Warehouse III - Dry Warehouse

External•Laurel, MD

6d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for the effective and consistent handling of all assigned warehouse activities. The ideal candidate will have a good understanding of the machinery and processes to achieve desired results in terms of Quality, Safety, Hygiene, and Waste, with a strong attention to detail and operating within required parameters. This position is part of Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, a global leader in the ice cream industry, and offers an opportunity to drive high-impact transformation within an entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment.

Requirements

18 years of age or older.
Aptitude for automated mechanical processes with good troubleshooting and diagnostic skills.
Excellent interpersonal communication, math and problem solving skills.
Ability to work multiple shifts and/or schedules.
High School diploma or GED or equivalent experience.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States now and in the future.
Must be able to stand for hours with frequent bending, reaching, and lifting.
Follow hygiene and safety guidelines, including wearing protective gear (gloves, hairnets, etc.).

Nice To Haves

One-year related experience.

Responsibilities

Receive, store, and deliver all materials to the Production Lines in a safe and efficient manner.
Make cost-effective decisions in a timely manner, considering quality, safety, speed, and waste.
Operate various warehouse management systems (SAP and RF), spreadsheets, and word-processing documents.
Properly fill out all paperwork needed for operations.
Ensure that all packaging and raw materials are properly rotated on a First Expired First Out (FEFO) basis.
Verify Lot Control and FEFO is used for all floor deliveries and returns.
Ensure that partial pallets are delivered to the line first to prevent multiple partial pallets of the same resource.
Ensure that all materials received from vendors are properly received by Lot Number and quantity, and that all product received meets quality standards.
Notify coach of any truck delivery that is not up to standard (i.e. truck not clean, truck not at correct temperature, loads tipped or spilled, etc.).
Maintain good housekeeping in all Dry Warehouse storage, receiving, and tempering areas.
Keep rack locations safe and usable, restacking or up-righting any tipped pallets in racking.
Always maintain safety requirements such as wearing fall protection harness.
Collect supplied for Dry Warehouse when they arrive via postal or common carrier delivery.
Collect, sort and organize pallets from Dry Warehouse placing damaged pallets in pallet recycling trailer.
Monitor the availability, condition and usage of plastic pallets to ensure that product is not setup on plastic pallets too far in advance.
Minimize the number of plastic pallets that are returned to the racks when return to stock product is received in the warehouse.
Place all damaged plastic pallets out of service.
Safely transfer pallets from wood to plastic using the Pallet Transfer System and/or forklifts.
Be certified on safe operation of all Material Handling Equipment.
Act with a sense of urgency to accomplish goals and tasks.
Ensure complete and accurate shift hand off.
Ensure Receiving Board is complete and up to date.
Know and understand department metrics of quality, reliability and safety.
Lead Pre-Shift meetings as necessary and conduct shift hand offs.
Follow, monitor and understand all GMP/HACCP/QMS and product safety regulations.
Keep waste to a minimum.
Report any and all damage immediately.
Swipe in and out on time.
Be at your work area as scheduled and on time to pre and post shift meetings.
Stay focused at all times!
Make timely decisions.
Find root cause and solution to problems.
Communicate with team and supervisor. Keep them informed of any issues.
Represent The Froneri Way of working through the behaviors and characteristics in our Operating Model and Core Values.
Perform other job duties as assigned.
Train others as assigned.