Forklift Operator

Summary :

At Imperial, we sell, distribute, and service General Merchandise, Seasonal Products, and Health/Beauty/Wellness Products to our customers. As a Forklift Operator, you will drive a stand up, battery powered, forklift truck, to load or unload pallets into designed areas through the warehouse. You will utilize either a cherry picker, reach truck, or transporter to push, pull, lift, stack, tier, or move products or pallets. After product is received and processed, it either gets put away in the Bulk area, or into the Pick Mod. Our Forklift Operators accurately transfer our product to ensure customer demands are met.


Schedule: 4 days/week (includes Saturday) 7AM-5:30PM

About Imperial (IDI)

Imperial is a recognized leader in supermarket non-foods distribution and merchandising. For over 85 years, we’ve helped our partners grow smarter and stronger—offering unmatched product selection, customized programs, and expert retail support across health, beauty, wellness, general merchandise categories. IDI supports over 50 regional and independent retail grocery banners with products from major national CPG brands as well as customized private label and seasonal program options.


What sets us apart? Our singular focus is on providing retailers with the value, innovation, and differentiation they need to thrive in today's dynamic marketplace.

Our Mission prioritizes people, embraces change, and fosters growth. And our Vision is to redefine partnership with a lasting impact on our customers, communities, and the industry. At the center of it all is our amazing team.

Essential Responsibilities and Duties Include:

• Drive forklift, reach truck, cherry picker, transporter
• Pick refill and put-away receiving
• Perform detailed checks against documents.
• Uses RF Scanner and Lydia headset
• Notifies supervisor of equipment malfunction.
• Pallet configuration.
• General bulk area maintenance
• Meets productivity and accuracy standard.
• Clean work area
• Follows all module safety trainings/requirements.
• Possible floater to other Imperial warehouses.
• Other duties and tasks as assigned.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Basic computer skills – requiring able to use a log in and password and follow simple instructions.
• Previous experience helpful, one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.
• Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

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