Warehouse Associate

Overview

This is an entry level position within the warehouse operations department. The employee prepares orders by processing requests and supply orders; pulling materials; packing boxes; placing orders within an assigned area or department.

• Assist shipping and receiving, unloading trucks, checking in merchandise, matching purchase orders to sales orders and distributing to sales associates for processing.
• Reading customer orders, work orders, shipping orders, or requisitions to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed and/or shipped.
• Moving materials and items from receiving or storage 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, style, color, or product code.
• Filling requisitions, work orders, or requests for materials, tools, or other stock items and distributes items to shipping or to designated route driver storage area.
• Ensuring warehouse is accessible and safe.
• Assembling customer orders from stock and places orders on pallets or shelves, or relocating orders to a holding area or shipping department.
• Marking materials with identifying information using appropriate method.
• 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.
• May be assigned facilities maintenance duties as needed.
• Completing requisition forms to order supplies from other departments.
• Sweeping, dusting, and mopping.
• Organizing warehouse and work area for orderliness at all times.
• Wearing the proper safety equipment.
• Unbox product in an efficient and safe manner utilizing the appropriate tools and safety equipment.
• Loads and unloads materials onto or from pallets, trays, racks, and shelves by hand.
• Perfoms pick from trays by customer number reviews orders for shipment, determines and assembles the correct types of product to be shipped
• Loads materials into Trailers and installs strapping, bracing, or padding to prevent shifting or damage in transit.
• Ensures standards of quality set by company are followed for all prepackage inventory as well as par stock.
• Operates all warehouse equipment in a safe manner.
• Handles all inventory in a manner that reduces exposure to damage.
• Wraps pallets with shrink wrap in preparation for outgoing loads for placement on route delivery
• Load route trucks and semi-trailers with battery-operated forklift and /or pallet jack, moving product in and out of the warehouse as required.
• Moves product to storage areas using the proper equipment, efficiently stacks, and stores the product in the appropriate area according to established sequences and procedures
• Ensures items are stored in an orderly and accessible manner
• Keeps Warehouse clean at all time, mops, paints and removal of all cardboard boxes to compressor.