What are the responsibilities and job description for the Shipping and Warehouse Associate position at VistaApex Solutions?
Job Title: Shipping and Warehouse Associate
Company: VistaApex Solutions | PerioProtect, LLC
Location: Saint Louis, MO
Reports to: Production Manager
About VistaApex Solutions
VistaApex Solutions is a purpose-driven, clinician-focused healthcare platform bringing together leading dental brands, including Vista Apex, PerioProtect, and PerioSciences. Our mission is to develop meaningful products that enhance clinicians’ treatment options and improve patient outcomes. With a value-added approach across R&D, operations, and customer experience. We empower clinicians to deliver confident, consistent, and elevated care.
At our core, we operate through five foundational pillars— Product Development Clinician Involvement, Treatment Refinement Simplified Workflow, Expanding Innovations Trusted Partnerships, Inspired Foresight and Quality Assured Personal Connections —guiding our approach to innovation, collaboration, and long-term partnership.
Position Overview
The Shipping Clerk / Warehouse Flex role is responsible for ensuring the highest level of quality, accuracy, and safety in all shipments. This position verifies order accuracy, prepares shipments, maintains detailed documentation, and adheres to regulatory standards (DOT, IATA, IMO) while contributing to a clean, organized, and efficient warehouse environment.
Key Functions
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Company: VistaApex Solutions | PerioProtect, LLC
Location: Saint Louis, MO
Reports to: Production Manager
About VistaApex Solutions
VistaApex Solutions is a purpose-driven, clinician-focused healthcare platform bringing together leading dental brands, including Vista Apex, PerioProtect, and PerioSciences. Our mission is to develop meaningful products that enhance clinicians’ treatment options and improve patient outcomes. With a value-added approach across R&D, operations, and customer experience. We empower clinicians to deliver confident, consistent, and elevated care.
At our core, we operate through five foundational pillars— Product Development Clinician Involvement, Treatment Refinement Simplified Workflow, Expanding Innovations Trusted Partnerships, Inspired Foresight and Quality Assured Personal Connections —guiding our approach to innovation, collaboration, and long-term partnership.
Position Overview
The Shipping Clerk / Warehouse Flex role is responsible for ensuring the highest level of quality, accuracy, and safety in all shipments. This position verifies order accuracy, prepares shipments, maintains detailed documentation, and adheres to regulatory standards (DOT, IATA, IMO) while contributing to a clean, organized, and efficient warehouse environment.
Key Functions
- Accurately verify and validate customer orders to achieve 100% shipment accuracy
- Efficiently pick and stage materials from warehouse inventory using pick lists to meet daily throughput targets
- Package shipments to ensure product integrity, damage prevention, and on-time delivery
- Maintain precise shipping records and documentation in compliance with internal and regulatory requirements
- Operate shipping systems (e.g., WorldShip, Ship Manager) to process orders quickly and accurately
- Generate and validate shipping labels, invoices, and bills of lading to ensure compliance and traceability
- Strictly adhere to DOT, IATA, and IMO regulations to ensure safe and compliant transportation of goods
- Follow ISO standards and internal quality procedures to maintain operational consistency and audit readiness
- Sustain a clean, organized, and safety-compliant workspace to support efficient warehouse operations
- Safely operate material handling equipment (pallet jacks, reach trucks, order pickers) to optimize workflow efficiency
- Education
- High School Diploma preferred; GED accepted
- Experience
- Minimum of 6 months of shipping or relevant warehouse experience
- Skills and Competencies
- Strong organization skills in a fast-paced environment
- High attention to detail and accuracy
- Basic math, reading, writing, and comprehension skills
- Ability to communicate effectively and follow verbal instructions
- Adaptability to new processes and procedures
- Basic computer proficiency
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Ability to stand, bend, and lift up to 50 lbs for 8 hour shifts
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Warehouse environment
- First-shift schedule (Monday–Friday) with periodic overtime