Warehouse Specialist

JOB TITLE: Warehouse Specialist

REPORTS TO: Warehouse Manager

JOB TYPE: Full Time

EXEMPT: No

LOCATION:

Auxiliary Warehouse

584 S. Forbes Road

Lexington, KY 40504

HOURS/SHIFTS:

40 Hours Per Week

Monday-Friday (6am-2:30pm)

ABOUT US

Since 1965, Clem's has been bringing quality meats to local grocers, restaurants, schools, and institutional customers. While our primary business is set up to take care of larger customers, we have always enjoyed taking care of caterers, home cooks, and backyard BBQ'ers here in the bluegrass.

A third generation business, family has always been an important part of our service. We take pride in producing a high quality product and selling it at a great price. Clem's is a USDA inspected facility and produces many fresh products like ground beef, chuck, and hamburger patties five days a week.

POSITION PURPOSE

The ideal Clem’s Warehouse Specialist is an organized, high energy, and detail oriented individual that does not mind working in an extremely cold environment. This position supports the operational efficiency of Clem’s Delivery Drivers by preparing products for transit throughout Kentucky with speed and accuracy. The Clem’s Warehouse Specialist is responsible for providing extreme attention to detail when pulling client orders while ensuring product integrity standards are met, including handling goods safely and in accordance with company policy and all local and federal laws. This involves securely palletizing and labeling products for transit, maintaining order and cleanliness in work areas, and loading delivery vehicles.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Performs physical labor in a commercial warehouse freezer with temperatures reaching as low as -10 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Prepares client orders to be pulled in the freezer using mental math and knowledge of inventory balances, client location, route order, and truck capacity.
• Utilizes motorized pallet jacks to hand build each customer order according to standard operating procedures in a time efficient manner.
• Repeatedly enters and exits the freezer, which subjects the specialist to extreme temperature fluctuations in the working environment, to properly label and securely wrap each customer order/pallet.
• Uses critical thinking and problem solving skills in order to make adjustments as needed to ensure designated orders all fit within the delivery vehicle’s capacity limitations.
• Ensures customer order sheets are accurate, properly documented, and submitted in an orderly manner at the end of each day.
• Communicates any problems and inquiries to the appropriate personnel in a timely fashion.
• Operates company equipment in a safe and efficient manner in an effort to minimize risk of injury and equipment damage.
• Monitors and evaluates equipment function and reports maintenance issues to the VP Operations for follow-up.
• Complies with all local, state and federal laws governing commercial food distribution.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities, as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Knowledge

• Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Skills

• Operation and Control — Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
• Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Abilities

• Near/Far Vision — The ability to see details at close range and at a distance, with or without the assistance of glasses, contact lenses, etc.
• Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
• Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• Response Orientation — The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.
• Reaction Time — The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
• Multilimb Coordination — The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
• Spatial Orientation — The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.
• Control Precision — The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
• Extent Flexibility — The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
• Manual Dexterity — The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
• Static Strength — The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects. Must be able to lift up to 40 lbs regularly and up to 80 lbs occasionally.
• Trunk Strength — The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without "giving out" or fatiguing.
• Stamina — The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath. Able to stand, walk, and be on feet for prolonged periods of time.
• Environmental Resilience — The ability to work in environmental conditions, including but not limited to outside, which may be wet, slick, humid, cold, and hot.

DISCLAIMER

The above description is meant to provide a summary of the nature and level of work being performed; it should not be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and requirements of the job or person. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise. To the extent permissible under local law, and consistent with business necessity, Clem’s Refrigerated Foods reserves the right to modify this job description formally or informally, either verbally or in writing, at any time with or without advance notice.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $18.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to Relocate:

• Lexington, KY 40504: Relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $18