Shipping Clerk

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Monitor and maintaining current inventory levels, process purchasing orders as required, and track orders and investigate problems
• Assist with month-end inventory count
• Record purchases, maintain database, perform physical count of inventory, and reconcile actual stock count to computer-generated reports
• Receive, unpack, and deliver goods, label shelves, and re-stock items, as necessary
• Process and document returns, as required following established procedures
• Perform routine clerical duties, including but not limited to data entry, answering telephones, and assisting customers

• Dispose of obsolete inventory as directed by leadership
• Comply with Cooks Venture policies and regulations regarding safety, food safety, environmental sustainability, animal welfare, ingredients, and any related item
• Perform other projects, initiatives, and tasks as directed by leadership

• Support company efforts as identified by KPIs (on the breakroom TVs)
• Uphold mission statement
• Review previous shift’s documentation and issue documentation corrections to the appropriate supervisor
• Perform pre-shipment review of documentation on all lots of finished product
• Maintain appropriate documentation standards as needed by the food safety and quality program.
• Analyze data from statistical process controls
• Adhere to the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Plan, ensuring plant compliance
• Perform critical food safety checks on production floor
• Maintain GMPs as well as provide leadership in modeling good food safety and quality practices
• Offer suggestions and improvements to improve quality and food safety.
• Participate in food safety and quality training as scheduled
• Maintain confidential information in a discreet, professional manner 
• Report unsafe practices in any of the following areas:  personal safety, product safety, product quality, potential contamination issues (unintentional or intentional).
• Be a gatekeeper for the facility to ensure protection of people and product from unauthorized visitors and report of any suspicious behavior.

Physical Activities: 

• Position requires significant physical activity and may require lifting up to 50 pounds
• Position requires extended hours, including evenings and weekends

Technical Experience:

• Must be able to read and write English
• Comfortable using email, Microsoft Office, and other technologies
• Experience on forklift preferred

Minimum Education & Experience:

• High school diploma or GED