Receiver

• Industry: Asian Food Distributor
• Title: Receiver
• Reports to: Warehouse manager
• Job Level: Union Position
• Location: Savage Maryland (On-site)
  
• Work Hours: 6:30 AM 3:00 PM (30-minute lunch break included; overtime may be required based on workload)
• Hourly Salary: $21.62
• Benefits: health vision dental 401K pension vacation and sick leave
• Visa Support: No

This position is a union position. Union membership is required after the probationary period. Union dues may apply.

Position Overview
Direct and coordinate product receiving and public warehouse.

Tasks

• Verify and count merchandise received.
• Communicate with employees and other individuals to answer questions disseminate or explain information verify receipt of orders address complaints etc.
• Move product and other materials to and from storage areas loading docks and delivery vehicles by hand and special equipment.
• Oversee and monitor public warehouse activities including reporting verifying count receiving etc.
• Compile copy sort and file records of office activities business transactions and other activities.
• Operate office machines such as photocopiers and scanners facsimile machines voice mail systems etc.
• Assist assembling when its necessary.
• General administrative and light maintenance duties including physical inventory responsibilities.

Work Context

• Lifting/Carrying up to about 50 lbs.
• Operating machinery including forklift pallet jacket etc.
• Coordination and communication with management and peers.
• Requires written and oral communication in English.
• Requires competition or awareness of competitive pressures.
• Requires dealing with unpleasant angry or discourteous people.
• Requires being exact or highly accurate.
• Requires meeting strict deadlines.
• Requires coordinating with others in accomplishing work activities.
• Includes responsibility for work outcomes and results.
• Requires working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions.
• Requires repetitive movement sitting standing bending seeing hearing talking manual dexterity and flexibility in fingers and hands
• Requires reaching with hands and arms.
• Requires working until the daily work is finished (8 hours or more).

Work Activities

• Making decisions and solving problems.
• Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships.
• Organizing planning and prioritizing work.
• Provide customer service.
• Monitoring inventory movement.
• Take messages.
• Prepare and maintain records reports or files.

Skills
Basic Skills:

• Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making
• Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying taking time to understand the points being made asking questions as appropriate and not interrupting at inappropriate times
• Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions conclusions or approaches to daily matters
• Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things
• Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents
• Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively
• Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience

Social Skills:

• Coordination
• Service Orientation
• Social Perceptiveness

Desktop Computer Skills:

• Spreadsheets
• Internet (Email)
• Navigation
• Databases

Specific Tools & Technology:

• MS Office (Word Excel)
• Our company system

Resource Management Skills:

• Time Management

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Nothing in this job description restricts managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. Employee may perform other related duties as required to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.