Warehouse Specialist Retained Issue

Travis Association for the Blind/Austin Lighthouse (TAB) a non-profit organization, was founded in 1934 by Dr. Henry L. Hilgartner and other civic-minded citizens of Austin to provide a setting where blind men and women could come to learn skills and create products that were sold door to door.

Today, Travis Association for the Blind stays true to the mission established in 1934 by providing opportunities for economic and personal independence for people who are blind, visually impaired, or deaf blind by creating, sustaining, and improving employment. We continue to grow and expand the services we provide to blind Texans.

Our Core Values guide us in everything we do: LIGHT:
Leadership, Integrity, Growth & Innovation, Heart, and Teamwork.

TAB offers a variety of benefits to include 403(b) retirement plan; health insurance; dental insurance; vision insurance; employee assistance program; life insurance; paid time off; paid holidays; employee appreciation events; and more.

The Warehouse Specialist performs a variety of warehousing duties that require an understanding of the establishment's storage plan. Work involves most of the following: verifying materials (or merchandise) against receiving documents, noting, and reporting discrepancies and obvious damages, routing materials to prescribed storage locations; storing, stacking, or palletizing materials in accordance with prescribed storage methods, rearranging and taking inventory of stored materials, examining stored materials, and reporting deterioration and damage, removing material from storage, and preparing it for shipment.

This worker may operate hand or power trucks in performing warehousing duties.

• Performs a variety of warehousing duties which require an understanding of TAB's storage plan.
• Verifying materials and/or merchandise against receiving documents, noting, and reporting discrepancies and obvious damages.
• Count incoming stock for verification and after classification of the product.
• Fold and/or package product according to specifications
• May operate hand or power trucks in performing warehousing duties
• Verify correctness by comparing items and quantities against placard and SCALE; checking for damaged goods; insuring that goods are appropriately identified for routing to warehouse locations; preparing and keeping records of goods received.
• Count quantities of materials, parts, or products received.
• Confirm stock in the correct location with the proper condition code, and with the correct quantity.
• Perform cycle counts weekly, monthly, and quarterly.
• Counting all inventory to know the exact quantity in the entire warehouse (usually performed annually)
• Noting and reporting discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Ensure production orders are pulled correctly, properly documented, and placed in the designated location for pick up.
• Inspect product load for accuracy and safely move it around the warehouse.
• Maintain and operate all TAB equipment and property in accordance with accepted TAB practices.
• Transfer product from different locations in the warehouse.
• Follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Mechanically load or unload materials from with electric pallet jack.
• May operate hand or power trucks
• Preserves safe and clean work environment
• Complies with and assists other employees understand and comply with TAB's Safety and Security policies and guidelines.
• Behaves in accordance with the key behaviors aligned with TAB's Core Values of Leadership, Integrity, Growth & Innovation, Heart and Teamwork (LIGHT).
• Other duties as assigned

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work…