Material Handler - Order Picker 2nd shift

Stowgroup; Adairsville (GA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO & Sick Leave

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

401K with employer match

Tuition Reimbursement

Tobacco Free Campus

Job summary

Stowgroup in Georgia seeks an Order Picker to execute loading schedules and order preparation with strict attention to priority and safety. You will follow SAP and scanning instructions, check orders, and store completed items while ensuring packaging standards and inventory accuracy.

The role requires 2+ years in warehousing, forklift operation, and familiarity with warehouse layouts. The position offers a stable schedule and a safety-conscious team environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience operating forklifts, reach trucks, pallet jacks, and other warehouse equipment; valid license preferred.
• 2+ years of order picking or similar warehouse experience required.
• Knowledge of warehouse layout and locations (Hall A & B, powder warehouse, picking area).
• Product knowledge and understanding of warehouse procedures.
• Ability to use scanning equipment.
• Ability to estimate order volume to select appropriate packaging.
• Knowledge of packaging requirements.
• Ability to use a scale.
• Ability to replenish pick locations.

Responsibilities

• Follow instructions from supervisor and prioritize loading schedules.
• Adhere to SAP/scan instructions and manage replenishment needs.
• Check and verify prepared orders before storage or shipment.
• Store completed orders in correct locations and maintain inventory records.
• Ensure overseas packaging complies with required standards.
• Perform 5S audits and maintain cleanliness; uphold safety guidelines.
• Report to supervisors with end-of-shift activities for performance reporting.
• Assist colleagues and proactively suggest productivity improvements.
• Support inventory and cycle counting activities.

Skills

Forklift experience

Order picking

Warehouse layout knowledge

Product knowledge

Warehouse procedures

Scanning equipment

Estimate order volume

Packaging requirements

Use of scales

Replenish pick locations

Tools

Scanning equipment

Job description

The Order Picker receives instructions from the supervisor or warehouse support regarding the loading schedule. Based on the orders to be prepared, they organize work according to priority, while following oral and/or written instructions (recorded in SharePoint).

• Follows scan/SAP instructions indicating replenishment needs
• Follows management instructions to improve work methods and prevent complaints or damages
• Gives instructions to order pickers and takes initiative to improve productivity and avoid complaints
• Checks prepared orders
• Stores completed orders in stock
• Ensures overseas packaging complies with required standards
• Adapts to changes in work priorities
• Maintains order and cleanliness and ensures regular cleaning by order pickers
• Respects environmental guidelines
• Ensures compliance with safety rules and monitors safety practices
• Reports all relevant information to supervisors to enable performance reporting to management by completing the end-of-shift report (documenting activities performed during the shift)
• Assists colleagues when needed
• Requests creation of new storage locations to avoid order splits
• Checks open transfer orders (TOs) daily to ensure orders are completed before loading begins
• Transmits location data to the supervisor to ensure correct master data updates
• Assists with inventory and cycle counting
• Ensures best practices among order pickers and proposes improvement initiatives
• Performs the same tasks as order pickers, according to their job description, when availability allows
• Conducts 5S audits according to instructions

• 2+ years of recent experience operating forklifts, reach trucks, pallet jacks, and other warehouse equipment, with a valid license preferred
• 2+ years of order picking or similar warehouse experience required
• Knowledge of warehouse layout and locations (Hall A & B, powder warehouse, picking area)
• Product knowledge
• Warehouse procedures
• Ability to use scanning equipment
• Ability to estimate order volume to select appropriate packaging
• Knowledge of packaging requirements
• Ability to use a scale
• Ability to replenish pick locations

What do we offer you?

• PTO, days paid sick leave, 11 US paid holidays
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Company paid Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Company Paid Accidental Death & Dismemberment
• 401K with employer match, currently 4%
• Partial Tuition Reimbursement after 12 months
• Tobacco Free Campus
• Quality, Safety, Health, Environment, Compliance

Every employee at stow contributes to a safe and compliant work environment. We set the example and motivate each other to work safely, efficiently, and in a qualitative way. stow's standards, policies, instructions, and local legislations are there to guide our decisions.

stow provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. stow prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, age, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

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.