Manufacturing and Warehouse Associate

Description

Summary: Primary duties include warehouse support by assisting in preparing goods for packaging, warehousing and distribution.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include but are not limited to the following. The Company reserves the right to add to, delete, change or modify the essential duties and responsibilities at any time. All work is to be completed with minimum supervision and in accordance with Company standards. Other duties may be assigned.

• Receive, stock, organize, stage, and prepare products for shipment, including repackaging, palletizing, and customer pickups.
• Load, secure, and verify products for delivery, customer pickup, and LTL shipments, ensuring order accuracy and proper handling.
• Maintain accurate inventory records, conduct physical counts and cycle counts, research discrepancies, and communicate findings to appropriate personnel.
• Complete, organize, and maintain shipment documentation, including delivery tickets, packing slips, load/unload slips, and daily transaction records.
• Monitor open orders and delivery activity, update customer notes and special delivery requirements, and coordinate with Dispatch, Billing, Procurement, and branch leadership to resolve delivery issues, backorders, and inventory discrepancies.
• Support on-time delivery reporting by tracking late orders, documenting explanations, coordinating delivery changes, and communicating updates to relevant personnel.
• Provide customer service and general administrative support, including responding to inquiries, assisting visitors, processing records, distributing mail, and supporting daily facility operations.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment while following established safety, product-handling, and operational procedures.
• Foster professional, collaborative working relationships with customers, coworkers, vendors, and other facility personnel.
• Perform other related duties as assigned to support manufacturing, distribution, inventory management, and facility operations.

Requirements

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 may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be fluent in written and oral use of the English language. Fluency in both English and Spanish may be a requirement at some Facilities as determined by local demographics.
• Must possess highly advanced PC skills including training and knowledge of various software packages in an integrated ERP type system.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business records and reports.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers, clients, customers, vendors, or the general public.
• Must be able to perform with minimal or no supervision.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); at least 3 year related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience OR
• Associates degree (AA); and one to three years related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES:

• Valid driver's license may be required based on facility, a CDL is a plus.

LANGUAGE ABILITY:

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups or managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

MATH ABILITY:

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

REASONING ABILITY:

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

• Experience working in an ERP environment is desirable.

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 is frequently exposed to work near moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to work in high, precarious places and risk of electrical shock.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually noisy.

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 use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.
• The employee is frequently required to stand; walk and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

EOE