First Shift - Distribution Center Associate

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