Material Handler

Major Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Inbound: Unload trucks, trailers, and containers of freight; count products and compare to manifest to check shipments for damage, infestation, or production code dates; report shortages, damages, and mis-shipments; sign for inbound shipments when necessary; move shipments safely to storage locations.
• Order Picking: Ensure correct product number, quantity, and type (lot, batch, serial number) are picked; transport orders to shipping locations using fork trucks, cherry pickers, or pallet jacks; label, stencil, tag, mark, band, bundle, wrap, over-pack, and palletize as required.
• Outbound: Compare quantity, labeling, and address with order to ensure out-going shipments are complete and correct; assign signature for outbound as necessary; move product, cartons, and pallets into trailers, rail cars, or containers.
• Equipment: Maintain equipment in a neat, clean, and orderly fashion; operate equipment safely and efficiently; comply with company standards and OSHA requirements.
• Inventory: Keep accurate records and reports; assist in physical inventories and cycle counts; ensure proper stock rotation; may key inventory adjustments in computer.
• Other Duties: Repack or re-box cases per customer instructions; repair and consolidate damaged goods; operate shrink-wrap machine; charge forklift battery; stack or separate good from bad pallets; clean railcars, trailers, and truck docks as requested; perform other duties as assigned.
• Handle extreme temperature changes when picking orders, from negative 4F degrees to ambient warehouse temperatures that could exceed 95F degrees.

Language, Mathematical, and Reasoning Skills

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret SOPs, coverage, documents, and regulations.
• Ability to write reports and business correspondence.
• Ability to establish rapport, present information, and respond to questions from managers, clients, customers, and the public.
• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and multiply and divide with 10's and 100's using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance; understanding of metric system measurements is beneficial.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions and deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Skill and ability to type, operate a computer, organize and prioritize work, meet deadlines, operate office equipment, and use Microsoft Office tools and company software.

Environmental Working Conditions & Physical Effort

The associate is exposed to an industrial warehouse environment, works near moving mechanical machinery with loud noise, works at heights, is exposed to temperature changes, dust, fumes, or gases, and drives equipment. The associate is required to stand and walk for the majority of the working day, and to talk, hear, bend/stoop, squat, crawl, climb height, reach above shoulder height, crouch, kneel, balance, and push/pull. The job requires lifting/carrying/pushing or pulling up to 75 pounds with or without assistance, repetitive hand and foot actions, and specific vision abilities including close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.