Warehouse Generalist, Manufacturing

Job Description

Job Description

Meet Us: King Arthur Baking Company has been sharing the joy of baking since 1790. Headquartered in Norwich, Vermont, we’re the ultimate baking resource – providing education, inspiration, and the highest quality products, all while fostering connections and community through baking. Our superior flours and mixes are available in supermarkets nationwide, and our direct-to-consumer business – website and retail stores – offers an even wider selection of specialty baking ingredients, mixes, gluten-free products, baking tools, and more. We bring baking education to millions of bakers through our cookbooks, podcast, recipe app, website, and baking school. We’re proud to be 100% employee-owned, which means everyone who works here has a real voice and a shared stake in what we do. This creates a strong sense of community built on trust, teamwork, and love of baking. As a benefit corporation, we’re committed to the best interests of all our stakeholders - employees, our local communities, our broader community of bakers, and our planet. Join us and help spread the joy of baking. King Arthur – where, as an employee-owner, your passion and ideas can truly make a difference.

The Position: The Warehouse Generalist ’s primary responsibilities are receiving inbound orders, performing inventory movements, expediting, and mixing for production orders, and staging and loading Finished Goods (FG) transfer orders to 3PL (Third Party Logistics) partner warehouses. These tasks may be performed at either Merlin or Avalon warehouse locations. They are expected to maintain a high degree of focus on quality and accuracy when inspecting, receiving, transferring, and expediting ingredients, packaging, and FG to achieve efficiency targets.

The Benefits: Yes, we have the regular "stuff" - medical, dental, vision, company paid short- and long-term disability, life insurance, paid parental leave, paid time off to rest, paid holidays to have fun, a 401(k) with a company match. But here's what makes us different: 40 paid volunteer hours a year, profit sharing*, participation in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)* and knowing that those working with you are dedicated and engaged co-employee owners that believe in you and your extraordinary abilities to move us all forward.

The Location: White River Junction, VT; onsite daily.

The Pay: $19.64 to $22.14 per hour worked; commensurate with experience.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Reviews and inspects all incoming ingredients and packaging and validates against provided documentation to vendor information in ERP (Enterprise Resources Planning) system,
• Performs quality checks and production tracking via Redzone Production and Compliance module.
• Verifies quantity and lot information when receiving FG production pallets and while staging and loading 3PL outbound trailers.
• Perform necessary inventory adjustments, cycle counts, and product disposition based on established procedures.
• Stores, rotates, and expediates raw ingredients, packaging, staged production batches in adherence to Food Safety protocols, including but not limited to; expiration date, Ready to Eat classification, allergen, NON- GMO, and Organic requirements in both warehouses.
• Validates product orders while expediting and batching, ensuring lot code and quality of ingredients are accurate and pulled/mixed at correct weights.
• Works in production and food contact room as needed performing certain Production Generalist I or II functions.
• Operate internal delivery vehicles transporting pallets of material to and from Avalon and Merlin warehouses as well as various types of powered lift equipment.

Experience and Education

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Strong basic math skills in calculating formula percentages, production batch weights, calculating inbound pallet weight accuracy, and adding various ingredient weights when mixing.
• Understanding and ability to work with computers and various software programs.
• Ability to operate warehouse equipment such as pallet jacks, hand trucks, etc. safely.
• We value those who can demonstrate capability and articulate how prior experiences will help them transition into this role.

Competencies

• Teamwork: Ability to work effectively as part of a team to achieve common goals.
• Communication: Clear and effective communication skills to interact with team members and management.
• Safety Consciousness: Commitment to maintaining a safe work environment for oneself and others. Follows all established procedures adhering to food safety and safety protocols.
• Adheres to all safety and ergonomic processes and requirements.
• Adaptability: Willingness to adapt to changing priorities and work environments.
• Attention to detail: Ability to accurately follow instructions and maintain high levels of accuracy in tasks.
• Reliability: Consistently dependable in attendance and performance
• Problem Solving: Ability to identify and work with teams to resolve issues promptly.

Success Factors

• Genuine enthusiasm for King Arthur’s mission and products and a commitment to living our values.

• Is community minded gets involved, volunteers.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment/Safety

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical requirements
  • Ability to lift 50 lbs. frequently
  • Ability to lift 25 lbs. frequently
  • Must be able to stand all shift and regularly bend, reach, and lift.
  • Must be able to occasionally stoop, climb steps, climb step ladders.
  • Frequent hand washing
• Work environment
  • Varying temperature, can get below 60 degrees
  • Occasional dusty environment from dry ingredients
  • Work with multiple food allergens

Safety

Understands that safety is the responsibility of everyone at the organization and is responsible for adhering to/providing work in a safe and ergonomic manner, identifying unsafe conditions and correcting conditions immediately or reporting them promptly. Participates in safety and compliance training and safety and health programs.

Uniform

• Must always conform with approved Food Safety GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice), standards.

Supervision

N/A

Travel

N/A

Other Duties

• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

It is the responsibility of every employee to contribute to a positive and safe work environment through cooperative and professional interactions with co-workers, customers, and vendors. As a proud Benefit Corporation, King Arthur Baking expects our employees to adhere to company-wide green norms and remain educated on company impact campaigns.

There's room at our table for you! Apply today.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors protected by law. King Arthur Baking provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities to allow them to participate in both the application process and during employment. Such individuals are encouraged to seek accommodations to allow them to apply for a position, participate in the application process, and meet the essential functions and requirements of the position.

*Amounts vary based on achievement of financial targets. Participation based on hire date and program entry date.