Shipping & Receiving Associate

marmon; Parsons (KS); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Wilbert Funeral Services, Inc., part of Marmon Holdings, is seeking a Shipping/Receiving Clerk to organize docks, manage inventory, and ensure monuments and related items meet quality standards. The role requires forklift experience, strong organization, and reliable communication with the home office and customers.

Responsibilities include following delivery schedules, adhering to PPE safety rules, and performing loading/unloading duties.

Qualifications

• Forklift operation experience
• Strong organizational and time-management abilities
• Ability to follow PPE and safety procedures
• Clear communication with home office, customers, and management
• Team-oriented and collaborative approach

Responsibilities

• Ensure shipping and receiving docks are organized and inventory is accurate.
• Inspect and prepare monuments before shipment to meet quality standards.
• Follow warehouse delivery schedules and ensure labeling and paperwork are complete.
• Uphold safety standards and PPE requirements; participate in required training.
• Assist with loading/unloading trucks and forklift operations; prepare delivery vehicle.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Shipping/Receiving Supervisor.

Skills

Forklift operation

Organizational skills

Safety compliance

Communication

Team player

Education

High School Diploma / GED

Job description

Wilbert Funeral Services, Inc.

As a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdings-which is backed by Berkshire Hathaway- you'll be doing things that matter, leading at every level, and winning a better way. We're committed to making a positive impact on the world, providing you with diverse learning and working opportunities, and fostering a culture where everyone's empowered to be their best.

This position will ensure the shipping and/or receiving docks are organized, while managing, maintaining, and ensuring correct inventory. This position is also responsible for ensuring all shipped and/or received Monuments, and related products or items that are loaded/unloaded meet quality expectations.

As a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdings, which is backed by Berkshire Hathaway, you'll be doing things that matter, leading at every level, and winning a better way. We're committed to making a positive impact on the world, providing you with diverse learning and working opportunities, and fostering a culture where everyone's empowered to be their best. We're excited for you to join us at Wilbert.

For more than 140 years, Wilbert has partnered alongside funeral professionals to deliver meaningful memorial experiences that honor lives, support families, and build lasting trust.

As the only provider offering a complete portfolio of burial, cremation, memorialization, and Pierce by Wilbert embalming solutions, we bring unmatched breadth, expertise, and innovation to every aspect of memorial care. Our comprehensive approach empowers funeral professionals to meet the evolving needs of families with confidence, while ensuring every tribute is protected, preserved, and personalized. For generations, families have trusted Wilbert to help create meaningful tributes that protect, preserve, and honor the lives they remember.

Position Overivew:

This position will ensure the shipping and/or receiving docks are organized, while managing, maintaining, and ensuring correct inventory. This position is also responsible for ensuring all shipped and/or received Monuments, and related products or items that are loaded/unloaded meet quality expectations.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Ensure that all Monuments are properly inspected and prepared before shipment
• Responsible for general personal appearance, upkeep of all equipment, and facilities. This includes general housekeeping of the facility, sweeping, emptying trash, etc.
• Follow the delivery schedule set by the warehouse manager as required for the day's shipments are correctly labeled and the paperwork is complete and accurate.
• Consider safety first and comply with PPE requirements.
• Complete all necessary and required training in a timely manner as assigned.
• Other misc. duties as assigned by the Shipping/Receiving Supervisor.
• Shipping/Receiving of monuments and vaults.
• Forklift Operation
• Unloading / Loading of trucks
• Load, unload, prepare, inspect and operate a delivery vehicle

Education:

High School, GED, or equivalent is preferred

Skills:

• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Adaptability - Effectively responds to last-minute changes to delivery schedules or timed deliveries.
• Communication/Language - Must be able to communicate effectively with the home office, customers, and management.
• Customer Orientation - Understands and meets the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets firsthand customer information and uses it to meet customers' needs by providing the highest quality products and services; acts with customers in their mind; develops effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Reasoning - Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Team Player - Supports team efforts; cooperates and works well with others in the pursuit of team goals; builds group cohesiveness by emphasizing team objectives and reinforcing cooperation; creates strong morale in his/her team and across functions; shares wins and successes; brings a feeling of participation and belonging to the team.

Requirements:

• Forklift experience (2 years preferred)

Physical Requirements:

The working conditions and physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit and talk or hear. Employee must be able to handle, lift, and load Monuments up to approximately 100lbs+.

The noise level in the work environment is moderate.

Following receipt of a conditional offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete additional job-related screening processes as permitted or required by applicable law.

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