First Shift – Distribution Center Associate

Acorn Distributors Inc•Columbus, OH

About The Position

The Distribution Center Associate focuses primarily on receiving and putting away inbound products, as well as picking, checking, and loading orders for internal and external Distribution Center customers. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 6:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The role involves receiving inbound product, verifying it against paperwork and RF scanner information, sorting it, noting variances, and placing items in assigned bin locations. Associates pick and stage customer orders, check items for accuracy and quality, and load orders onto delivery trucks. They use material-handling equipment and scanners, maintain accurate paperwork and labels, protect products from damage, secure loads as needed, and keep aisles clean. Associates are expected to follow OSHA and safety standards, report violations to their direct supervisor, and meet productivity and accuracy expectations.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Six months to one year of experience in a distribution center.
Ability to communicate and comprehend written and oral information.
Competence in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to operate equipment such as forklifts, stock pickers, two-wheelers, and wrapping machines.
Must obtain Acorn Distributors certification on all equipment as required by OSHA within 90 days.
Ability to stand for prolonged periods and perform repetitive, physically demanding work.
Ability to reach, stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and sort and load.
Ability to occasionally sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk and hear.
Frequently lift and/or move 50 pounds or more.
Ability to use and read computer and scanner screens and communicate required reporting.

Responsibilities

Unload inbound product trucks and verify products against paperwork and RF scanner information, noting variances.
Sort inbound products and put them away in the proper bin locations.
Use order information and a scanner to pick and stage products for customers.
Assemble customer orders from stock, using order pickers and/or forklifts to place products on pallets and manually counting quantities when needed.
Monitor unit-of-measure details while handling products.
Load products onto trucks in the predetermined order using pallet jacks and forklifts.
Keep paperwork with each order and apply final delivery labels accurately.
Prevent product damage, arrange loads for ease of sorting and selection upon delivery, and secure loads with shrink-wrap and ratchet straps as needed.
Use an RF scanner to scan item barcodes for orders being picked and checked.
Safely operate material-handling equipment and plug in or unplug equipment to maintain its charge as needed.
Handle products properly to protect their value and clean aisles as needed each shift.
Follow OSHA and safety standards and report violations to the direct supervisor.
Meet expected levels of productivity and accuracy.
Perform other duties as required.