Warehouse Associate

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Warehouse Associate

Reports to: Warehouse Supervisor

Primary Location: Vancouver, WA 

Secondary Location: Woodland, WA 

FLSA: Non-Exempt

Position Summary:

The Warehouse Associate Plays a key role in our distribution and operations. As a logistics professional, daily tasks include receiving, inventory control and distribution of material to internal sites and to our domestic and international customers. The ability to safely operate a forklift, build, pick, and load material efficiently and accurately creates customer satisfaction that ultimately leads to higher sales for the Company, making the Associate a valuable member of the warehouse team. The Associate performs the physical and administrative tasks involved in order fulfillment for our production machines, warehousing, and distributing of materials, supplies and equipment. Fulfilling our production department is a fast-paced environment and requires high attention to detail, both verbally and systematically, to ensure all product staged will be ready-to-produce accurately and timely. In addition, the associate will train daily to become fully versed with company specific liquid characteristics, product names, pouring temperature, wait times, as well as a variety of components to satisfy all work orders; This will include, but not limited to, liquid, bottles, caps and boxes to successfully complete all formats of customer work orders.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Duties include the following (other duties may be assigned):

· Receiving and unloading incoming goods, occasional staking of arrival goods by hand

· Utilizing a stand-up & sit-down forklift to load outbound products, gather products as stated on packing slips.

· Accurate completion of paperwork pertaining to the inbound/outbound of goods

· Operating shrink-wrapping machine to ensure quality of shipments received by the customer

· Manually picking required products and assembling them into boxes and/or pallets.

· Ensure oldest product is picked and shipped first using FIFO method (first-in-first-out).

· Conduct weekly cycle counts using WMS and ADC Guns.

· Safely handle all products and components needed to complete work orders

· Accurately follow work order information and determine what materials are needed

· Transfer all materials and finish products within company system utilizing scan gun, validating accurate system movements continuously throughout each workday

· Execute material handler paper form as back up for the scan gun

· Systematically and physically return all unused materials to their home locations

QUALIFICATIONS :

· In all actions, demonstrates a primary commitment to company safety and product quality by maintaining compliance to the Quality Policy and all other documented quality processes and procedures

· Must have strong data entry skills, be able to interpret work order information

· Ability to follow product setup & packaging instructions

· Capability to perform as a functional team member in successfully meeting organizational objectives and expectations

· Compliance with all personal protective equipment requirements

· Competency while following company SOP’s, company policies and procedures

· Effectively collaborates with all team members

· Ability to read, write, understand, and speak in English

· Self-motivated to accomplish various tasks with or without direction

· High School diploma or GED equivalent

· Ability to be forklift certified within 2 weeks of employment

· Adaptive and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment

· Familiarity with manufacturing processes and dynamics

· Comfortable with change & adaptation to new systems & workflow

· 1(+) years’ forklift experience

· 2(+) years’ experience working in a manufacturing environment

· 1(+) years’ in a high-volume manufacturing environment, with a fulfillment background (preferred)

· 1(+) years’ functional knowledge of shipping, booking shipments, and inventory control (preferred)

Requirements:

• Safety toed shoes (composite or steel-toe) are required when working on-site.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; kneel; talk; or hear, and hand grip. The employee may frequently lift, pull or push and /or move more than 50 pounds. Frequently use copier, scanner, fax machine, phone, and computer equipment. The employee is occasionally required to sit, Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Specific vision abilities required by the job include: closes vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less), distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more), color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors), peripheral vision (ability to observe and area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point), and ability to adjust focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring and object into sharp focus). Specific hearing levels within normal/average range.

WORK ENVIORNMENT:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to inside cold or heat weather conditions; the noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Equal Opportunity Employer" will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law