Warehouse Team Member

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Position Summary:

Verify and keep records on incoming and outgoing shipments., Prepare items for shipment. Duties include assembling, addressing, stamping, and shipping merchandise or material; receiving, unpacking, verifying, and recording incoming merchandise or material; arranging for the transportation of products.

Essential Functions:

• Examine contents and compare with records such as purchase orders, orders, packing lists, manifests, or invoices, to verify accuracy of incoming or outgoing shipment.
• Prepare documents, such as bills of lading and shipping labels to route materials.
• Record shipment data, such as weight, charges, space availability, and damages and discrepancies, for reporting, accounting, and recordkeeping purposes.
• Determine shipping method for materials, using knowledge of shipping procedures, routes, and rates.
• Deliver or route materials to departments, using work devices, such as hand truck, conveyor, or sorting bins.
• Pack, seal, label, and affix postage to prepare materials for shipping, using work devices such as hand tools and UPS or FedEx computer systems.
• Confer and correspond with establishment representatives to rectify problems, such as damages, shortages, and nonconformance to specifications.
• Requisition and store shipping materials and supplies to maintain inventory of stock.
• Contact carrier representative to make arrangements and to issue instructions for shipping and delivery of materials.
• Compute amounts, such as space available, and shipping, storage, and demurrage charges, using calculator or price list.
• Unpack received shipments and organize - transferring stock items to correct shelves.
• Accurately pick and pack customer orders within 24 hours of the printed packing list.
• Perform routine cycle counts to ensure inventory is correct. Address and correct incorrect inventory counts.
• Repackage specified materials into approved containers while observing all OSHA safety regulations.
• Deliver "our carry" deliveries to customers and get a signature from the customer for proof of delivery.

Position Qualifications:

• Accuracy - Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
• Adaptability - Ability to adapt to change in the workplace.
• Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
• Customer Oriented - Ability to take care of the customers’ needs while following company procedures.
• Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
• Interpersonal - Ability to get along well with a variety of personalities and individuals.
• Organized - Possessing the trait of being organized or following a systematic method of performing a task.
• Reliability - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.
• Safety Awareness - Ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety.
• Time Management - Ability to utilize the available time to organize and complete work within given deadlines.

Education & Experience:

Education: High school graduate or General Education Degree (GED)

Experience: No prior experience necessary, 1-3 years of warehouse experience is preferred, shipping experience is preferred

Computer Skills: Must adapt easily to new systems.