Warehouse Lead - Seattle

DC Operations Assistant

To assist DC Operations Manager in the day-to-day duties and ensure all daily job functions are completed. To assist Operations Manager in assuring that all inbound and outbound product is pulled, packaged, loaded, and shipped with 100% accuracy.

Essential Functions Statement(s)

• At minimum, the employee can expect to pick up and place on a pallet 560 pieces (or cartons) over an eight hour period weighing on average 40-50 lbs.
• Fall protection device weight limitation is 310 lbs.
• Pieces (or cartons) may be picked up from heights ranging from as low as sitting on the ground to shoulder height.
• Needs to be able to twist or contort their body from a side to side motion as if you were throwing bags of sand.
• Prints Load Reports and assign to warehouseman.
• Process driver's paperwork and ensure it's filled out complete and filed daily.
• Assists Operations Manager in search for product if warehouseman cannot locate.
• Assigns pick locations as needed -- from sheets turned in by warehouse.
• Assists in double checking all orders.
• Coordinates outbound and inbound freight by taking appointment, calling carriers to pick up loads, and ensuring all product ships ASAP.
• Communicates with office sales personnel on shipping issues, problems, light trucks, and orders that will not ship.
• Coordinates container delivery and inbound/outbound process.
• Assists in pulling and receiving orders when needed.
• Assists in stocking when needed.
• Assists in warehouse re-organization of isles when needed.
• Assists in looking for more efficient ways of daily functions.
• Coordinates with pack house to ensure items needed for 100% ship rate are covered.
• Maintains DOT maintenance on trucks and trailers and coordinate with drivers and vendors on issues.
• Maintains Drivers Med Cards & Licenses.
• Performs Cycle counts as instructed.
• Prints Delivery tickets / Driver Trip Sheets.
• Assists in finding quotes for basic warehouse expenses as well as special needs.
• Covers for Operations Manager when he is out.
• Responsible for coordinating will call orders in safe and service friendly manner.
• Responsible for the maintaining and caring for company owned or leased equipment.
• Accountable and responsible for high standards of warehouse cleanliness and organization.
• Performs most of the Operations Manager or Supervisor duties during periods of absence.

Additional Essential Functions

• Attendance/Punctuality Is consistently at work and on time; Ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent; Arrives at meeting and appointments on time.
• Work Location This work is critical to be conducted at the assigned office, with remote work not practical.

Organizational Competencies

• People: We are one team and accomplish more together than as individuals.
• Integrity: We demonstrate integrity by being authentic and gaining other people's trust with openness and honesty.
• Entrepreneurship: We use our understanding of business and key market drivers to challenge the status quo, take risks, and improve business processes.
• Commitment: We demonstrate commitment and engagement readiness with a willingness to commit to one's work.
• Excellence: We drive for excellence by setting high goals for personal and team accomplishment.

Skills & Abilities

• Reaching for box from the ground, raising to waist height, 50lbs, at a minimum rate of 70 times an hour.
• Reaching for box from shoulder height, lowering to waist height, 50lbs, at a minimum of 70 times an hour.
• Truncated movement from left to right picking up box and lowering again, 50lbs, at a minimum of 70 times an hour.
• Truncated movement from right to left picking up box and lowering again, 50lbs, at a minimum of 70 times an hour.

Certifications & Licenses: None

Work Conditions

• Physical Demands: Constant sitting, reaching outward, grasping, and speaking. Frequent standing, walking, and manually manipulating.
• Work Environment: While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions; extreme cold and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment would be considered normal for warehousing operations.
• Schedule: M-F Various shifts starting from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm Overtime- Occasionally Mandatory