Warehouse Assistant

Summary

The Assistant Warehouse Manager supports the daily operations of the warehouse and assists the Warehouse Manager in overseeing shipping and receiving, inventory control, order fulfillment, warehouse organization, route coordination, and employee support. This position requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to lead by example while maintaining a safe and efficient work environment.

Essential Functions

• Operating a forklift. Wearing the proper safety equipment. Assisting truck driver as needed.
• Moving materials and items from receiving or stage areas to shipping or to other designated areas.
• Sorting and placing materials or items on racks, shelves, or in bins according to predetermined sequence such as size, type, color, or product code.
• Filing requisitions, work orders, or request for materials, tools, or other stock items and distributes items to shipping or designated route driver storage area.
• Ensuring warehouse is accessible and safe for salespeople and customer traffic. Organizing warehouse and work area at all times.
• Assembling customer orders from stock and places orders on pallets or shelves, or relocating orders to a holding area or shipping dept.
• Marking materials with identifying information using appropriate method. Preparing parcels for mailing.
• Opening bales, crates, and other containers.
• Recording amounts of materials or items received or distributed via appropriate computer program.
• Assisting in counting of physical inventory. Weighing and counting items for distribution within plant to ensure conformance to Company standards. Completing requisition forms to order supplies from other departments.
• Facilities maintenance duties as needed. Sweeping, dusting, and mopping.

• High School diploma or General Education Degree (GED); three months or more related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 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.

Required

Preferred

Job Industries

• Customer Service