What are the responsibilities and job description for the Warehouse Associate-Warsaw position at G?
Position Summary:
The Warehouse Associate will receive merchandise and fulfill customer orders in a safe and timely manner in the warehouse.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Handle boxes, containers, packages of various weights and sizes.
- Loads and unloads materials into or from vehicles and installs strapping, bracing, or padding to prevent shifting or damage in transit, using hand tools.
- Inspects inbound merchandise.
- Utilize RF scanners during product receiving, check-in, put away and picking.
- Sorts and places materials or items on racks, shelves, or in bins according to predetermined sequence, such as size, type, style, color or product code.
- Properly package and label outbound common carrier shipments.
- Records amounts of materials or items received or distributed.
- Marks materials with identifying information.
- Maintain merchandise resale value and quality by protecting it from damage.
- Stage merchandise for truck deliveries.
- Accurately and efficiently locate, verify, pull and pick products and materials for orders, delivery and transfer utilizing RF scanners.
- Maintain warehouse and work areas in clean, orderly and safe condition.
- Participate in taking inventory counts according to guidelines.
- Properly and safely operate (powered industrial) equipment according to safety guidelines
- Ensure company vehicles are in proper working order by reporting mechanical and operational issues.
- Proper completion of regulatory and administrative forms and reports relating to vehicle operation.
- Report damaged/missing product to supervisor or Branch Manager.
- Provide whatever customer assistance is appropriate under the circumstances and according to company policies.
- All other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
Candidate must be organized, detail orientated and accurate and work as part of a team. Must possess a clean driving record and have the ability to become certified in operating a forklift. Ability to obtain a valid medical card and chauffer license. Prior warehouse, delivery and forklift experience preferred.
Physical Demands:
- Ability to lift, carry and move up to 50 lbs repetitively for 8 hours
- Ability to operate and navigate commercial delivery vehicle (GVWR 10,000 lbs or less)
- May be required to stand for long periods of time.
- May engage in frequent bending, stooping, squatting, and reaching, pushing and pulling of merchandise, products and materials.
- Consistently follows procedures and adheres to standards
- Must be able to understand and interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written and oral form and follow directions.
- Must be able to communicate effectively
- Ability to understand product codes and terminology
- Ability to use hand tools to open boxes or containers
- Operate RF scanner
- Operate a pallet jack
- Operate a forklift
- Ability to meet the attendance standards
Working Conditions:
Due to the open warehouse environment, must be able to work in various indoor climatic conditions including heat, humidity and cold. Maneuvers in small areas and/or around various objects
