Kitting Assembler

About Us:

How many companies can say they’ve been in business for over 177 years?!

Here at ZEISS, we certainly can! As the pioneers of science, ZEISS handles the everchanging environments in a fast-paced world, meeting it with cutting edge of technologies and continuous advancements. ZEISS believes that innovation and technology are the key to a sustainable future and solutions for global change. We have a diverse range of portfolios throughout the ZEISS family in segments like, Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology, Consumer Markets and Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology. We are a global company with over 42,000 employees and have over 4,000 in the US and Canada alone! Make a difference, come join the team!

What’s the role?  

SUMMARY:
The Kitter role is a key member of the supply chain team.  Kitters are the key interface between the planning and purchasing portion of the supply chain and the production team.  Kitters ensure production lines always have the materials they need to prevent any slowdown or work stoppage.  Kitters are expected to maintain a clean, well-organized work area that fosters inventory control and high inventory accuracy.  Kitters must frequently coordinate, communicate, and collaborate with planners, purchasers, receiving, shipping, and production.  Kitters will use MS Office Suite for non-verbal communication. With the appropriate inventory movement transaction, they will reflect every physical inventory movement in the ERP system (currently Fishbowl; SAP in the future).

Sound Interesting?

Here’s what you’ll do:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure production is fully supported with materials to ensure no slow down, delay, or stoppage due to lack of materials, includes but not limited to:
• Printing Work Orders and Pick Lists for all orders outlined in the finite schedule.
• Picking inventory using FIFO, kitting, and staging the inventory Pick Lists indicate are needed for production.
• Create and complete manual cycle counts for items with inaccurate inventory levels during picking.
• Reviewing the inventory levels of all consumables in the production area to ensure adequate inventory is available.
• Reviewing the inventory levels of all Kanban locations on the production floor for items needed to satisfy production scrap needs.
• Inventory Management, including but not limited to:
• Transferring and put-away of inventory from QC/Inspection.
• Relocating excess inventory, which is returned from the production floor.
• Receiving completed subassemblies from production, locating subassemblies into inventory, and closing subassembly WOs.
• Maintenance of 5S in the warehouse area
• Sort – e.g., ensuring only active items in good condition are present in the warehouse; all other materials are removed.
• Set – e.g., ensuring all items and locations are labeled correctly and organized; everything has a place and everything in its place including item numbers, lot numbers, location identification, and related bar codes.
• Shine – e.g., keeping everything clean and the warehouse area safe.
• Standardize – e.g., developing and implementing training to ensure work is conducted consistently.
• Sustain – e.g., ensuring performance is evaluated to identify opportunities for improvement and improvements are implemented.
• Completing weekly cycle counts, including:
• Generating the cycle count sheets
• Performing blind counts.
• Calculating the count variance results.
• Performing inventory forensics