Warehouse Assistant

Job Description

Salary: $15-$19

About Brothers International Food Holdings, LLC:

At Brothers International, we are passionate about creating high-quality food products that enrich lives and bring people together. Our Ingredients division supplies top-quality fruit and fruit juice concentrates to several Fortune 100 food companies. Our Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) division includes Brothers-All-Natural, the #1 Freeze-Dried Snack Brand, and also produces private label freeze-dried fruit snacks for some of the leading retailers in the US.

Position Summary:

The Warehouse Assistant will assist the Warehouse Supervisor with all aspects of the Warehouse responsibilities including the receiving, storing, handling, shipping and preparing of product for customer delivery while maintaining the warehouse in a safe and orderly fashion.

Essential Functions:

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

Receiving Inbound Product

Unloading, reporting counts, and discrepancies in quantity and condition

Storing Inbound Product

Mark best by month and year with colored sticker or other assigned method

Filling Outbound Customer Orders

Review paperwork for products and quantities

Pick product in FIFO sequence

Bring to appropriate area of warehouse for staging, packing, checking

When approved, seal and attach paperwork (labels, placards)

Assist driver as necessary

Deliver paperwork to Logistics Office

Weekly and Monthly Inventory Counts

Safe Operating of Equipment

Assist with snow removal on the sidewalks to both employee entrances.

Re-packing products into different containers on a regular basis.

Assisting Warehouse Lead with special projects.

Other duties as assigned by Warehouse Manager

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED

Warehouse experience preferred

Must be able to operate forklift and maintain forklift certification

Knowledge of warehouse operations and inventory control

Able to maintain good teamwork spirit, coordination, organization, planning, time management, reporting skills, inventory control, documentation skills, equipment maintenance, data entry skills, dependability.

Proven ability to follow team goals and objectives

Results-oriented with strong organizational and decision-making skills

Ability to follow direction and guidance from Lead or Leadership Team

Ability to follow OSHA regulations

Basic computer literacy, including Microsoft Office software, data entry, and use of FedEx/UPS shipping systems

Basic understanding of mathematics (addition and multiplication)

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers; handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.