What are the responsibilities and job description for the Warehouse Selector position at UNFI?
Be a Part of the Order Selection Team
In this fast-paced role, you are considered an industrial athlete. You are the boots on the ground and responsible for accurately and efficiently pulling customer orders within the warehouse.
This role requires strategic thinking and attention to detail while palletizing orders and ensuring they are placed in the correct assigned locations. You will operate motorized equipment to include Electric Pallet Jacks and Reach Lifts while ensuring that you safely and accurately move product within the warehouse.
About This Role
You will:
- Inspect assigned jack for safety issues
- Identify the correct pick location and pick sequence in accordance to the order
- Shrink wrap and label with correct truck, stop, and other required information
- Stage pallets in appropriate bay throughout warehouse
- Listen for first and last call and obtain all out of stocks in a timely manner
- Immediately inform a foreman, supervisor, or manager of any potential safety threats
- Operate pallet jack/pushcart in a safe and efficient manner
- Build a stable and well-cubed pallet
- Park and recharge pallet jack in its appropriate spot at the end of your shift
- Perform other tasks as needed
Requirements
To be successful in this role, you must have:
- Understanding of Safety guidelines
- Warehouse/Operations preferred but not required
- Ability to select at established minimum rate for department
- Understand and properly follow all selecting procedures and verbal instructions in your respective area: grocery, repack, cooler/freezer
- Possess an understanding of procedures in other areas of the warehouse for a more global understanding of all processes
- Must be able to lift 50 lbs
- Good judgment is required for this position as there may be times when direct supervision may not be immediately available
Work Environment
This is an onsite role that requires performing all duties at one of our UNFI locations, such as a distribution center or office.
Physical Demands
The physical demands of this role include:
- Ability to lift between 40-60 pounds daily and to stand, walk, bend, stoop, twist, and turn frequently
- Exposed temperatures ranging from -20 degrees below zero to 35 degrees Fahrenheit in Perishable Operation and 37 degrees to 90 degrees Fahrenheit in Grocery Operation
