Warehouse Associate

Overview

We serve a wide range of customers including public and private schools, hospitals and nursing facilities, restaurants, independent grocers, supermarket chains and specialty retailers. Our team members are the foundation of our success. Our associates enjoy the opportunity for professional and personal growth. Our relationships are based on trust, integrity, and respect. We believe it is a privilege to serve and we strive to exceed our customers expectations. We value hard work that is balanced by a commitment to family. We separate from competition by providing world class service and seek team members who share a passion to serve. We believe in community and are committed to enhancing our neighborhood and employing locally. If you are a hard working individual that is committed to service, we want you on our team.

Position Summary

This is an entry level position within the warehouse operations department. The employee prepares orders by processing requests and supply orders; pulling materials; packing boxes; placing orders within an assigned area or department.

Responsibilities

• Assist shipping and receiving, unloading trucks, checking in merchandise, matching purchase orders to sales orders and distributing to sales associates for processing.
• Reading customer orders, work orders, shipping orders, or requisitions to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed and/or shipped.
• Moving materials and items from receiving or storage areas to shipping or to other designated areas.
• Sorting and placing materials or items on racks, shelves, or in bins according to predetermined sequence such as size, type, style, color, or product code.
• Filling requisitions, work orders, or requests for materials, tools, or other stock items and distributes items to shipping or to designated route driver storage area.
• Ensuring warehouse is accessible and safe.
• Assembling customer orders from stock and places orders on pallets or shelves, or relocating orders to a holding area or shipping department.
• Marking materials with identifying information using appropriate method.
• Opening bales, crates, and other containers.
• Recording amounts of materials or items received or distributed via appropriate computer program.
• Assisting in counting of physical inventory.
• Weighing and counting items for distribution within plant to ensure conformance to company standards.
• May be assigned facilities maintenance duties as needed.
• Completing requisition forms to order supplies from other departments.
• Sweeping, dusting, and mopping.
• Organizing warehouse and work area for orderliness at all times.
• Wearing the proper safety equipment.
• Unbox product in an efficient and safe manner utilizing the appropriate tools and safety equipment.
• Loads and unloads materials onto or from pallets, trays, racks, and shelves by hand.
• Perfoms pick from trays by customer number reviews orders for shipment, determines and assembles the correct types of product to be shipped
• Loads materials into Trailers and installs strapping, bracing, or padding to prevent shifting or damage in transit.
• Ensures standards of quality set by company are followed for all prepackage inventory as well as par stock.
• Operates all warehouse equipment in a safe manner.
• Handles all inventory in a manner that reduces exposure to damage.
• Wraps pallets with shrink wrap in preparation for outgoing loads for placement on route delivery
• Load route trucks and semi-trailers with battery-operated forklift and /or pallet jack, moving product in and out of the warehouse as required.
• Moves product to storage areas using the proper equipment, efficiently stacks, and stores the product in the appropriate area according to established sequences and procedures
• Ensures items are stored in an orderly and accessible manner
• Keeps Warehouse clean at all time, mops, paints and removal of all cardboard boxes to compressor.