Returns Putaway

Sysco•New Orleans, LA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Returns Putaway employee controls damaged products and products returned to the warehouse from delivery routes. This active, physical role includes operating an electric pallet jack and/or forklift and handling returns and repacks in dry, cooler, and freezer areas. The employee reviews damaged products for salvage, returns suitable products to inventory, helps maintain product quality and inventory accuracy, and supports Driver Check-In as needed. The role requires adherence to company safety policies and procedures, including procedures for high-risk and sensitive items. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
1–3 months of related experience and/or training.
Ability to become certified on all warehouse equipment.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
Ability to write simple correspondence and present information effectively in one-on-one and small-group situations.
Ability to perform arithmetic using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, and to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to apply commonsense understanding to detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions and solve problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
Ability to meet the role’s physical demands, including standing, handling objects or controls, walking, sitting, reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and occasionally climbing or balancing.
Required vision abilities include distance and peripheral vision.

Responsibilities

Operate an electric pallet jack and/or forklift, including in cooler, freezer, and dry areas.
Review damage sheets and damaged products to determine what can be salvaged.
Re-box and relabel products when possible and return them to inventory.
Put away dry, cooler, and frozen repacks and returns, keeping slots clear of products placed in incorrect slots.
Maintain the quality of perishable products through proper rotation and expiration-date monitoring; communicate concerns to Inventory Control.
Report short-dated product issues to Inventory Control and handle product as necessary.
Send product to the food bank as needed.
Verify drivers’ paperwork and returned merchandise.
Check and correct reason codes.
Break down routes, separating adjustments and clean invoices.
Assist Inventory Control as needed to ensure inventory accuracy.
Put away all returns each day.
Sort returns and recover salvageable product.
Provide Driver Check-In coverage as needed.
Follow company safety policies and procedures, and comply with procedures for high-risk and sensitive items.
Perform other duties as assigned.