**Warehouse Associate**

* Plymouth, MN, USA

* Full-time

**Company Description**

The National Food Lab is a fast-growing company with a vision to be the destination for tailored solutions for the food industry beginning to end. Our mission is to provide services that help food, beverage, and supplement companies deliver safe, healthy and successful products. We seek to make a positive impact in the advancement of food safety, quality and nutrition, fulfilling our corporate promise to improve health and improve lives.

The National Food Labs best-in-class consumer and sensory research capabilities are the result of the acquisition and combination of two long-standing and respected organizations, the former Food Perspectives, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) and National Food Lab (Livermore, CA). Using a variety of quantitative and qualitative consumer and sensory research techniques we help our clients make products consumers love.

**Job Description**

Position Overview:

Reporting to the Field Operations Manager Resource Coordination, this position is primarily responsible for assisting with the flow of work throughout the warehouse. This position will work with the Field Operations and Customer Care teams to ensure smooth functioning of all warehouse activities and product handling while they are on site. The specific accountabilities assigned to this position are numerous and varied but three areas are of particular focus:

Organizing incoming and outgoing shipments including receiving, verifying, proper storage, and record keeping of shipments & equipment. Preparing items for shipment. Duties include assembling, temping, coding, addressing, stamping, and shipping product, equipment or material; receiving, unpacking, verifying, temping, coding and recording incoming product, equipment or material.

Ensuring safety and emergency readiness programs are carried out properly when working.

Maintain equipment throughout the facility; interact with outside vendors when on site to keep items in working condition (breakage and preventative maintenance).

Detailed Responsibilities:

The following is a list of job responsibilities; this list is not exhaustive. Additional tasks may be assigned as business needs dictate.

Inventory

Take direction from Facilities Manager to complete activities such as shipping and receiving, inventory management, records control, and product procurement.

Confers and corresponds with Operations Department to rectify problems, such as product temperature issues, damages, shortages, and nonconformance to specifications.

Prepares documents, such as work orders, bills of lading, and shipping orders to route materials.

Participate in the rotation of all ovens and microwaves based on reports from inventory system

Verify and document incoming and outgoing shipments, handling and disposition of materials, occurring during scheduled shift.

Examines contents and compares with records, such as inventories, pick sheets, manifests, invoices, or orders, to verify accuracy of incoming or outgoing shipments. Physical restocking of warehouse and test supplies

Records shipment data, such as weight, charges, space availability, temperatures, and damages and discrepancies, for reporting, accounting, inventory, and recordkeeping purposes.

Warehouse

Packs, seals, labels, and affixes postage to prepare materials for shipping, using work devices such as hand tools, power tools, UPS computer, and postage meter.

Assist with running of errands, procurement pickups, and deliveries as needed Contribute towards smooth day to day functioning of all warehouse activities.

Maintain and track the secure disposal process of test products and materials as requested.

Completion and recording of test product retention, returns to clients and secure disposals.

Perform and maintain records of regular calibration testing of test equipment: daily monitoring, recording and maintaining logs of refrigeration and freezer temperatures

Safety

Assist with providing information, signs, posters, barriers, and other materials to warn of potential and actual safety hazards and to prevent access to hazardous conditions within the warehouse.

Inspects physical condition of warehouse and equipment.

Inspects warehouse facilities to detect existing or potential accident and health hazards, implementation of corrective or preventative measures where indicated.

Facility

Participates in supporting overall facility maintenance as needed.

Assist with oversight and directing of maintenance workers engaged in equipment installation, facilities equipment repair, and preventive maintenance.

Assist with seasonal outdoor maintenance of facilities/grounds and pest control management.

Other

Keeps up-to-date on technology, safety and health standards.

Takes a hands-on approach to any necessary duties to ensure the job is completed. Assist with special projects or support, onsite test support, and/or other duties as assigned

Education & Experience:

High school degree, diploma or a GED equivalent certificate from a certified institution; one to two years of related experience and/or training. Safe Serve certified preferred. Ability to work in an warehouse environment coordinating a variety of required project tasks. Prior food handling experience and office related computer skills strongly preferred.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, proportions and basic Algebra to practical situations.

Computer Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of the full range of business software; Internet software; Inventory software; Project Management software; Database software, Spreadsheet software, Word Processing software, and be comfortable learning new programs.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk, sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions (non-weather); working near moving mechanical parts; outdoor weather conditions; extreme cold (nonweather) and extreme heat (non-weather).

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

**Qualifications**

**Education & Experience:**

High school degree, diploma or a GED equivalent certificate from a certified institution; one to two years of related experience and/or training. Safe Serve certified preferred. Ability to work in an warehouse environment coordinating a variety of required project tasks. Prior food handling experience and office related computer skills strongly preferred.

**Additional Information**

Position is part-time, 9am-3pm Monday-Friday, with ov