1st Shift Receiving Warehouse Associate

Founded by Elwood Richard in 1968, NOW Foods has grown from a small, family operation to a highly-respected manufacturer of natural health products. Today, NOW Foods manufactures and distributes over 1,400 dietary supplements, natural foods, sports nutrition, and personal care products. NOW’s state of the art manufacturing facilities are GMP-certified, and our quality testing labs are among the best in the industry. The company has over 1,500 employees and its products are sold in more than 60 countries. The company remains family-owned and committed to its original mission: to provide value in products and services that empower people to lead healthier lives.

NOW offers a competitive compensation structure and a comprehensive benefit package which includes medical, dental and vision plans from tier one companies, Paid Time Off, 401k match up to $6,500 per year, educational assistance and company-paid disability and life insurance. NOW employees also enjoy a wide array of unique benefits such as company-paid profit sharing, quarterly bonuses, employee discount, wellness program, company-paid Teladoc and Rx’nGo, and much more! Many of our benefits are 100% paid by NOW – this is why NOW Foods has been awarded as one of the “101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work for” in Chicago FOURTEEN years in a row, and on the National Level EIGHT years in a row!

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POSITION SUMMARY

Working the 1st Shift (6:45 AM - 2:15 PM), the Receiving Warehouse Person unloads and receives shipments, transports product to proper destination, prepares outbound freight shipments, and maintains warehouse by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Unloads and unpacks incoming shipments of raw materials and supplies.
• Compares invoices to purchase orders and packing slips to ensure correctness, bring discrepancies to supervisor's attention.
• Examines materials for damage, notes any damaged products and determines whether damaged materials should be returned.
• Delivers materials to proper location in warehouse or packaging areas.
• Palletizes and stretch wraps outbound freight orders.
• Assists with bulk inventories.
• Locates and transports raw materials into Production Department.
• Helps maintain warehouse and keeps dock area cleared.
• Complies with safety and GMP requirements.

SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

• Supports a culture of safe production and operations; follows all safety rules and procedures.
• Actively participates in the safety program by: engaging in training activities to learn what constitutes a safety hazard; reporting safety concerns to the supervisor, submitting safety suggestions, and correcting or reporting to the appropriate people when an employee sees a workplace health or safety hazard, until it is resolved.
• Assists with communicating safety information to new employees.
• Fulfills responsibilities as outlined in the company safety management plan.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees of the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

REASONING ABILITY

• Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Basic computer skills required.
• Prior forklift experience preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and/or walk; climb stairs; use hands to finger, handle, feel and/or use tape dispensing gun, reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is required to access product on floor or low shelves; and to operate a hand truck or forklift with a 24 inch step. Ability to go up to heights of up to XX feet.

The employee must regularly lift, move (in some cases drag items), raise and/or place:

• Lift up to 55 lb. boxes from 5 inches to 62 inches.
• Raise up to 55 lb. pallet from floor to one side, move up to 10 feet and return to original position.
• Move pallet jacks by pushing and pulling with force of up to 42 lbs. at 36 inch height.
• Open and close truck doors.Pull down with 70 lbs. of force from 75 inches and pull up with 70 lbs. of force from 9 inches.
• Lift up to 55 lbs. from 5 inches off the ground up to 52 inches high.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to herbal aromas, dust, and/or airborne particles.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

It is the policy of NOW Foods to prohibit discrimination of any type, and to afford equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and prospective employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.