Warehouse Associate

Temp to Hire Position

** 2nd shift: Mon-Fri 3:00pm-11:30pm with occasional Saturday shifts OT (not guaranteed)**

The Warehouse Associate will be responsible for storing, issuing, pulling, receiving, shipping and conducting inventory reconciliation of all packaging and raw materials to and from dedicated production or warehouse areas. This person must have good organizational and communication skills. The primary duties for the Warehouse Associate will be carried out in a warehouse manufacturing facility. This position may require the operation of power industrial trucks such as forklifts, cherry pickers, electric pallet jacks and sit-down forklifts. This position will involve opportunities to learn technical aspects of the business, as well as working closely with personnel in Operations, Customer Service, Purchasing, Quality and Accounting.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Core duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned to provide support to additional departments based off the department or current business needs.

• Responsible for ensuring FIFO (First In First Out) of packaging material usage
• Operates forklift in a safe and efficient manner while maintaining a valid and up-to-date forklift certification.
• Labels and stores all supplies, retains, raw materials, and packaging components in correct dedicated storage areas with the warehouse facilities.
• Coordinates activities of transferring materials to and from operating facilities internally or externally.
• Must be able to lift 25-50lbs, regularly.
• Understands inventory control principles.
• Use of the RF Scanner for warehouse department operational functions of shipping, receiving, staging, replenishment, and inventory control cycle count functions.
• Has knowledge and skillset to perform warehouse functions (shipping, inventory, receiving, staging, prepping, and destruction) and may perform regularly depending on the needs of the operation.
• Understands and implements lean practices and demand flow strategies
• Has strong math skills
• Demonstrates a willingness to learn new tasks
• Cycle counting, root cause analysis, and results reporting
• Removes trash from production and warehouse areas and places in dumpster
• Locates items strategically to reduce wasted motion and maximize space utilization
• Other duties as assigned.
• Utilize excel to monitor operational objectives for KPI reporting.
• Keep and verify all records of operational duties assigned.
• Conduct regular physical verification to determine the actual quantity and account for variances.

Education and/or Experience:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES:

• Forklift Certification required (ability to re-certify with employer)
• Valid driver’s license

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide.  Ability to perform these operations using of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

REASONING ABILITY: 

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.  Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk and 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:

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