Associate, Warehouse Operations - Lumper Weekend Shift

KeHE Distributors; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 50,608,000 - 68,252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Rx

Dental

Vision

FSA/HSA

Supplemental life insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Paid sick time

STD/LTD

ESOP

Holiday pay

Job summary

KeHE Distributors in Texas is seeking a Warehouse Receiver/Lumper to manage incoming goods, verify orders, and prepare items for routing or storage. The role starts early with 5:00 AM shifts and includes a Monday-Thursday or Friday-Sunday schedule.

Candidates should have a high school diploma or GED and at least two years in a warehouse, with forklift or pallet jack experience and familiarity with warehouse computer systems. Benefits after 30 days and ESOP highlight benefits.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• A minimum of two (2) years previous experience working in a warehouse environment.

Responsibilities

• Receive merchandise and unpack for routing or storage.
• Verify shipment accuracy against POs and report discrepancies.
• Inspect product quality, freshness, damage, size, and dates.
• Unload trucks and break down pallets for storage.
• Rotate products by expiration dates and repack as needed.
• Load trucks for delivery to main warehouse dock.

Skills

Forklift operation

Warehouse experience

Safety conscious

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Warehouse computer systems

Job description

Why Work for KeHE?

• Full-time
• Pay Range: $20.75/Hr. - $20.75/Hr.
• Shift Days: F-SU, Shift Time: 5:00 AM
• Benefits after 30 days
  • Health/Rx
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Flexible and health spending accounts (FSA/HSA)
  • Supplemental life insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Paid time off
  • Paid sick time
  • Short term & long term disability coverage (STD/LTD)
  • Employee stock ownership (ESOP)
  • Holiday pay for company designated holidays

Overview

Good people, working with good people, for our common good.

Sound good?

KeHE-a natural, organic, specialty and fresh food distributor-is all about "good" and is growing, so there's never been a more exciting time to join our team. If you're enthusiastic about working in an environment with a people-first culture and an organization committed to good living, good food and good service, we'd love to talk to you!

Primary Responsibilities

The Warehouse Receiver/Lumper will be responsible for receiving merchandise and materials from outside vendors. The Warehouse Receiver/Lumper will also be responsible for handling, unpacking, or uncrating merchandise and materials for routing or storage in the proper department. They are also responsible for documenting damaged goods and/or shortages/overages.

Shifts are Mon - Thurs or Fri - Sun with a 5 a.m. start time.

Essential Functions

• Maintain records of incoming goods and check bills of lading or purchase orders on incoming shipments.
• Endorse and verify shipment accuracy against purchase orders and make appropriate adjustments if necessary (i.e., over/short, damaged product, change in size). Notify department manager of discrepancies.
• Inspect product for quality, freshness, damage, proper size, and expiration code date or “sell by” dates.
• Unload trucks and break down pallets that do not immediately fit in allotted reserve storage spots.
• Select orders for special store orders (i.e. add-ons) and stock product as needed.
• Pull product returned from stores off trailers and stage for check-in process.
• Charge or change (cable or electric hoist) batteries for pallet jacks and industrial trucks.
• Rotate product properly by confirming expiration dates.
• Open master cases for repack selecting.
• Load trucks for delivery of product to the main warehouse dock.
• Must maintain good attendance and safe work practices.
• Maintain safeguards of confidential company information.
• Other duties and special projects as requested.

Minimum Requirements, Qualifications, Additional Skills, Aptitude

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent required.
• A minimum of two (2) years previous experience working in a warehouse environment.

Additional Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Previous experience operating powered industrial equipment (i.e., forklift, pallet jacks, stock pickers, etc.).
• Warehouse computer system knowledge strongly preferred.
• Ability to communicate well with internal customers and management.
• Ability to follow safe working practices, as instructed.
• Ability to efficiently work independent of direct supervision.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Must be able to carry, lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. The associate is frequently required to stand, walk, and climb. While performing the duties of this position, the associate is subject to a warehouse environment where temperatures can vary from very cool to very warm. The associate is rarely exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise levels in the work environment are typically moderate to high.

Equal Employer Opportunity Statement

KeHE Distributors provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits all forms of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or faith, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training as well as the administration of all Human Resources and Talent Acquisition processes.