Senior Warehouse Associate

The Culinary Institute of America; St. Helena (CA); On-site; USD 2,617,000 - 3,444,000; Full time

Job summary

The Culinary Institute of America is seeking a Senior Warehouse Associate to efficiently and accurately fill daily culinary and bakery requisitions while assisting students and instructors with product and storeroom questions.

You will verify quality standards, help stage kitchen orders for pickup, participate in inventories, greet customers professionally, and support a safe, clean, and well-organized storeroom and warehouse environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 1 year experience in a food service/warehouse setting.
• Experience with purchasing systems such as Eatec preferred.

Responsibilities

• Fill daily and supplemental orders accurately.
• Verify quality standards on all products.
• Assist in proper staging of kitchen orders for pickup.
• Cover inventories and routine purchases as needed.
• Participate in training of new hires.
• Greet and assist customers professionally.
• Provide supervision in manager's absence in receiving areas.
• Complete cleaning to ensure safety and sanitation.
• Open storeroom for business and AM kitchen orders for pickup.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Quality evaluation

Customer service

MS Office/Excel

Multi-tasking

Team collaboration

Inventory management

Store operations

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Eatec purchasing system

Job description

The hiring rate for this position is $22.00 per hour.

Job Details

The hiring rate for this position is $22.00 per hour.

The CIA offers a substantial benefits package that includes medical coverage available at no cost to qualifying employees, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, short and long term disability insurance, retirement savings plan with high employer contributions, a generous paid time off program, and more!

Position Summary

The Senior Warehouse Associate is responsible for the expedient and accurate filling of daily culinary and bakery requisitions. This position is responsible for assisting students and instructors with any product or storeroom related procedural questions while ensuring a high degree of customer service.

Essential Responsibilities

• Ensure all daily and supplemental orders are filled accurately.
• Verify quality standards are met on all products and handle any quality or fill problems that may arise with students or instructors.
• Assist in the proper staging of all kitchen orders for pick up.
• Cover inventories and purchases as required in a Buyer's absence. Assist in any routine or monthly inventories as required.
• Participate in the proper training of new hires.
• Greet and assist all customers in a professional, friendly, and courteous manner.
• Provide supervision of issue and receiving areas and personnel in manager's absence, or as the workload dictates.
• Complete all assigned cleaning assignments to ensure the constant general safety and sanitation of the facility.
• Obtain a thorough knowledge of all current chef instructors and the venues in which they currently teach.
• Open Storeroom for business and staging AM kitchen orders for pick up as needed.
• Any and all other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.

Experience

• One (1) year of experience working in a food service/warehouse environment or related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Eatec purchasing system.

Required Skills

• Ability to identify and thoroughly evaluate the proper quality of all perishable and international foodstuffs and determine in-house substitutions for products shorted and offer suggestions to chef instructors.
• Ability to handle all departmental vehicles and advise management if maintenance is required.
• Ability to work with purchasing systems, including printing transfer detail and future needs reports, examining purchase and transfer information for a specific ingredient or kitchen, and generating purchase orders and receiving documents.
• Ability to identify and evaluate the proper quality of all perishable and international foodstuffs and to expertly identify and assess the quality of all fresh seafood received. Ability to learn all products and product lines handled in all warehouses.
• Demonstrated ability to show a high level of service responsiveness to customers.
• Must have a proven, consistent track record showing the ability to work with all levels within an organization.
• Must display a high level of energy and self-motivation.
• Strong computer experience, which must include abilities to work effectively MS Office suite products, i.e. Word and Excel.
• Ability to multi-task and handle multiple priorities simultaneously.

Working Conditions

• Must be able to work overtime on nights and weekends as required by business needs.
• Must be able to work in a very active warehouse environment.
• Ability to withstand variable temperatures while working in refrigerated and freezer areas.
• Ability to handle a physically demanding job requiring a great deal of walking, bending and lifting weights up to 50 pounds or more. Greater weights than 50 pounds require two people to lift at all times.