Warehouse Associate

INW: Innovations in Nutrition and Wellness • Carrollton, TX

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About The Position

The Warehouse Associate supports warehouse and production operations by handling materials, maintaining inventory accuracy, and performing shipping, receiving, staging, replenishment, and related warehouse functions. The role uses an RF scanner and Excel for warehouse operations and KPI reporting, and requires safe forklift operation with a valid, current certification. The associate maintains records, physically verifies quantities, investigates inventory variances, and applies FIFO, lean practices, and demand-flow strategies. Other duties may be assigned to support additional departments and current business needs.

The position requires a high school diploma or GED, three years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. A forklift certification and valid driver’s license are required. The work involves regular standing and lifting, exposure to warehouse and production conditions including chemicals, airborne particles, vibration, moving machinery, temperature extremes, and moderate to loud noise, as well as visual demands for close, distance, and color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and focus adjustment.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED, three years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Forklift certification required; ability to recertify with the employer.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Ability to regularly lift 25–50 pounds as stated in the duties; the physical demands section specifies lifting up to 10 pounds regularly, up to 25 pounds frequently, and up to 50 pounds occasionally.
• Understanding of inventory-control principles.
• Strong math skills, including ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and multiply and divide using American money and weight, volume, and distance measurements.
• Ability to follow detailed but uncomplicated written or oral instructions and handle problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Willingness to learn new tasks.
• Ability to meet the listed standing, hand-use, communication, walking, reaching, occasional climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and tasting or smelling demands.
• Vision abilities including close, distance, and color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

• Ensure FIFO (First In First Out) use of packaging materials.
• Operate a forklift safely and efficiently while maintaining a valid, up-to-date certification.
• Label and store supplies, retains, raw materials, and packaging components in designated warehouse storage areas.
• Coordinate transfers of materials to and from internal or external operating facilities.
• Use an RF scanner for shipping, receiving, staging, replenishment, and inventory-control cycle counts.
• Perform warehouse functions such as shipping, inventory, receiving, staging, prepping, and destruction as operational needs require.
• Understand and implement lean practices and demand-flow strategies.
• Perform cycle counts, root-cause analysis, and results reporting.
• Remove trash from production and warehouse areas and place it in the dumpster.
• Locate items strategically to reduce wasted motion and maximize space utilization.
• Use Excel to monitor operational objectives for KPI reporting.
• Maintain and verify records of assigned operational duties.
• Conduct regular physical verification of quantities and account for variances.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED