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First Shift – Distribution Center Associate

Acorn Distributors, Inc.
Columbus, OH Full Time
POSTED ON 3/24/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/22/2026
Description

Job Description:

Duties focused on the receiving and put away of inbound product primarily; along with the picking, checking, and loading of product orders for the Distribution Center’s internal and external customers.

Monday - Friday 6:00am - 3:00pm

Essential Functions Include, But Not Limited To The Following

  • Receiving/Put away, Picking/Staging, Checking/Quality Control, and/or Loading orders:
  • Unloading inbound product trucks, checking in compared with paperwork and RF scanner, and sorting accordingly (noting variances) before physically putting away items into proper bin locations
  • Read orders and use scanner to be directed to items to be picked and loaded for customer
  • Assemble customer orders from stock while operating order pickers and/or forklifts to place orders on pallets to be loaded on delivery trucks,sometimes manually counting the amounts needed
  • Closely monitor the items’ unit of measure details while handling them before loading
  • Load product on trucks as required in predetermined order using pallet jacks and forklifts
  • Maintain that paperwork correctly remains with each order and final delivery labels are applied accurately
  • Ensure product is not damaged and is loaded in a manner that allows for ease in sorting and selecting upon delivery, while also securing with shrink-wrap and ratchet straps as needed.
  • Operating an RF scanner for item barcodes for all orders being picked and checked
  • Safely operating material handling equipment such as: order pickers, forklifts, pallet jacks, hand carts, etc. that includes plugging and unplugging them to maintain charge as needed based on use levels
  • Properly handling products to protect their value, and complete aisle clean-up as needed each shift
  • Follow OSHA and safety standards, report violations to direct supervisor
  • Other duties, as required

Physical Demands

  • Job requires employees to be able to stand for prolonged periods of time
  • Repetitive, physically demanding work and regularly required to reach with hands and arms, stand, walk, and use hands to finger, handle orfeel, and sort and load
  • Occasionally required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and talk and hear
  • Frequently required to lift and/or move excessive weight (50 pounds or more)
  • Required to use and read computer and scanner screens, communicate required reporting
  • Expected to maintain certain levels of productivity and accuracy

Minimum Qualifications

  • Must be able to communicate and comprehend both written and oral information
  • Competence in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
  • Ability to operate equipment (Forklift, stock picker, two-wheeler, wrapping machine, dollies, carts)
  • Must be certified by Acorn Distributors on all equipment as required by OSHA within 90 days
  • High School diploma or equivalent
  • A minimum of six (6) months to (1) year of experience in a distribution center

Equipment Used

Forklift, stock picker, turret, electric walkie rider, pallet jack, riding floor scrubber and vacuum, two-wheeler, wrapping machine, dollies, and carts

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