Warehouse Associate

Job Description

Receives, stores and distributes material, tools, equipment and products within the warehouse, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of all job functions.

Essential Job Functions

• Assist shipping and receiving unloading trucks, checking in merchandise, matching purchase orders to sales orders and distributing to sales associates for processing.

• Break down PMCs

• Load and unload containers

• Maintain CFS files

• Read customer orders, work orders, shipping orders or requisitions to determine items to be moved, gathered or distributed and/or shipped.

• Move materials and items from receiving or storage areas to shipping or to other designated areas.

• Sort and place materials or items on racks, shelves or in bins according to predetermined sequence such as size, type, style, color or product code.

• File requisitions, work orders or requests for materials, tools or other stock items and distribute items to shipping or to designated route driver storage area.

• Ensure warehouse is accessible and safe for salespeople and customer traffic.

• Assemble customer orders from stock and place orders on pallets or shelves, or relocate orders to a holding area or shipping department.

• Mark materials with identifying information using appropriate method.

• Open bales, crates and other containers.

• Record amounts of materials or items received or distributed via appropriate computer program.

• Assist in counting of physical inventory.

• Weigh and count items for distribution within plant to ensure conformance to company standards.

• May be assigned facilities maintenance duties as needed.

• Complete requisition forms to order supplies from other departments.

• Sweep, dust and mop. Organize warehouse and work area for orderliness at all times.

• Must be able to work on site

• Must be able to perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations

Preferred Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED required.

• Must be Forklift Certified

• Experience with Ocean containers, dry van unloads and pick& pack

• 3-5 years Freight Forwarding warehouse experience

• Communication Proficiency

• MS Office skills preferred

• Organizational Skills

• Technical Capacity

• Thoroughness

• Time Management

• Must have good ethical standards

• Must be able to handle floor loaded physical load/unload (50+ lbs. of lifting)