Inbound Unloader

Job Description

Job Description

External Job Posting:

JOB SUMMARY:
This is an Operations position responsible for performing product receiving activities, operating and maintaining equipment associated with warehouse activity and performing other related duties as required.

• Check, inspect, examine and count all products being unloaded for quality and quantity against purchase orders.
• Inform warehouse management and merchandising of any discrepancies on purchase orders.
• Ensure that the drivers are backed up to the proper door and their trailers are secure before unloading begins.
• Document all overages, shortages, and damages.
• Inform warehouse management and merchandisers when trucks are late for scheduled appointment times.
• Ensure that all unwanted product is returned to the truck.
• Ensure that the drivers’ signature is on all paperwork.
• Sign all necessary paperwork before releasing the truck.
• Works with the lumper service to ensure the timely unloading of the trucks.
• Cleans dock area as needed.
• Performs other warehouse duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

• High school education.

Experience:

• Up to one year with Sysco.
• Pallet Jack and Forklift Certification from Sysco.

Professional Skills:

• Adapts to changes in the work environment.
• Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Must display exceptional time management skills.
• Must be dependable, accountable and ethical to work while upholding organizational values.
• Must have great interpersonal skills and work well with others.
• Demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles; Measures self against standard of excellence.
• Follows policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness, self-monitors to ensure quality output.
• Meets productivity standards.
• Observes safety and security procedures.
• Determines appropriate action beyond guidelines.
• Reports potentially unsafe conditions.
• Uses equipment and materials properly.
• Contributes to building a positive team spirit.
• Able to build morale and group commitments to goals and objectives.
• Must be able to explain work in a written and verbal format.
• Must have exceptional computing/mathematical skills.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Basic computer skills.

Physical Demands:

• Regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.
• Regularly lift and /or move up to 50 -75 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

• Regularly exposed to wet, hot, extreme cold and/or humid conditions.
• Exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• Frequently exposed to high, precarious places.
• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.