Ajax Turner Company, is hiring a Wine and Spirits Picker/Auditor. Ajax Turner Company, founded in 1961, is a multi-generational, family owned and operated business located in La Vergne, Tennessee. Ajax Turner Company proudly distributes and represents Anheuser-Busch, top selling local, regional and import brewers, premium non-alcoholic beverages, and a great selection of award-winning wines and spirits from all over the world.
SCHEDULE: Sunday - Thursday
- Sunday: 12PM - end of shift
- Monday-Thursday: 3PM - end of shift
Qualifications Essential Responsibilities
- Safely operate a ride-on electric pallet jack, stand-up order picker, reach truck, and other authorized warehouse equipment as assigned.
- Complete and document the required pre-shift equipment inspection before operating powered equipment.
- Use the voice-directed picking system to select the correct item, location, and quantity for each customer order.
- Build stable pallets that protect products from falling, shifting, breaking, or becoming damaged during transportation.
- Confirm that the correct pallet label is applied to each completed pallet.
- Transport completed pallets safely to the designated wrapping area.
- Ensure completed pallets are properly wrapped and secured before staging or loading.
- Stage each completed pallet in the designated lane with its assigned delivery route.
- Combine, wrap, and prepare one route at a time to reduce the possibility of mixing pallets between routes.
- Communicate with auditors and promptly correct any picking, product, quantity, damage, or labeling errors identified during the audit.
- Promptly report shortages, out-of-stocks, damaged products, incorrect locations, system issues, and other discrepancies to the appropriate supervisor.
- Follow the loading manifest and established route sequence when preparing pallets for loading.
- Verify the route and pallet label on every pallet immediately before loading it onto an outbound truck.
- Load W&S pallets onto the correct delivery truck in a safe, stable, and organized manner.
- Maintain a clean, safe, and organized picking, wrapping, staging, and loading area.
- Follow all company safety policies, warehouse procedures, and management instructions. Performance Expectations
- Maintain an average picking rate of at least 100 cases per hour after completing the applicable training and progression period.
- Maintain fewer than five verified picking errors per week or meet any updated company accuracy standard.
- Meet productivity expectations without bypassing required safety, labeling, staging, auditing, or loading procedures.
- Accurately select the correct item, location, and quantity.
- Properly build, label, wrap, and stage every completed pallet.
- Ensure pallets remain with the correct route throughout picking, wrapping, staging, and loading.
- Verify every pallet label before loading and prevent avoidable shorts, overages, damages, or misloads.
- Promptly correct and communicate all identified errors.
- Maintain acceptable attendance, productivity, teamwork, safety, and workplace organization.
Physical and Work Environment Requirements
- Must be detail-oriented and able to work safely in a fast-paced warehouse environment.
- Must possess basic reading and mathematical skills.
- Must be able to understand and follow voice-directed picking instructions.
- Must be able to repeatedly lift, carry, position, and stack cases weighing approximately 22 to 50 pounds.
- Must be able to stand, walk, bend, reach, push, pull, and perform repetitive material-handling tasks throughout the shift.
- Must be comfortable working at elevated heights while using a stand-up order picker.
- Previous order-selection experience is preferred.
- Previous experience operating an electric pallet jack, stand-up order picker, and reach truck is preferred.
- Company equipment training and certification must be successfully completed.
- Must be able to work independently with limited direct supervision.
- Must be able to communicate effectively with pickers, auditors, loaders, and supervisors.