Warehouse Associate (Shipping & Receiving)

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

Fifty years ago, Sam Walton started a single mom-and-pop shop and transformed it into the world's biggest retailer. Since those founding days, one thing has remained consistent: our commitment to helping our customers save money so they can live better. Today, we're reinventing the shopping experience and our associates are at the heart of it. You'll play a crucial role in shaping the future of retail, improving millions of lives around the world. This is that place where your passions meet purpose. Join our family and create a career you're proud of.

Job Description

As a Shipping and Receiving Associate at Walmart, you'll be at the heart of our operations, keeping products moving efficiently. You'll manage inventory, coordinate shipments and ensure our warehouse runs smoothly. This hands-on position combines picking, packing and receiving responsibilities. You'll work alongside a supportive team that has your back. Your attention to detail and organizational skills will make a real impact on our customers' experience.

What you'll do:

• Maintains sorter operation by removing full totes from the sorter tote location; replenishing empty totes at the sorter locations; scanning tote and location with a hand-held scanner; and rearranging individual units in totes to ensure proper fill rates.
• Manages product deliveries by preparing, reviewing, and verifying receiving documentation and reports; processing, counting, separating, and scanning product; operating computer software and basic applications to track and identify product; unloading product from trailer manually or with powered equipment; organizing inventory and transferring them to production stations; and maintaining records, logs, and forms (for example, shipping manifests).
• Stocks drugs by using box cutters and knives to open boxes without damaging contents; monitoring product size and making adjustments when product is too large or small; labeling, scanning, and sorting drug types to ensure they are in the right location; transporting drugs and placing them in their designated locations; storing excess drugs on the overstock shelves or racks; and driving forklift to transport skid items in the pharmacy.
• Maintains quality, accuracy, and integrity of inventory and packages by removing damaged or expired product; identifying and resolving discrepancies in records or files; informing management about incorrect or inefficient processes and improper service procedures; and providing basic maintenance to equipment (for example, cleaning, changing labels, bags, ribbons).
• Completes work assignments and priorities by using policies, data, and resources; collaborating with managers, co-workers, customers, and other business partners; identifying priorities, deadlines, and expectations; carrying out tasks; communicating progress and information; determining and recommending ways to address improvement opportunities; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
• Ensures accurate packing and shipping of pharmacy products by packing prescriptions; scanning the leaflet and medication; placing the package on a conveyor to deliver it to the sorter; packing temperature sensitive medication according to drug specifications; ensuring needed supplies are included in each shipment; stocking workstations with needed supplies for packing and processing shipments; processing and labeling shipments using approved carrier software and equipment; and completing and verifying paperwork for pickup and delivery of shipments.
• Complies with company policies, procedures, and standards of ethics and integrity by implementing related action plans; using the Open Door Policy; and applying these in executing business processes and practices.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma
• 18+ years old

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1 year experience in shipping and receiving.
• 1 year experience in inventory control.

Additional Information

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer- By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers, and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting, and valuing diversity- unique styles, experiences, identities, abilities, ideas and opinions- while being inclusive of all people.