Description:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The Warehouse Complex, Forklift Product Handler – Lead’s responsibility, in addition to the Product Handler responsibilities, is to demonstrate and provide positive leadership, motivation, training, direction, and team building to ensure members of the team successfully complete their assigned duties.
· In the absence of or at the direction of complex management, be responsible to direct the team towards daily task accomplishment.
· Have an above average understanding of company Standard Operating Procedures in regard to hop receipts, inventory, movement, storage, and shipment.
· Qualify and sign off on new product handlers training.
· Communicate with both the office and allocations via phone and electronic technologies to receive and understand objective assigned to the complex by the company.
· Interpret assignments and integrate them into daily workflow.
· Verify and sign off other crew members ship instructions.
· Verify carrier pickup insuring proper documentation prior to release of product.
· Conduct inspections of container shipments for integrity, security and pictures.
· Follow all guidelines for work safety and good manufacturing process.
· Operate forklift.
· Ensure load matches order prior to vehicle exiting complex.
· Maintain a broad in-depth knowledge of the products and warehouse operations.
· Possess alertness and adaption to warehouse routines.
· Understand and apply fundamental mathematical calculations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division).
· Follow all food safety and hygiene policies.
· Manually handles, repacks, or restacks pallets of finished product.
· Maintains accurate documentation for all related activities and completes forms and reports.
· Demonstrate strong commitment to safety, quality environmental awareness, and continuous process improvement.
· Performs other related duties as directed.
Requirements:
Experience, Education, and Licensure/Certification Requirements:
· High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
· Valid state motor vehicle operator’s license preferred.
· Forklift Operator Certification.
· At least two years of work experience in a warehouse environment preferred.
Required Skills/Abilities:
· Individual must be able to work cohesively as part of a team.
· Must maintain a good attitude and be professional daily.
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
· Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
· Basic understanding of or ability to quickly learn company product codes and terminology.
· Must be able to read and follow written and verbal instructions.
· Good analytical skills and ability to make sound judgments.
Physical Requirements:
· Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistently meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.
· Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance.
· Ability to perform repetitive and physical demanding tasks for extended periods (lifting, walking, working at heights, climbing, pushing, pulling, twisting and stooping).
· Must be able to work in a fast paced, loud, and labor-intensive environment in variable temperatures (from outdoor heat to indoor refrigerated coolers).
· Must be able to stand for long periods of time.