Distribution Center Associate

Full Time
Valparaiso, IN 46383
$15 an hour
Posted
Job description

Company Foundations:

  • Building relationships across all departments
  • Culture-focused
  • Internal growth opportunities
  • Teamwork oriented
  • Dedicated to the well-being of employees and communities
  • Emphasis on risk management and safety

Wage: $15.00 / hr

Job Overview: Responsible for projecting and preserving the Family Express “Living Brand” by providing support to employees including drivers and distribution center team members in a clean, safe and friendly environment.To provide our customers with total satisfaction. To serve our community through volunteerism and produce a return on assets which will assure the future prosperity of our employees and our company.To be an ambassador of our “Living Brand” by building relationships with our customers.

Role Qualifications:

  • Must be at least 18 years of age
  • Must have reliable transportation
  • Must have at least a High School diploma or equivalent
  • Must pass all competency tests

Position Responsibilities:

  • Load and unload freight, empty containers, and various products including milk, sandwiches, bread, general merchandise, etc. from and to the Perishable and Dry Goods trucks
  • Prepare the perishable trucks for their route. This includes removing and loading empty containers
  • Receive in product, count it and compare to the appropriate invoice. Inform accounting of the results
  • Move product to the appropriate storage area
  • Pick product to fulfill specific store orders and do it in an efficient and accurate manner
  • Stage the product accordingly and load it onto a truck
  • Be able to be certified with a valid fork-lift operating license
  • Clean the dock and floor area on a daily basis
  • Comply with all safety policies, practices and procedures
  • Report all unsafe activities immediately to supervisor Human Resources
  • Performs all other related duties as assigned
  • Must have flexibility to work all shifts, all days of the week, when necessary
  • Ability to work in face paced, organized, positive environment
  • Ability to tolerate extreme temperatures and exposure to cleaning solvents

Essential Skills and Experience:

  • Integrity and accountability
  • Innovation and creativity
  • Adaptive and flexible
  • Teamwork and leadership
  • Self-confidence and humility
  • Professionalism and work ethic
  • Requires organizational skills, a good work ethic and ability to work well with others as a team member
  • Obtain the necessary training to be licensed to operate a forklift and electric pallet jack
  • Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals
  • Ability to read and decipher pick invoices
  • Ability to add and subtract numbers
  • Be able to comply with all Family Express policies and procedures

Physical Demands and Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand for prolonged periods; work longer than eight (8) hour shifts, reach, climb, balance, twist, stoop, kneel, crouch; talk and hear; taste and smell.The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50lbs. Specific vision abilities required by the job include: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.

Job Types: Full-time/ Part-time

Key Words: warehouse, receiving, stocking, forklift operator, delivery, delivery driver, hiring immediately, manufacturing, truck driver, growth, internal growth, internal promotion, walmart, Aldi, Amazon, distribution, picking, packing

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