What are the responsibilities and job description for the Warehouse Associate position at Fortune International, LLC?
Title: Warehouse Associate
Reports to: Operations Supervisor
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Summary of Position: The Warehouse Associate is responsible for performing a range of general warehouse tasks including; loading, unloading, stock, inventory, labeling and receiving. Warehouse Associate contributes to the efficiency of the warehouse production by ensuring high safety and sanitation standards are always maintained.
Responsibilities
- Unload product from truck, container and stock them in the designated area.
- Ensures that product is properly placed on racks, shelves, or in bins according to established practice.
- Assembles customer orders from stock and places orders on pallets or shelves, or conveys orders to packing station or shipping department and prepare for shipping.
- Ensure that product is handled in a sanitary manner.
- Adhere to the company’s safety practices at all times.
- Marks materials with identifying information.
- Records amounts of materials or items received or distributed.
- Arranges product in specified sequence for processing by other workers as needed.
- Drives forklift or other motorized equipment to transport items within the plant.
- Supports in maintaining inventory records.
- Other duties as assigned by supervisor.
Minimum Requirements:
- Education- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Experience- One to two years of related experience in food production. Seafood experience preferred.
- Work ethic- A sense of urgency in meeting critical and time sensitive deadlines.
- Accuracy- Demonstrated ability to accurately pack product in a timely fashion. The ability to lift 25/50/pounds regularly.
- Language- Basic English speaking and written proficiency.
- Mathematical – Ability to perform basic arithmetic tasks – adding, subtracting, dividing, and multiplying.