Warehouse Assistant
About The Position
At Brothers International, we are passionate about creating high-quality food products that enrich lives and bring people together. Our Ingredients division supplies top-quality fruit and fruit juice concentrates to several Fortune 100 food companies. Our Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) division includes Brothers-All-Natural, the #1 Freeze-Dried Snack Brand, and also produces private label freeze-dried fruit snacks for some of the leading retailers in the US. The Warehouse Assistant will assist the Warehouse Supervisor with all aspects of the Warehouse responsibilities including the receiving, storing, handling, shipping and preparing of product for customer delivery while maintaining the warehouse in a safe and orderly fashion.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED
- Warehouse experience preferred
- Must be able to operate forklift and maintain forklift certification
- Knowledge of warehouse operations and inventory control
- Able to maintain good teamwork spirit, coordination, organization, planning, time management, reporting skills, inventory control, documentation skills, equipment maintenance, data entry skills, dependability.
- Proven ability to follow team goals and objectives
- Results-oriented with strong organizational and decision-making skills
- Ability to follow direction and guidance from Lead or Leadership Team
- Ability to follow OSHA regulations
- Basic computer literacy, including Microsoft Office software, data entry, and use of FedEx/UPS shipping systems
- Basic understanding of mathematics (addition and multiplication)
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.
- While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers; handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.
Nice To Haves
- Warehouse experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Receiving Inbound Product
- Unloading, reporting counts, and discrepancies in quantity and condition
- Storing Inbound Product
- Mark best by month and year with colored sticker or other assigned method
- Filling Outbound Customer Orders
- Review paperwork for products and quantities
- Pick product in FIFO sequence
- Bring to appropriate area of warehouse for staging, packing, checking
- When approved, seal and attach paperwork (labels, placards)
- Assist driver as necessary
- Deliver paperwork to Logistics Office
- Weekly and Monthly Inventory Counts
- Safe Operating of Equipment
- Assist with snow removal on the sidewalks to both employee entrances.
- Re-packing products into different containers on a regular basis.
- Assisting Warehouse Lead with special projects.
- Other duties as assigned by Warehouse Manager
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
