Distribution Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Department: Supply Chain   

Reports to: Distribution Supervisor   

Job Status: Full-Time/Non-Exempt

Duties to Include : 

• Works in a safe manner, following all safety policies and procedures while keeping in mind other’s safety as well.
• Reports any accidents and potentially unsafe conditions or unsafe acts immediately to appropriate supervisor.
• Fills out shipping notices, bills of lading, orders, and other records to determine transportation carrier, work, and shipping methods required to meet shipping and receiving schedules.
• Reviews all outgoing shipping activities to assure accuracy, completeness, and proper shipping condition.
• Determines space requirements and position of shipment in containers and trucks and lays out position of shipment.
• Inspects his/her own fork truck for defects and notifies maintenance personnel or contacts outside service facility for repair.
• Directs movement of shipments from shipping and receiving platform to storage and work areas.
• Informs the Customer Service Representative when shipping is completed and part numbers for any open tags. 
• Communicates future needs and solutions to potential shipping bottlenecks.
• Coordinates and loads/unloads less than truckload (LTL) shipments.
• Affixes shipping labels on packed cartons or stencils identifying shipping information on cartons.
• Compares identifying information and counts, weighs, or measures items of incoming shipments to verify information against bills of lading, invoices, orders, or other records.
• Reports on shortages and notifies appropriate person concerning damaged goods.
• Assures movement of materials to proper delivery locations, storage and work areas.
• Operates fork truck or uses hand truck to move, convey, or hoist shipments from shipping and receiving platform to storage or work area.
• Investigates problems to determine root causes and then develop and implement solutions. Identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Works with the Distribution Supervisor to plan layout of warehouse, and other storage areas, considering turnover, size, weight, and related factors of items stored.
• Process outbound small packages, truckload and air shipments.
• Unloads inbound materials.
• Loads finished good materials.
• Re-warehouses when necessary. 
• Stages and loads outbound finished good materials in full truckload ad mixed truckloads loads of product.
• Enters material movement information into computer system.
• Cleans and maintains work environment
• Inventories materials on work floor, and supplies workers with materials as needed.
• Escalates issues related to production, inventory, warehouse, or other relevant areas to appropriate AFSI personnel in a timely manner.
• Removes empty pallets and cardboard from line areas and delivers to designated location(s). Keeps Dumpsters empty.
• Weighs materials or products and records weight on appropriate paperwork. 
• Utilizes wireless tablet to review product and location information and compete all material moves in JDE. 
• Keeps accurate material handler daily move reports for WIP movements or movements that cannot be completed in JDE.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Salary Information: 

• Minimum Hiring Rate: $22.79/hour   Maximum Hiring Rate: $25.15/hour

• Monthly Bonus opportunities up to 9% of base monthly pay

Benefits: All full-time positions are eligible for health, dental, vision insurance, tuition reimbursement, and 401k match up to 5%. Please go to this link for more information on our benefits:

Education & Training Requirement:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED), 3 -5 years related experience and/or training preferred. 

Hours : 2:45 - 11:00 pm

Advanced Filtration Systems, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.