First Shift – Distribution Center Associate

Acorn Distributors, Inc.; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Acorn Distributors, Inc. is seeking a warehouse associate for our Columbus, OH distribution center. The role focuses on receiving, put-away, and order picking, with loading for internal and external customers. This full-time position runs Monday to Friday, 6:00am–3:00pm, ensuring accurate paperwork and safe handling.

The job requires operating RF scanners and material-handling equipment, meeting OSHA standards, and maintaining product integrity during loading and delivery processes.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• 6 months to 1 year of distribution center experience.
• OSHA equipment certification within 90 days of hire.
• Ability to operate forklift, stock picker, two-wheeler, wrapping machine, dollies, and carts.

Responsibilities

• Receiving/Put away, Picking/Staging, Checking/Quality Control, and/or Loading orders.
• Unload inbound product trucks and verify with paperwork and RF scanner.
• Read orders and use scanner to pick items and load for customers.
• Assemble customer orders from stock using order pickers and/or forklifts.
• Load product on trucks using pallet jacks and forklifts.
• Maintain accurate paperwork with each order and delivery labels.
• Ensure product is not damaged and secured with shrink-wrap/straps.
• Operate RF scanner for barcodes on all orders.
• Safely operate equipment (order pickers, forklifts, pallet jacks, etc.).
• Complete aisle clean-up and follow OSHA safety standards.
• Other duties as required.

Skills

Communication skills

Reading orders

Attention to detail

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

Forklift operation

Stock picker

Two-wheeler

Wrapping machine

Dollies & carts

Job description

Description

Job Description:

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 or feel, 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