Material Specialist 2

About the role

Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security

At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 40 brands, 14,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond.

Additionally, Allegion is proud to be recognized with the 2026 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award (GEWA) for the third consecutive year, earning distinction in both the employee engagement and strengths categories. This year, Allegion also received Gallup's With Distinction honor - a designation reserved for a select group of organizations that go above and beyond in building exceptional workplace cultures.

Job Description Summary

The Materials Specialist is responsible for the movement of material to support the schedule demands of the organization. They are responsible for coordinating inventory deliveries of raw and finished goods to the warehouse or production lines to support customer and company objectives. They are responsible for ensuring inventory records are kept accurate by entering data into the business system while improving inventory accuracy levels.

Primary Accountabilities

The Material Specialist ll will support material requirements by moving product into the facility, moving manufactured product out of the facility, delivering purchased material to the production areas, and delivering small parts (both purchased and manufactured) to the production areas. Duties will include:

• Verifying delivery of material to receive from carrier and supplier documents
• Receive material into the company business system to meet a 24 hour receipt period
• Responsible for accurate receipt of material
• Responsible for accurate staging, put-away, issuing, and processing of material
• Responsible for verifying damaged material from carrier prior to signing BOL. Damaged material must be documented and individuals notified (Manager, Buyer, and Quality Control).
• Perform cycle counts or physical inventories as required
• Understand how to navigate through the company business system
• Able to use scanning devices to enter data into company business system
• Understand how to resolve material discrepancies with supplier deliveries and inventory errors
• Understand how to accurately count material using counting methods and scales
• Identify aged inventory (OSMI)
• Operate forklift, pallet jacks, cranes and other manual or motorized equipment as required to support material movement
• Able to safety load/unload box trucks, vans, flatbeds using forklifts or other material movers
• Understand the safety requirements when operating machinery
• Able to lift, bend, stoop, climb, and stand for long periods of time
• Responsible for the organization and work center cleanliness
• Understand how to operate Salvagnini machine (IFL Tower)
• Understand how to efficiently load the Salvagnini using the computer to move material from the table to tower location
• Understand shortages and making sure material availability of steel is supporting daily tower operations
• Communicate and pull steel from warehouse to support operations
• Keep the Salvagnini loaded with material. There should be no material staged on the floor at the end of each shift.
• Make sure safety precautions are practiced when loading and unloading is required
• Other duties as required

We Celebrate Who We Are!

Allegion is committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace. Together, we embrace all differences and similarities among colleagues, as well as the differences and similarities within the relationships that we foster with customers, suppliers and the communities where we live and work. We are also committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If for any reason you cannot apply through our career site and require an accommodation or assistance, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team.

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