Job Type

Full-time
Description
Are you motivated to make a difference in your community? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, hands-on environment where every action directly impacts those in need? United Food Bank is seeking a dedicated Warehouse Associate to join our dynamic team where you can play a crucial part in achieving our mission.
Our Mission and Values :
We are passionate about our Mission of Uniting Communities to Alleviate Hunger. You are most likely to find success at United Food Bank if you are:

• Teamwork-oriented , collaborating with others to achieve the best outcomes
• Guided by Integrity to do the right things, always
• Inspired to go above and beyond to deliver Service & Innovation in your role.

Position Summary :
The Warehouse Associate is part of the Warehouse Team responsible for completing daily operations in order to support efficient and timely shipping and receiving processes, including stocking, organizing and distributing food inventory (food commodities and donated food items); documenting and safely handling all food transactions.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following :

• Practices safe food handling procedures at all times
• Assists in assuring accurate inventory tracking on all products entering the warehouse
• Assists with putting away and moving inventory as directed by the Lead Warehouse Associate, Director of Operations, and Inventory Specialist
• Performs complex operations on several different classes of forklifts
• Assists the Lead Warehouse Associate, Director of Food Operations, Financial Analyst, and/or Inventory Specialist in completing daily inventory entry documentation
• Assists with incoming and outgoing food-related activities, inventory reconciliations, and cycle counts
• Assists with incoming and outgoing food-related activities for TEFAP, and CSFP, maintaining and documenting the time spent on those activities as required
• Can assist with the documentation of receipting incoming food and agency orders
• Assists in the proper organization of the cooler and freezer
• Keeps the warehouse and surrounding property clean and well-organized in collaboration with the Warehouse Team
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Director of Food Operations and/or CEO and/or designee

Requirements
Qualifications: (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities) :

• Arizona Food Handlers Card
• Ability to acquire Serve Safe Certification
• Forklift certification of classes 1, 2, and 3
• At least three months of warehouse experience
• Excellent verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with people of diverse backgrounds and socio-socioeconomic status
• Exhibits qualities of maturity, good judgment, and tact
• Ability to effectively analyze and resolve routine and complex problems
• Computer skills including experience with Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel programs
• Ability to multi-task many projects at the same time while meeting deadlines

Physical demands and work environment :
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• The employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

In instances of a federal, state, or locally declared emergency, United Food Bank is typically considered an essential service and emergency responder; all of its employees may be called in to perform regular or emergent duties.
The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions and perform any other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.