Warehouse Material Handler

POSITION PURPOSE

Beverage South (GA/SC) is looking for Material Handlers for the first and second shift to support warehouse operations.

• Learn all Beverage South warehouse standard practices and assist manager with enforcement of those practices.
• Achieve productivity standards to meet operational timelines and budgets.
• Achieve critical operational timing to meet customer and internal needs.
• Demonstrate ability to comprehend and perform at target level in basic warehouse tasks including, but not limited to: receiving, storage, order fulfillment, and cleanliness.
• Exhibit competency of work practices to allow operational flexibility; includes competency in basic shift-specific tasks as detailed by supervisor requirement.
• Interface with external contacts professionally to satisfy customers, carriers, and contractors.
• Ensure all OSHA safety regulations, local regulations, and company safety rules are observed.
• Drive safety in work behaviors.
• Ensure quality through limiting internal damage of product, proper loading and unloading of product to prevent damage at warehouse, route, and customer.
• Demonstrate competency in assigned operational functions of WMS systems. Current system VIP.
• Ensure proper product rotation and segregation using FIFO methods by leveraging WMS and manual monitoring.
• Deliver inventory accuracy through proper WMS and manual methods. Meets objectives for net shrink, absolute shrink and location accuracy.
• Assure a clean workspace leveraging visual management.
• Regularly inspect facility and equipment for operational readiness, escalates or resolves issues as identified.
• Completes other duties as assigned.

• Flexibility to perform various roles within a single shift.
• Demonstrate competent skills in shift-specific operations and forklift operation.
• Basic PC skills to perform tasks in WMS systems.
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills.
• Understands company policies, procedures and operations.
• Completes company training programs.
• Prefer minimum six months warehouse operations and high school diploma/GED.
• Language Ability:
  Ability to communicate with peers and leadership and articulate problems or questions to the appropriate personnel.
• Math Ability:
  Comprehension of basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
• Reasoning Ability:
  Ability to read and follow directions from standard work instructions. Ability to conceptualize the placement of a certain number of items on rack, pallets or carts. Basic decision making.
• Certificates and Licenses:
  Forklift certified.

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Warehouse environment. Minimum 40 hours per week on a four or five-day schedule. Early morning, evening or nights may be required. Overtime as required to meet business demands.

Deals with sudden temperature changes when entering and exiting warehouse refrigerated area. Maintains an acute awareness of moving forklifts and trucks. Requires continuous standing, walking, bending, reaching, pushing/pulling and lifting/carrying up to 160 lbs.

• Attendance
• Safety, related to all aspects of daily assigned responsibilities.
• Accuracy
• Productivity
• Rotation and Quality Assurance of all delivered and stocked product.
• Maintaining consistent professional relationships.
• Vehicle Inspections

• Drive and energy
• Team work
• Honesty and Integrity
• Accountability and ownership
• Pride in the Beverage South product line & pride in your job!

Drug Free Workplace and Equal Employment Opportunity