What are the responsibilities and job description for the Distribution Operator 1 position at Cook Medical?
Overview
Primary Function:
The Distribution Operator 1 is responsible for ensuring the finished product is received and put away into inventory, picked, packed, and shipped in an efficient and accurate manner. The Distribution Operator 1 operates under direct supervision and may be required to deviate or make adjustments to routine problems. The Distribution Operator 1 will help to resolve routine operational issues with basic prior work experience, education, or interpretation of work instructions. The Distribution Operator 1 may be required to escalate operational, technical, or process concerns to a team lead.
Responsibilities
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Qualifications
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
Primary Function:
The Distribution Operator 1 is responsible for ensuring the finished product is received and put away into inventory, picked, packed, and shipped in an efficient and accurate manner. The Distribution Operator 1 operates under direct supervision and may be required to deviate or make adjustments to routine problems. The Distribution Operator 1 will help to resolve routine operational issues with basic prior work experience, education, or interpretation of work instructions. The Distribution Operator 1 may be required to escalate operational, technical, or process concerns to a team lead.
Responsibilities
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Perform work in compliance with local quality procedures and work instructions.
- Perform work within local Warehouse Management System, utilizing scanners and/or computers where applicable.
- Meets or exceeds expectations and/or rates established by leadership.
- Participates in local and/or global projects where operator feedback is relevant.
- Understands and implements changes received from direct leadership and project teams that impact role.
- Work well with peers in team environment to support departmental goals.
- Actively participates in team meetings and provides improvement ideas to leadership for review.
- Escalates any customer impacting quality issues or internal non conformances to leadership.
- Maintains a safe and clean work environment by keeping shelves, pallet area, and workstations neat.
- Strictly adhere to safety requirements.
- Maintain regular and punctual attendance.
Qualifications
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
- High School Diploma, High School Equivalency Diploma or participating in a Cook sponsored program to obtain a High School Diploma or Equivalency Diploma.
- No Experience Required
- Must be able to complete onsite 6S training and receive certification.
- Minimum 18 years of age.
- Must have effective communication skills and ability to work in collaborative and independent work situations and environments with minimal supervision.
- Able to professionally communicate thoughts and ideas.
- Positively able to receive feedback and apply to their role.
- Able to complete all tasks given from leadership.
- Ability to remain calm and focused in fast paced situations.
- Ability to read, understand, and follow written instructions.
- Ability to visually recognize product/catalog descriptions.
- Ability to work standing and be mobile for a full eight-hour day.
- Moderate exposure to noise level in the work environment that is moderate to occasionally loud.
- Occasionally lifts and/or moves boxes up to 75 pounds.
- Frequent repetitive motion.
- Frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to grasp, carry, feel or touch; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch; talk and hear.
- Must be able to perform the essential functions of the job, subject to reasonable accommodation requirements under the ADA.