Summary

This Full-time position is responsible to load and unload product, maintain inventory, transport equipment, materials and/or supplies, and maintain a clean and organized warehouse.

Compensation:

$19.00 per/hour

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Load and unload trucks recording amounts of materials or items received or distributed via appropriate computer program.
• Maintain inventory to verify availability of needed product and notify Manager of shortages.
• Prepare customer orders from stock and places orders on pallets.
• Receive and unload incoming material and compare information on packing slips with Purchase Orders to verify accuracy of shipment.
• Sort, count, package, label, and unpack inventory that is received. Responsible for accurately receiving, reporting, and distributing purchased items.
  • Sort and place damaged materials or items on racks, shelves, or in bins as required.
  • Fill requisitions, work orders, or requests for materials or other stock items and distribute items to designated area.
• Clean warehouse for the purpose of maintaining an organized layout and safe work environment.
• Transport products, equipment, materials and/or supplies.
• Operate and dolly, pallet jack, and/or forklift in loading and unloading material and equipment and provide routine maintenance of equipment.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Sphere of Interaction

This position interacts and interfaces with the following roles and positions:

• Warehouse Manager
• Sales Manager
• District Manager
• Account Manager
• Merchandiser
• Customers & Vendors

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Customer Service - Manages difficult or emotional customer situations; Responds promptly to customer needs; Solicits customer feedback to improve service; Responds to requests for service and assistance; Meets commitments.
• Interpersonal Skills - Focuses on solving conflict, not blaming; Maintains confidentiality; Listens to others without interrupting; Keeps emotions under control; Remains open to others' ideas and tries new things.
• Oral Communication - Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions.
• Written Communication - Writes clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar; Varies writing style to meet needs; Able to read and interpret written information.
• Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities; Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views; Gives and welcomes feedback; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Puts success of team above own interests; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed.
• Ethics - Treats people with respect; Keeps commitments; inspires the trust of others; Works with integrity and ethically; Upholds organizational values.
• Organizational Support - Follows policies and procedures; Completes tasks correctly and on time; supports organization's goals and values.
• Judgment - Exhibits sound and accurate judgment; Supports and explains reasoning for decisions; Includes appropriate people in decision-making process.
• Professionalism - Approaches others in a tactful manner; Reacts well under pressure; Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position; Accepts responsibility for own actions; Follows through on commitments.
• Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance; Monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Motivation - Sets and achieves challenging goals; Demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles; Measures self against standard of excellence.
• Planning/Organizing - Prioritizes and plans work activities; Uses time efficiently.
• Adaptability - Changes approach or method to best fit the situation; Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Attendance/Punctuality - Is consistently at work and on time.
• Dependability - Follows instructions, responds to direction; Takes responsibility for own actions; Keeps commitments; Commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals; Completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.
• Safety and Security - Observes safety and security procedures; Reports potentially unsafe conditions; Uses equipment and materials properly.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education and/or Experience

Required:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Must be at least 21 years of age

Preferred:

• Knowledge of the beverage market
• Two plus years of warehouse experience in receiving production or shipping

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as instructions, correspondence, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write correspondence and routine reports. Ability to speak effectively and present information one-on-one and before small groups of customers or employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have intermediate PC skills and knowledge of Internet software and Microsoft Office applications. Must have the ability to operate general office equipment including copier and fax machine.

Physical Demands

The physical demands 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.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to each above shoulders; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; and use feet to operate machines. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and will occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 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

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally in the outdoors exposed to moving vehicles and outside weather conditions. Employee will also be exposed to receiving areas, warehouses and store conditions. Personal Protective Equipment may be required when working in designated areas. The noise level in the work environment is loud.