Operations Associate - 1st Shift

No Relocation Assistance Offered
# 163240 - Sanford, Maine, United States

Who We Are
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a caring, innovative growth company that is reimagining a healthier future for all people, their pets and our planet. Focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care and Pet Nutrition, we sell our products in more than 200 countries and territories under brands such as Colgate, Palmolive, elmex, hello, meridol, Sorriso, Tom’s of Maine, EltaMD, Filorga, Irish Spring, PCA SKIN, Protex, Sanex, Softsoap, Speed Stick, Ajax, Axion, Fabuloso, Soupline and Suavitel, as well as Hill’s Pet Nutrition.

We are recognized for our leadership and innovation in promoting sustainability and community wellbeing, including our achievements in decreasing plastic waste and promoting recyclability, saving water, conserving natural resources and improving children’s oral health.

If you want to work for a company that lives by their values, then give your career a reason to smile and join our global team!
 

The Operations Associates will assist Operations Technicians with the preparation and execution of startup, changeovers, operations, and line shutdown. Also can support material handling, warehousing and quality checks.

 

This position will have primary responsibility for executing the coordination of production materials, safety compliance, data collection, quality checks, maintaining 5S Visual Workplace, inventory (packaging materials and finished goods), and overall production support. The Operations Associate works within a structure that requires considerable interaction with others in the same production unit as well as other production units and support functions. 

 

Responsibilities include:

 

• Understands and is accountable for full compliance with safety and other EOHS requirements; Understands and is accountable for following: all Quality, GMP, and cleaning standards and guidelines;

• Inspects and samples inbound trailers, packaging materials, and products according to SOPS;

• Loads and unloads materials, parts and finished products manually or by mechanized means;

• Transfers and stores finished and materials throughout the plant and warehouse using forklift equipment;

• Complete all appropriate SAP and RF transactions for receiving, transferring and shipping of materials and finished products;

• Utilizes SAP to confirm material movements and reads work order or follows verbal instructions to ascertain materials or containers to be moved;

• Delivers production items to designate work areas for processing;

• Stacks processed items in the warehouse;

• Delivers processed units to storage or for the next stage of processing;

• Completes daily check sheet for forklift safety and maintenance;

• Performs cycle counts and inventories;

• Performs safety check of pallet stacking at end of shift and reports and resolves any issues;

• Packs products in containers;

• Assists with startup, changeovers, and operations of automated and manual equipment throughout the production facility;

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