Warehouse Associate

Warehouse Associate

Company: Wholesale Electric Supply Co. of Houston, Inc.

Job Title: Warehouse Associate

Reports To: Warehouse Manager

Classification: Non-exempt

Schedule: Mon - Fri, 40 hours per week (hours may vary by location)

Summary / Objective: The Warehouse Associate position is responsible for receiving, storing, and distributing material, tools, equipment, and products within the warehouse, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of all job functions.

• Assisting in shipping and receiving material, unloading trucks, checking in merchandise
• Matching purchase orders to sales orders and distributing to sales associates for processing
• Moving materials and items from receiving or storage areas to other designated areas
• Sorting and placing materials on racks, shelves, or in bins according to predetermined sequence such as size, type, style, color, or product code
• Filing requisitions, work orders, or requests for materials
• Distributing items to shipping or other designated areas for route drivers
• Ensuring the warehouse is accessible and safe for salespeople and customer traffic
• Assembling customer orders from stock
• Placing orders on pallets or shelves
• Relocating orders to a holding area
• Marking materials with identifying information using assigned methods
• Logging materials received or distributed
• Assisting in counting of physical inventory
• Maintaining the warehouse facilities to ensure cleanliness
• Performing additional assignments per supervisors direction
• Correctly measuring wire, loading wire on machine and operating all machinery in a safe manner that is in compliance with company safety standards
• Properly labeling all completed wire cuts with applicable information, including customer label

• Strong communication skills
• Positive attitude
• Organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritizing skills
• Basic mathematics skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Time management

The Warehouse Associate position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment: This position works in a warehouse setting, with some outdoor exposure during the workday. Standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines, and standard warehouse equipment such as hand trucks, box cutters and tape dispensers are used.

Physical Demands: The employee is required to use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl regularly. Occasional sitting, climbing or balancing is required. The employee must regularly lift and/or move objects up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move objects up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move objects that weigh more than 100 pounds.

Vision requirements include close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth perception, with ability to adjust focus.

Position Type & Expected Hours of Work: Full time. Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m.

-4:30 p.m. (40 hours weekly).

• One or more years of prior warehouse experience
• Forklift certification preferred but not required
• High School diploma required

Entry level

Full-time

Management and Manufacturing

Wholesale