RECEIVING CLERK

Merchandise Receiving Clerk

Purpose statement: To receive/check-in merchandise, assure that merchandise received matches invoice, and return damages product for credit. Significant job responsibilities:

• To prepare the back room for receipt of merchandise and unload trucks.
• To count and inspect merchandise and match to invoice.
• To keep receiving area secure and damage reclaim area neat and organized.
• To assure the safety of self, customers and co-workers by understanding and practicing store safety rules and notifying a supervisor of any potential hazard immediately. Pick up/remove all broken containers, packing materials/boxes from the backroom floor.
• To perform miscellaneous tasks assigned by supervisors and manager, substituting for absent workers and performing any additional tasks necessary to provide products and services to customers during peak periods of business.
• To understand the operation, safety requirements and restraints of a baler, case cutter, pallet jack and fork lift (must be 18 years or older to operate the pallet jack, fork lift and baler).
• To use stacking techniques that will prevent damage to product.
• To remove trash from area, operate the baler, put the compacted bale on a pallet and load salvage onto trucks.

Supervision received: Receiving clerks report directly to the grocery manager or store manager. Qualifications: required:

• Basic mathematical ability (add, subtract, multiply, divide) and ability to count.
• Able to give/receive complex verbal instructions/descriptions to/from supervisors/co-workers/vendors concerning store/department policy/procedures and use of equipment.
• Able to pass basic physical examination and drug screen.
• A stable work and educational history.
• The ability to read and write English. The able to read instructions, merchandise labels, warehouse order codes, invoices, printed paper and forms.
• Make judgments concerning receiving, inspection of merchandise as to the extent of unsalable product damage, and the placement of case/pallets in storage and overhead racks.
• Able to move and stack product so that it will not be damaged.
• Good interpersonal communication skills.

Preferred:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Prior experience in a related type of job.
• Prior experience operating a baler, case cutter, pallet jack and fork lift. (Must be 18 years or older to operate pallet jacks, baler, and forklift.)

Tasks of the job -- This job generally includes:

• Mobility:
  • To move cases from truck/pallet to backroom for storage, approximately 50 yards.
  • To stack cases on floor/skid/rack/shelf.
  • To move cardboard/packing material to the baler, approximately 50 yards.
  • To move excess cases/damaged product from damage storage area to the truck, approximately 50 yards.
  • To move through the entire backroom of the store for supplies/product/maintenance equipment and return, approximately 75 yards.
• Work on tile or concrete for a maximum of 8 hours in duration.
• Lift and stack empty pallets from floor to 72 inches overhead.
• Lift a maximum of 100 lbs. from 6 inches to 48 inches.
• Lift a maximum of 75 lbs. from 6 inches to 84 inches on to overhead/backroom storage rack.
• Move cardboard into baler, approximately 4 feet. (Must be 18 years or older to move cardboard into baler.)
• Carry a maximum of 100 lbs. up to 15 feet.
• Pick up/move/sort/ (a/an) case/item/trash/from floor/shelf/ground/pallet/rack storage.
• Use maintenance and product transportation equipment.
• Place merchandise/cases on the top of grocery overhead/backroom storage shelves/rack, up to 84 inches from the floor.
• Reach forward/down up to 36 inches to attain merchandise on stocking cart or pallets.
• Reach forward/down up to 36 inches to clean backroom shelves/floor area or control maintenance/stocking equipment.
• Reach forward/down/up to 36 inches to place cases on floor/shelving.
• Handle labels/signs/tags.
• Handle case cutter/utility knife.
• Grasp and handle wet/cold/hot/crushable/metal/paper/plastic store products.
• Handle cardboard/packaging and debris.
• Manipulate maintenance equipment handles/grasps/knobs.
• Twist at the waist while cleaning, sorting, load/unloading, moving/removing merchandise, stocking merchandise and cleaning work area.
• Kneel, crouch, stoop, squat, bend at the waist/knees to count and physically touch merchandise
• Move fully loaded stocking carts, pallet jacks (up to 1000 lbs.) and maintenance equipment approximately 75 yards.
• Climb on ladders, cases, shelving and stairs up to 15 feet in height.
• Balance on cases of product and overhead rack.
• Pick up cardboard, packaging and debris from floor.
• Perform maintenance and sanitation functions.
• See cases, vendors, case strips, invoices, computerized receiving displays, product size/description, labels on products, stocking carts, debris on floor, and signs.
• Perceive color difference on product labels.
• Recognize cleaning/maintenance equipment, pallet jacks, fork lifts, computerized receiving displays and baler controls.
• Respond to intercom.
• Respond to co-workers questions.
• Respond to vendor/driver questions/comments.
• Respond to the sound of baler/pallet jack/fork lift/cleaning equipment operation.
• Communicate with vendors/drivers.
• Use the intercom system.
• Communicate with co-workers.
• Read case labels/strips, signs, tags, shelf signs, numbers and aisle markers.
• Read equipment and chemical warning labels.

Work environment: Inside and outside work with extreme variations in heat/cold/dust/humidity. Safety:

• The employee will not use drugs or alcohol on the job.
• The employee will not create a direct threat to the health and safety of others on the job.