The Receiving Specialist is responsible for warehousing activities including sorting; stocking; loading and unloading; cleaning; inventory; customer service; record keeping, while adhering to safety, quality and food safety standards set by RRFB.

Responsibilities and Job Functions

• Sorts Donations coming in from retail and community
• Disposing of trash from expired or damaged product.
• Enters data from donation in inventory system (CERES) in a timely manner
• Follows all food safety guidelines
• Ensures proper movement of dry/cold storage product
• Utilizes barcoding hardware/software
• Reads and understands locations in warehouse
• Meets all RRFB stocking rate standards
• Safely uses RRFB equipment and completes equipment logs
• Unloads/Loads trucks in proper sequence
• Verifies if what is on BOL is correct
• Checks temperature of incoming loads and ensures it meets standards
• Completes necessary paperwork upon unload/load completion
• Maintains all cleaning standards established by RRFB
• Completes daily/weekly/monthly cleaning logs
• Maintain Equipment and equipment logs
• Cleans up after spills
• Commitment to the mission and core values of Roadrunner Food Bank
• Ensures that volunteers assigned to the area have an excellent experience
• Responds to food safety and compliance inquires in a timely and professional manner
• Displays courtesy and professionalism in every contact with RRFB volunteers, coworkers, donors and drivers
• Completes the item, pallet, and physical inventory count
• Reports discrepancies daily
• Accurate counts on incoming loads

Qualifications
• Must possess communication and writing skills.
• Basic computer skills.
• Independent decision-making skills.
• Able to complete Forklift safety training within 30 days of hire.
• Able to train with and use electric ride-on pallet jack.

Preferred Qualifications
• G.E.D or High School Diploma.
• Forklift experience.
• Experience working with volunteers.
• Prior work experience in a warehouse setting.

Employment Requirements
Negative Drug Screen
Successful Background Clearance

Physical Environment
Ability to work in a cold environment with proper protective equipment (-11 degrees).
Warehouse or cold storage areas.
Ability to move throughout the building.
Lifting or moving up to 50 pounds repetitively for purposes of sorting products and fulfilling orders.
Able to pull a pallet jack with a load up to 1000 lbs.
Long periods of sedentary work-environments.
Work will be both indoors and outdoors but can be subject to extreme temperatures in either environment.
Moderate exposure to loud noise levels.