Logistics Associate - Entry

Logistics Associate

Location: Santa Rosa, CA 95403 Contract Duration: 24 Months Shift schedule 8:30am to 5:00pm

Duties:

• Observe/practice good housekeeping and all safety procedures. Keep equipment and work area clean and orderly throughout daily activities.
• Perform warehouse activities related to receiving, inventory management, and/or shipping. Processes involved can include, but aren't limited to, unloading/loading incoming material, counting, verifying accuracy of shipments, data entry, picking, packing, shipping, maintaining department databases, creating/updating reports, and filing.
• As you move material throughout applicable work areas, consider both the short-term goals of expediting to service or inventory locations and any long-term goals.
• Apply strong analytical and problem-solving skills to resolve any obstacles or delays that may occur in the production process.
• Effectively communicate with all team members, internal and external customers, and management.
• Act in accordance with all company, state, federal, and international quality, business control, import, and export requirements.
• Support and suggest alternative processes for material handling across other departments as necessary, based on production needs or staffing shortages due to absences and vacations.
• May provide on the job training and guidance for others as needed i.e. trainer, mentor, buddy.
• May operate material handling equipment that could include forklift, electric pallet jacks, shrink-wrap machines, carousels, walkie-stackers, Insta-Pak, and/or order-pickers.
• Proactively collaborate across sites with all Leads and Supervisors to support continuous improvement initiatives. Support efforts to maintain a sustainable culture around LEAN and reducing waste, including seeking methods of improvement for all functions of the position.
• In accordance with Client business objectives, own your development, including but not limited to your value creation plan, required internal trainings like KLM, and optional internal trainings.
• Participate in team meetings, review daily goals and metrics, and provide root cause, corrective actions, as necessary.
• Professionally respond to all requests with a sense of urgency. Exercise your ability to prioritize all requests based on business need and, if unclear, escalate your question(s) expediently to your lead/supervisor.

Skills:

• Team attitude. Demonstrated success in a diverse, team-oriented work environment.
• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Flexibility to perform any and all functions within the warehouse.
• Excellent listening and communication (verbal and written) skills and a willingness to speak up with any questions.
• Ability to work onsite, travel to other sites for ad hoc support/projects, and virtually.
• Ability to train, and be trained, via verbal, written, and/or virtual instruction.
• Ability to type a minimum of 35 WPM.
• Experience with MS Suite of applications including Outlook, Excel, and SharePoint.
• Ability to lift a minimum of 25 pounds, without assistance.
• Familiarity with warehousing best practices and methods is preferred.
• Experience with the operation of material handling equipment is preferred.
• Previous material handling experience is a plus.
• Knowledge of LEAN methodologies and/or a track record of increasing effectiveness and/or reducing waste in process steps is a plus.
• Accurately report time worked in the time management system.
• Experience with ERP and trade/logistics applications is a plus.

Education:

High school diploma or equivalent.