Student Packaging & Warehouse Lead (Part-Time)

University of Kentucky; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 22,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Cotton Craft, a Lexington-based online baby gifting company, seeks a dependable Packaging & Warehouse Lead Associate to support our order fulfillment operations. This on-site daytime role involves preparing and packaging customer orders, printing packing slips and shipping labels, and ensuring quality before shipment.

The position requires leading and coordinating other packaging staff, training teammates, and maintaining inventory accuracy while upholding safety and presentation standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in order fulfillment, packaging, shipping, or warehouse operations.
• Experience leading, training, or coordinating other employees.
• Familiarity with Shopify or other e-commerce order-management platforms.
• Experience with inventory counts, stock organization, shipping-label creation, or quality control.
• Interest in a continuing position through the academic year and summer.
• Availability for additional daytime hours during busy or seasonal periods.

Responsibilities

• Pick, inspect, pack, and ship online customer orders accurately and efficiently.
• Print and verify packing slips, gift notes, and shipping labels.
• Perform final quality-control checks before orders are shipped.
• Receive incoming merchandise and verify quantities and condition.
• Organize products, shelves, bins, packing materials, and warehouse work areas.
• Update inventory counts and report damaged, missing, or low-stock items.
• Assist with periodic physical inventory counts.
• Train, coordinate, and provide day-to-day guidance to other packaging associates.
• Help assign packing tasks and ensure daily orders are completed on schedule.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe working environment.
• Communicate order, inventory, or quality concerns promptly to management.

Skills

Order fulfillment

Packaging

Shipping

Inventory management

Staff coordination

Shopify

Quality checks

Tools

Shopify

Job description

Cotton Craft, a Lexington-based online baby gifting company, seeks a dependable Packaging & Warehouse Lead Associate to support our order fulfillment operations. This on-site daytime role involves preparing and packaging customer orders, printing packing slips and shipping labels, and ensuring quality before shipment.

The position requires leading and coordinating other packaging staff, training teammates, and maintaining inventory accuracy while upholding safety and presentation standards.