/7 high paced dynamic work environment. We achieve goals through collaborative cross functional teams in the safe and quality delivery of finished goods across the shift they are leading. Making brands such as Klondike, Popsicle, Breyers, and Good Humor ice cream.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Continuously strive to increase the efficiency and reliability of the storeroom 
• Monitor the consumed parts daily and place orders for replenishment 

• Monitor order required quantities in Megamation 
• Reach out to vendors for quotes for parts 
• Correctly enter parts in Coupa for order, track, receive and put away parts daily 
• Process and put away return parts 
• Clean up of store room areas daily 
• Coordinates and executes cycle counts for parts on a weekly basis 
• Ensures Megamation inventory accurately reflects current storeroom inventory 
• Works with the finance team to reconcile any month end differences in parts room consumption and the reflecting inventory in SAP 
• Generates other inventory reports as requested 
• Identifies and quarantines obsolete parts in the storeroom for write off and removal 
• Identifies duplicate parts and consolidates parts 
• Suggests improvements we can make to the storeroom environment that make it more user friendly, easier to control and more organized 
• Work with maintenance planners and vendors to identify alternative sources for parts that allow for any of the following: 
• Shorter lead time 
• Better part quality 
• Lower part cost 
• Ability to carry lower/zero stock due to immediate availability from other sources 
• Coordinate and lead an annual inventory count of the entire storeroom 
• Helps to ensure parts are leaving the storeroom on a work order to maintain inventory accuracy 
• Escalate issues of work order non-compliance to the supervisor 

• Ensures equipment is properly input into Megamation for all equipment and that parts are correctly assigned to machines 
• Ensures Megamation work orders are being completed, shares this information with the mechanics on a weekly basis and reports issues with compliance to the supervisor. Periodic audits of the work order process. 
• Carries out periodic audits to ensure the work order process is being followed and reports to supervisor 
• Carries out periodic audits to ensure depth of work order material is adequate and reports to supervisor 
• Work with the maintenance supervisors and maintenance planners to ensure the correct parts and qty of parts are being stocked for each machine 
• Develop short- and medium-term plans for equipment maintenance with the maintenance planner and operations team. Works with the supervisor to develop longer term goals. 
• Working with the maintenance team to improve operations productivity and quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through planning, and coordination of labor, parts, material, tools and equipment access 
• Contacting vendors and manufacturers as needed for quotes, information and support in resolving issues 
• Assisting in the development and implementation of reliability centered maintenance strategies 
• Assists in ordering parts for longer term work orders/planned maintenance as required 
• Pulling, kitting and storing parts to be used in future work orders 

Overall Benefits & Perks (non-union) 

Medical, Dental, Vision effective immediately | 401K | Profit Sharing | Tuition/Fitness Reimbursement | Paid Leaves | Quarterly Bonus Payouts | Uniforms and PPE provided| Career Advancement Opportunities * 

Additional Perks for the “Covington ” location 

• Onsite Company store for product purchases 

• Company dinners and care packages periodically 
• Benefits are effective the first day of hire (if elected) 

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:

• High School Diploma or general education degree (GED) is required.
• Previous storeroom experience is preferred.
• Must be computer literate.  
• Fluent with computers (SAP, Megamation, Coupa, Office Suite) 
• Must be self-motivated 
• Able to facilitate discussions and communicate clearly across all levels
• Can read, write, and present procedures, summaries, and visual data effectively
• Comfortable with basic math, statistics, and interpreting graphs
• Uses problem-solving and improvement tools to analyze data and identify trends

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, physical and background check. 

*Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents 

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those employees encounters while performing 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 will regularly work near moving mechanical parts and risk of burns.  There will be occasional exposure to toxic chemicals and high noise levels. 

In addition, there will be exposure to allergens such as dairy, eggs, tree nuts, coconut, peanuts, wheat (gluten), soybean and cinnamon. There will also be exposure to chemicals and gasses such as ammonia.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life. This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity, and any other legally protected characteristic. 

For the recruitment of this position, we would like to emphasize that local conditions apply to the position and for this vacancy in principle we will first consider candidates based in the US. If you are based outside of the US and you are interested to apply, please feel free to do so but we can only take your application on if a decision is made to also recruit outside of the US Market.  

ARE YOU EXCITED TO CRAFT THE ICE CREAM FUTURE?

To apply, you must do so online. Please do not forget to upload your CV, latest EoY and a motivation letter.  If you have been informed that you are at risk of redundancy, please make sure to tick this box during your application. Please also attach your letter of redundancy to the application.

Your application will be reviewed against our requirements, and we will be in touch shortly after the closing date to provide you with an update on the status of your application.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Unilever is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.