Distribution Associate

Distribution Associate

Will be emptying 18-wheeler trucks manually. This is a manual labor position. HM wants forklift experience as well. The Distribution Associate is responsible for warehousing/material distribution tasks relative to the receipt of products.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities: including the following. (Other duties may be assigned).

• Exercise safe lifting techniques when bending, lifting, and turning.
• Locate pallets into racks.
• Accept materials from other C.R. Bard divisions / departments for ethylene oxide sterilization.
• Verify the catalog numbers, lot numbers, quantities and expiration date as applicable and detailed in incoming procedures.
• Complete JD Edwards transactions utilizing IBM Data Collection scanners to receive product into Regional Sterilization.
• Assemble / Build sterilization loads according to defined palatalization diagrams.
• Place Biological Indicators (BI spores) into the sterilization load.
• Initiate the sterilization load record documentation.
• Unload inbound trucks, verify numbers and quantities, stack boxes onto specific pallet pattern.
• Locate materials into pallet / BIN locations.
• Operate inventory control system, where applicable.
• Maintain an acceptable work area as outlined per procedure and Quality System Regulations. Support buying and selling processes Performs other duties as required.

Education And/or Experience:

• High school diploma or GED
• 1 year of relevant experience, preferred.
• Experience with MHE, preferred.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Ability to obtain a forklift certification.
• Ability to read and interpret manufacturing documents.
• Required to operate MHE and use an RF scanner.
• Basic analytical, organizational, and prioritization skills.
• General warehousing knowledge.

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and applicable state and local laws. While performing this job, the associate is regularly exposed to episodes of walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, balancing, crouching, reaching, pushing/pulling, grasping, hearing, twisting, lifting, frequent use of hand to finger, handle, feel, pick or type which can include repetitive motion of the wrists, hands or fingers. The associate may occasionally be required to climb. The job may require lifting over 50lbs in some areas but not all. Associate must have normal field of vision corrected to 20/40 in each eye and must have sufficient hearing to safely operate MHE [Material Handling Equipment] in a manufacturing/distribution environment.

Work Environment:

• The noise level is moderate to loud. There will almost always be exposure to work near moving mechanical equipment, exposure to precarious situations and potential temperature excursions. Occasionally the position will have exposure to fumes/airborne particles.