Job: Maintenance Clerk

Shift: Nights (6:30 p.m. to 6 a.m.) 2-2-3 Rotation

Location: Mars Petcare (Fort Smith, AR)

Mars Petcare is seeking a Maintenance Clerk to join our exciting pet food business at a Fort Smith, AR manufacturing plant. We focus on the unique needs of cats and dogs. Our obsession with detail allows us to deliver precise, effective nutrition and help them become their magnificent best.

As part of our overall total compensation package, Mars Petcare offers a competitive benefits package to all associates: Medical, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance, Short- & Long-Term Disability, and 401k match. Associates are also immediately eligible (based on hire date) for up to three weeks of vacation, 12 Paid Holidays per year, Sick Pay, Maternity & Parental Leave, and annual bonus earning potential, plus many other ancillary benefits not listed here.

The maintenance clerk will use SAP to perform scheduled inventory counts, ensuring stock levels are accurate. Results will be reported to the Reliability Managers and the S&F co-pilot. The clerk will also track and provide information on parts usage to support the maintenance budget. When associates request parts using a Work Order (WO) in SAP, the clerk will retrieve and check out the required items. SAP will also be used to receive, label, and store parts in the crib, parts tower, and storage shed. The maintenance clerk will work closely with Planner/Schedulers, system technicians, and the Reliability Manager to help assemble work order kits and preventive maintenance (PM) packages. Receiving duties include physically accepting materials, entering them into the SAP stockroom system, and notifying the site buyer.

This position is to maintain the spare part inventory and materials for the facility so that the material Is available and ready to use when needed.  

Responsibilities

• Inventory management of the maintenance crib/parts tower/maintenance storage building/oil room

• Security of the inventory

• Reorder/replenish stock items

• SAP Entries, Cycle Counts, and other transactions

• Receiving parts and stocking of parts into the maintenance crib/storage building/parts tower/oil room

• Management of storage of specialized tools housed in the crib

• Parts kitting for work orders

• Physically receiving new inventory deliveries, then entering them into the SAP system, and communicating to site buyer

Education & Professional Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent

• Microsoft Excel, work, and PowerPoint

• Forklift operation

• Exceptional math skills

• Computer literate with ability to enter, record, maintain and retrieve Information In a computer-based data collection system.

• Ability to lift 50 pounds

Knowledge / Experience

• 2+ years in a high-speed food-manufacturing/automated environment

• SAP experience a plus In Storeroom management

• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices

• Food Manufacturing experience and knowledge of food safety.

• Stockroom experience a plus.

About Mars, Incorporated 

Mars is a family-owned business with over a century of history, making diverse products and offering services for people and the pets people love. With almost $35 billion in sales, the company is a global business that produces some of the world’s best-loved brands: M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, TWIX®, MILKY WAY®, DOVE®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, WHISKAS®, EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5™, SKITTLES®, UNCLE BEN’S®, MARS DRINKS and COCOAVIA®. Mars also provides veterinary health services that include BANFIELD® Pet Hospitals, Blue Pearl®, VCA® and Pet Partners™. Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in more than 80 countries. The Mars Five Principles – Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom – inspire its more than 100,000 Associates to create value for all its partners and deliver growth they are proud of every day.