Receiving Specialist

Macmillan • Gordonsville, VA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

MPS, a division of Macmillan Publishers, a leading US publisher of Trade and Academic titles, has a job opening for a Receiving Specialist in our Gordonsville facility. MPS provides back office support, warehousing, and, fulfillment for Macmillan US, and is their primary distribution facility for North America. Purpose of the Role: Employee must operate ground level equipment including the Pacer and Walkie/Rider. In addition this employee will be responsible for the systemic receipts of inventories with other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Rolling Equipment Operator (Pacer, Walkie Rider) Certification
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, correspondences, and memos.
• Ability to write legibly and effectively present information one-on-one and to employees and management.
• Ability to count, add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple instructions, and to deal with standardized structure with only occasional or no variables.
• Computer skills to include basic knowledge of PCs and keyboarding and a working knowledge of our MPS system.
• The employee is regularly required to bend; stoop; walk; stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

• Utilize Pacer and/or Walkie Riders to move inventories (stack, load, unload, pallets as needed). Certification on this equipment will be required
• Verification receipt of appropriate documentation, labeling, packaging, and product quantities.
• Accurately enter data into the MRP system to process receipt of inventories. Attention to detail will be critical to ensure the accurate identification, labelling, qty’s as compared to the BOL details.
• Identify, document and report inventory variances and damage.
• Support Cubi-Scan and Pallet Stripping functions as needed. (Height – Weight – Length – Weight)
• Maintain a clean and safe work area - this includes cleaning/maintaining equipment and work areas and performing safety inspection of areas.
• Required to work in other areas and other locations as assigned based on workload.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees