Material Handler-Feed Stocker

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

To handle, load and unload a variety of products and material for the purpose of storage and distribution. Maintain determined levels of inventory on the sales floor and feed warehouse while assisting customers. The primary focus for this job will be maintaining our feed department both inside the store and in the warehouse.

Essential Functions/Duties:

• Move material using appropriate material handling tools and equipment including but not limited to; by-hand, hand truck, pallet-jack, dolly, and/or operation of forklifts or other vehicles.
• Open and/or unwrap crates, boxes, cartons, and other containers using hammers, crowbars, cutting tools and tape.
• Collect, sort and/or stack such items or materials as clothes, fertilizers, tools, lawn/garden supplies, machines, feed and all other products sold by the company.
• Places reusable items in containers, and disposes of waste by operating compactor or bailing machine.
• Perform such duties as spotting trucks, freight checking and checking in inbound freight from trucking companies and vendors.
• Assist in the maintenance of a periodic or perpetual inventory of stock as it is received or issued, including stock rotation when appropriate.
• Determine nature and extent of damage to shipments received and report such damage to the supervisor.
• Assist customers on sales floor with questions about merchandise.
• Stock shelves and all areas of the sales floor for maximum inventory on sales floor.
• Clean work areas and maintain equipment in an orderly manner.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor or management.

Required Experience: Prefer experience as a Material Handler with working knowledge of inventory systems, proper storage methods and record keeping.

Required Education/Certification: High School Diploma or GED. Forklift certification preferred, not required. Possession of a valid driver’s license, must have a good driving record.

Other Requirements: Must be able to work majority of shift standing, frequently lift 25 to 75 pounds, move merchandise and physically participate in resets, remodels and reconstruction projects.

This description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty that will be required of positions that will be given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under his or her supervision. The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind or level of difficulty.