Shipping and Receiving

The Morning Star Company

Shipping and Receiving

Los Banos, CA

The Company

The Morning Star Company and its affiliates operate three tomato processing facilities in Central California, processing over 1/3 of the California processing tomato crop, in addition to tomato transplanting, farming, harvesting and trucking operations. The company employs over 500 year-round and approximately 4,000 seasonal Colleagues.

The Morning Star Company is the largest independent producer of bulk tomato ingredient products (tomato paste and diced tomatoes) in the world. We also produce canned tomatoes, tomato products and specialty sauces in pouches for customers in the retail and food service markets. The company is known worldwide for its innovation and integrity.

We are organizationally structured through a system we term Mission Focused Self-Management™. Our company is operated by Colleagues without titles or an appointed hierarchy of authority. Authority relative to other Colleagues’ activities is lateral, with our Mission as our guiding principle of action, and respect, influence and success built based on each Colleague’s integrity, competency, effort, persistence and straightforward persuasiveness. Although we have grown significantly, we intend to maintain a culture of individual responsibility and Mission Focused Self-Management™.



The Mission and Position:

The Mission of this Colleague is, “to receive, store and issue materials, equipment, and other items from warehouse, with the highest level of accuracy achievable, in order to fulfill customers’ orders with perfect precision.” This person must verify and keep records and prepare items for incoming and outgoing shipments. This person’s duties include shipping merchandise or material, receiving, unpacking, verifying, and recording incoming merchandise or material.

Specific Responsibilities Include:

• Determine proper storage methods, identification, and stock location based on turnover, environmental factors, and physical capabilities of facilities.
• Manually load or unload materials onto or off pallets, skids, platforms, railcars, or lifting devices.
• Dispose of damaged or defective items or return them to vendors.
• Keep records on the use and/ or damage of stock or stock handling equipment
• Drive fork trucks in order to pick up incoming stock or to deliver parts to designated locations.
• Issue or distribute materials, products, parts, and supplies to customers or coworkers, based on information from incoming requisitions.
• Mark stock items using identification tags, stamps, electric marking tools, or other labeling equipment.
• Provide assistance or guidance to other warehouse/shipping & receiving Colleagues.
• Receive and count stock items, and record data manually or using computer.
• Store items in an orderly and accessible manner in warehouse.
• Verify inventory computations by comparing them to physical counts of stock and investigate discrepancies or adjust errors.
• Some outside work may be required unloading railcars and loading railcars.
• Adheres to and understands GMP and Safety programs.
• Understands and uses the Standard Operating Procedures for the area.
• Train and mentor new Colleagues, as needed.
  
  

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma/GED
• One or two years related (warehouse) experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
• Forklift experience preferred
• Push-push experience preferred
• Scanner experience preferred
• Computer and software skills preferred
• Ability to communicate effectively with others orally or in writing.
• Must possess excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to perform duties with minimal direction.
• Ability to achieve and maintain certification through an OSHA approved forklift certification.
  
  

COMPETENCIES:

• Is efficient and completes work on time as expected.
• Follows SOPs, Work Instructions and Policies. Asks for guidance if questions arise.
• Shows accuracy, thoroughness, and consistently produces to meet product and customer specifications.
• Maintains clean work area (forklift, maintain equipment, waste & scrap, etc).
• Completes job tasks (including paperwork) with an acceptable level of attention to detail.
• Notices errors or inconsistencies that others have missed and takes prompt action to correct.
• Acts with integrity and follows through on commitments. Is honest and behaves in a consistent, ethical manner.
• Demonstrates a willingness to work with others.
• Follow Safety SOPs and Policies.
• Operates in a way that contributes to their own and others’ safety.
• Identifies safety issues by checking their equipment and work area regularly.
• Initiates action to correct safety issues or notifies others of safety issues as appropriate.
• Follows Quality SOPs, Work Instructions and Policies.
• Operates in a way that contributes to the safe production of food.
• Identifies quality issues by checking their equipment and work area regularly.
• Vigilantly watches over job processes, tasks, and work products to ensure they are free from errors, omissions, or defects.
• Initiates action to correct quality issues or notifies others of quality issues as appropriate.
  
  

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.

• The ability to perform repetitious work.
• The ability to lift 50 lbs occasionally.
• Frequent sitting, standing, squatting, bending, pushing, twisting, grasping, reaching, turning, stooping, climbing, and lifting.
  
  

Hours and Compensation:

The starting compensation range for this role is expected to be $26.50-$28.00 per hour. Weekly hours are expected to be a minimum of 40 hours, with some overtime during certain times of the year.

Benefits: Morning Star offers a top-tier, comprehensive health plan, including medical, dental, and vision, and we pay the full monthly premiums for the Colleague and all eligible family members. The company also contributes to Colleagues' Health Savings Accounts. Year-round Colleagues are eligible to enroll in our 401K plan, with 4% match.