Warehouse Associate - new warehouse opening

Rincon GA

Description

General Warehouse Associate Summary of Role: Serena & Lily is seeking General Warehouse Associates to provide full-scope of operational support for our new Distribution Center in Rincon, GA. Responsibilities including but not limited to: Shipping, Receiving, Order Picking, Order Packing, Returns Processing, Report Generation, Quality Control, Item Put-Away, Inventory Control and general workplace maintenance. Goals and Objectives: • Work as directed by warehouse operations supervisors and managers and in support of the Serena & Lily mission, goals and values. • Increase order picking and packing efficiency through use of best-practices and ever increasing product knowledge. • Processing of customer returns, special projects, and incorporating technology to streamline supply chain processes. Essential Duties & Responsibilities: • Assist shipping and receiving, unloading trucks, checking in merchandise, matching purchase orders to sales orders and distributing to sales associates for processing. • Reading customer orders, work orders, shipping orders, or requisitions to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed and/or shipped. • Moving materials and items from receiving or storage areas to shipping or to other designated areas. • Sorting and placing materials or items on racks, shelves, or in bins according to predetermined sequence such as size, type, style, color, or product code. • Filling requisitions, work orders, or requests for materials, tools, or other stock items and distributes items to shipping or to designated route driver storage area. • Ensuring warehouse is accessible and safe for salespeople and customer traffic. • Assembling customer orders from stock and places orders on pallets or shelves, or relocating orders to a holding area or shipping department. • Marking materials with identifying information using appropriate method. • Opening bales, crates, and other containers. • Recording amounts of materials or items received or distributed via appropriate computer program. • Assisting in counting of physical inventory. • Weighing and counting items for distribution within plant to ensure conformance to company standards. • May be assigned facilities maintenance duties as needed. • Completing requisition forms to order supplies from other departments. • Preparing parcels for mailing. • Sweeping, dusting, and mopping. • Organizing warehouse and work area for orderliness at all times. • Wearing the proper safety equipment. • Complete assignments with the use of RF equipment. • Other duties may be assigned. Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above and below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability, as well as physical demands required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. • High school diploma or general education degree (GED); • Three months or more related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. • Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. • Ability to use and understand carrier and company computer shipping, receiving, and replenishment equipment utilizing RF • Forklift, Reach Truck, and Order Picker equipment certification a plus. Must have the ability to learn and become certified • Written and verbal English language skills required Physical Demands: • The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. • The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to ten pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to fifty pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than one hundred pounds. • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.