Material Specilist-Stores

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At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world.

Material Specialist (Stores) – Colorado Springs, CO  

Material Specialist (Stores) -1st Shift

Responsible for the disassembly, re-stocking of all returned cylinders, the accurate counting and identification of parts, preparation of the daily scrap/re-work log and related Oracle transaction.

Locate, count (hand count and scale count), containerize, label, transact, and deliver components to other areas within the facility.  Respond to pick lists, manual requests (written and verbal), kanban cards, or other means of material requests.  Organize, consolidate, audit count, re-containerize, re-label, package for shipment, and perform PO receipts.  Identify and report discrepancies, some root cause investigating.   

What You Will Do:  

Job Responsibilities

• Ability to perform Oracle transaction daily.
• Knowledge of finishing, process desirable, but not required.
• Ability to read and follow both written and verbal instructions in English.
• Ability to lift 40-pound tote pans from floor to waist height frequently throughout shift
• Ability to operate a pallet jack.
• Ability to return usable components to proper re-stocking location and perform necessary transactions in both Security and Primus organization.
• Demonstrate an ability to determine finish quality utilizing VICG standards.
• Demonstrate good eye-hand coordination.
• Demonstrates personal initiative and the willingness to work as part of a team.
• Demonstrate good judgement when determining appropriate scrap codes and reason codes for documentation.
• Knowledge of cylinder assemblies, sub-assemblies and components.
• Ability to perform material transactions in numerous operating systems if assigned.
• Ability to operate a wireless transaction scanning gun.
• Ability to read and follow both written and verbal instructions in English.
• Ability to lift 35-pound tote pans from floor to waist height frequently throughout shift
• Ability to operate a pallet jack.
• Ability to obtain a forklift and straddler license.
• Demonstrates personal initiative and the willingness to work as part of a team.
• Demonstrate good judgment when determining priorities, utilization of storeroom space, stocking levels, and potential problems with work documents or transactions.
• High attention to detail (ie: accuracy of counts and transactions)
• Ability to cross-train within department and flex to other assignments.
• Good interpersonal skills to work with customers and coworkers
• Ability to contribute to efforts to improve safety and work processes.

What You Need to Succeed:  

• Demonstrate basic Math and quantitative skills.
• Demonstrate some degree of computer exposure - preferably with the Oracle system.
• Ability to operate a personal computer.
• Ability to identify parts and finishes.
• Ability to work overtime as required.
• Ability to write legible numbers.
• Ability to operate key-cutting equipment, face platter and dis-assembly of equipment
• Demonstrate basic Math skills and ability to work calculator.
• Demonstrate some degree of computer exposure.
• Familiar with using e-mail.
• Ability to work overtime as required.
• Ability to write legible numbers.

Education Requirement:

• High school diploma

Why Work for Us?

Allegion is a Great Place to Grow your Career if: 

• You're seeking a rewarding opportunity that allows you to truly help others.  With thousands of employees and customers around the world, there’s plenty of room to make an impact. As our values state, “this is your business, run with it”.
• You’re looking for a company that will invest in your professional development.  As we grow, we want you to grow with us. 
• You want a culture that promotes work-life balance.  Our employees enjoy generous paid time off, because at Allegion we recognize that you have a full life outside of work! 
• You want to work for an award-winning company that invests in its people. Allegion is proud to be a recipient of the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award for the secon