Warehouse Clerk

Summary / Objective:

Verify and keep records on incoming and outgoing shipments. Prepare items for shipment. Duties include managing inventory inside the warehouse. Checking shipments for correctness of quantity or any damaged product and reporting to the Warehouse Manager or appropriate department.  Using a fork truck to arrange plastic rolls inside the warehouse and pick up product from the Production and Quality holding area daily.  

Essential Functions: 

• Prepares and processes shipping and receiving paperwork. 

• Accesses and determines where stock items are to be placed in the warehouse. 

• Makes sure that the products in all holding areas are moved and stored in the warehouse. 

• Sets up schedules for moving, labeling, or re-packing products, as needed. 

• Reports any discrepancies in product identification or quantity to the proper department. 

• Loads and unloads inventory. 

• Collaborating with other departments in warehouse operations. 

• Must be able to use a fork truck and have some experience in working in close places. 

• Participates in the monthly inventory.   

PPE Requirements And Safety Rules: 

• Eye protection is required everywhere in the plant.

• Hearing protection is required everywhere in the plant.

• Safety toed shoes or boots are required everywhere in the plant.

• Cut gloves must be worn on the opposite hand to hold a knife when cutting.

• The maximum weight allowed to be lifted by one person is 80 pounds. Anything heavier requires the aid of another person, a forklift, a big joe, or roll handlers. 

Core Competencies: 

• Ability to accurately read and record weights from a weigh scale 

• Ability to process shipping documents such as Sales Order Pick List, Packing List, and Bills of Material and relieve inventory for product shipped 

• Ability to match pallet and/or roll numbers listed on Inventory Pick Lists with products in the warehouse for loading onto trucks 

• Ability to physically inspect trailers prior to loading and determine if the trailers are suitable and safe for loading 

• Ability to perform basic housekeeping practices in the warehouse such as sweeping floors, picking up debris, and emptying trash bins as needed 

• Ability to organize customer product in the warehouse such that it can be retrieved and staged for shipment 

• Ability to read, understand and apply loading schematics and strapping requirements such that loads are balanced and safe to travel 

• Ability to receive and document product returns 

Supervisory Responsibilities: 

None 

Education And Experience: 

• High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate). 

• No experience necessary. 

Work Environment & 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. 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and listen. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 25 pounds. 

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work: 

This is a full-time position, and the general hours of work are 7:00 am – 3:00 pm, Monday through Friday, may be scheduled every other weekend and requires overtime.  

Other Duties: 

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.

Reasonable accommodation can be made for Qualified ADA disabilities if they help the employee perform the essential functions and duties of this position.

*Mid-South is an equal-opportunity employer. We want applicants of diverse backgrounds and hire without regard to race, color, gender, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.?