First Shift Distribution Center Associate Join Acorn Distributors a multi-million dollar distributor of janitorial and foodservice products. We provide expert solutions to the following industries: Education Healthcare Government Lodging Commercial Property Management Restaurants and Catering. Position Summary: Duties focused on the receiving and put away of inbound product primarily; along with the picking checking and loading of product orders for the Distribution Centers internal and external customers. Monday - Friday 6:00am - 3:00pm Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Receiving/Put away Picking/Staging Checking/Quality Control and/or Loading orders: - Unloading inbound product trucks checking in compared with paperwork and RF scanner and sorting accordingly (noting variances) before physically putting away items into proper bin locations
- Read orders and use scanner to be directed to items to be picked and loaded for customer
- Assemble customer orders from stock while operating order pickers and/or forklifts to place orders on pallets to be loaded on delivery trucks sometimes manually counting the amounts needed
- Closely monitor the items unit of measure details while handling them before loading
- Load product on trucks as required in predetermined order using pallet jacks and forklifts
- Maintain that paperwork correctly remains with each order and final delivery labels are applied accurately
- Ensure product is not damaged and is loaded in a manner that allows for ease in sorting and selecting upon delivery while also securing with shrink-wrap and ratchet straps as needed.
- Operating an RF scanner for item barcodes for all orders being picked and checked
- Safely operating material handling equipment such as: order pickers forklifts pallet jacks hand carts etc. that includes plugging and unplugging them to maintain charge as needed based on use levels
- Properly handling products to protect their value and complete aisle clean-up as needed each shift
- Other duties as required
Physical Demands - Job requires employees to be able to stand for prolonged periods of time
- Repetitive physically demanding work and regularly required to reach with hands and arms stand walk and use hands to finger handle or feel and sort and load
- Occasionally required to sit climb balance stoop kneel crouch or crawl and talk and hear
- Frequently required to lift and/or move excessive weight (50 pounds or more)
Equipment Used: Forklift stock picker pallet jack two-wheeler wrapping machine dollies and carts Minimum Qualifications: - Must be able to communicate and comprehend both written and oral information
- Competence in addition subtraction multiplication and division in all units of measure using whole numbers common fractions and decimals.
- Ability to operate equipment (Forklift stock picker two-wheeler wrapping machine dollies carts)
- Must be certified by Acorn Distributors on all equipment as required by OSHA within 90 days
| Required Experience:
IC