Union Distribution 536 Shipping Warehouse Operator

Job Summary

To receive and store finished goods; to pick customer orders; to label, wrap, load pallets onto trucks for shipment, or stage pallets in designated areas; to process UPS/Fed Ex shipments.

Responsibilities

• Pick cartons and/or packages of product for customer orders according to pick list and customer requirements, verifying inventory levels as required.  Available material handling equipment should be used for picking orders.
• Pack loose packages into master cartons.
• Label cartons and/or pallets and wrap loads as required.
• Enter data into computer terminals to meet warehouse management system and customer requirements.
• Load truck with palletized product, according to warehouse and customer requirements, completing all necessary paperwork.
• Transport finished stock into the warehouse(s) from various areas (manufacturing, unloaded trucks, etc.).
• Inspect quality of goods received or shipped and quality of trailers loaded or unloaded.
• Inspect quantity of goods received or shipped by comparing to pick list, packing list, and/or bill-of-lading.
• Move stock within the warehouse(s) for storage, replenishment, customer orders, or staging.
• Unload finished goods from trucks, combining/breaking down pallet loads as necessary, completing necessary paperwork to meet warehouse and customer requirements.
• Receive empty pallets when necessary.
• Process UPS/Fed Ex shipments.
• Comply with all safety policies (e.g. guard use, hearing protection, etc.), reporting any violation to immediate supervisor.
• Prepare daily record of work performed.
• Monitor inventory level of routinely used production materials and supplies, informing appropriate personnel of inventory needs.
• Change batteries of material handling equipment as needed.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and understand orders to accurately process customer orders.
• Ability to record work performed (manual and computer-based systems).
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic.
• Ability to perform data entry on computers.
• Ability to understand warehouse management system, bills-of-lading, receipts, carton labels, and other related information.
• Ability to independently complete tasks as assigned by others.
• Ability to communicate with supervisors, production workers, and warehouse personnel to provide or obtain information, and to resolve count and location discrepancies.
• Ability to operate various material handling equipment, e.g. fork truck, reach truck, tugger, man-up order picker, and hand truck.
• Ability to use film wrap and pallet stretch wrappers.
• Knowledge would normally be acquired through a high school degree or equivalent program.