Material Handler IV - LTL - Allentown, PA

Wasserstrom•Bethlehem, PA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Wasserstrom Company, a leading Food Service Distributor, is seeking Material Handler IV positions for its Distribution Center in Allentown, PA. This role involves directing and auditing the work activities of warehouse workers to ensure efficiency, safety, on-time delivery, and quality assurance standards. The position utilizes the AS400 Warehouse Management System for order fulfillment, issue resolution, and workload organization. Responsibilities include overseeing workflow, managing inventory discrepancies, conducting quality and safety audits, training associates, operating various equipment, and ensuring proper packing and labeling of shipments.

Requirements

Ability to communicate effectively with management and coworkers
Ability to communicate with associates in written and verbal form
Ability to Prioritize the needs of the business
Reasoning ability and basic Mathematical skills
Lift up to 50 pounds
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
High school diploma or equivalent
Ability to read and interpret documents in English such as safety rules, operating instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to read and recognize unique product identifiers.
Ability to count, add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.
Capable of working independently and/or a member of a team, needs to be detail oriented
Must be able to handle assignments and deadlines
Be organized and able to adjust priorities to meet time constraints.

Responsibilities

Oversee and support management of workflow
Utilize AS400 Warehouse Management System to create and sort batches of orders, communicate order fulfillment issues to sales team, resolves system batching issues, and organizes workload for the DC floor
Assign Tasks
Monitor and respond to e-mails and other forms of communication, verbal, written, and electronically, in a timely manner, including requests from management, sales, etc.
Uses AS400 and SAP to identify discrepancies
Miscellaneous Inventory Rectification/Identification
Conduct Quality and Safety Audits
Train associates on proper procedures, practices and equipment
Properly operate multiple pieces of equipment including stock chasers, order pickers, stand-up and sit- down forklifts, turret trucks
Pick/put away/count product from/to racking, either case or pallet quantities
Utilize RF and/or pick label to verify item/quantity/location to pick and/or receive
Pass all safety checks and forklift certifications on all equipment and complete daily operator checklists
Mark and label containers, container tags, or products, using marking tools
Measure, weight and count products and materials
Uses AS400 computer to print labels, Bol’s and pack slip
Validates quantity, quality, and model number of product
Packs outbound cartons/shipments in a way that will minimize risk of damage to product and cost of freight
Applies all required labeling to products, cartons, and pallets Utilizing shipment software
Sort and Segregate products and materials
Assemble, pack, and seal cartons
Loading/Unloading trailers
Consolidate and transport picked products using carts and hand jacks
Maintain an incident and accident- free driving history