Warehouse Associate

Warehouse Associate Job Description

Receives, stores, and distributes material, tools, equipment, and products within the Company Warehouse by performing the following duties:

• Assist shipping and receiving, unloading trucks, checking in merchandise, matching purchase orders to sales orders, and distributing to sales associates for processing.
• Make deliveries as needed using a company vehicle.
• Read customer orders, work orders, shipping orders, or requisitions to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed and/or shipped.
• Move materials and items from receiving or storage areas to shipping or to other designated areas.
• Sort and place materials or items on racks, shelves, or in bins according to predetermined sequence such as size, type, style, color, or product code.
• Fill requisitions, work orders, or requests for materials, tools, or other stock items and distribute items to shipping or to designated route driver storage area.
• Ensure the warehouse is accessible and safe for salespeople and customer traffic.
• Assemble customer orders from stock and place orders on pallets or shelves, or relocate orders to a holding area or shipping department.
• Mark materials with identifying information using an appropriate method.
• Open bales, crates, and other containers.
• Record amounts of materials or items received or distributed via an appropriate computer program.
• Assist in counting physical inventory and/or cycle counting.
• May be assigned facilities maintenance duties as needed.
• Prepare parcels for shipping.
• Sweep, dust, and mop.
• Organize the warehouse and work area for orderliness at all times.
• Wear the proper safety equipment.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor or manager (anything that is not illegal, unethical, or immoral).

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The following requirements are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must have a driver’s license and a clean driving record.
• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent combination of education and experience; or one year or more related experience and/or training.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently must stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee occasionally must sit and climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to ten pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to fifty pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than one hundred pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.