Supply Assistant - Kitting

American Red Cross; Portland (ME); On-site; USD 31,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The American Red Cross seeks a Stock Warehouse Assistant in the kitting department in Portland, ME. You will process supply totes used for blood collection and stock the kitting area with supplies from the warehouse to ensure consistent availability.

You will work with warehouse staff and volunteers, cross-train where possible, and fulfill daily orders. The role emphasizes teamwork, safety, and reliable shift coverage during a 6:00am to 2:30pm schedule.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Proficiency in reading, writing, and basic math.
• Forklift certification may be required.
• Valid driver’s license and acceptable motor vehicle record may be required.

Responsibilities

• Receive and ship totes to the sites we support.
• Coordinate with warehouse staff and cross-train to ensure coverage.
• Work with volunteer partners in the kitting operation.
• Inspect, verify and report discrepancies; store materials.
• Fulfill daily customer orders and prepare transportation documents.
• Operate Power Industrial Trucks (PIT).
• Data entry and inventory reconciliation tasks.
• Other duties as required.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Forklift operation

Job description

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_ By joining the American Red Cross you will touch millions of lives every year and experience the greatness of the human spirit at its best. Are you ready to be part of the world’s largest humanitarian network? _

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Job Description:

Why Choose Us?
Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else – it’s as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better.

When you choose to be a force for good, you’ll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life’s work with an ongoing mission that’s bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you’re cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.

Where Your Career is a Force for Good!

What You Need to Know:

As a Stock Warehouse Assistant in the kitting department, you will process supply totes that are used in the collection of blood products, and stock the kitting area with supplies from the warehouse, daily, to ensure consistent availability of blood collection totes

As a Red Cross Team member, you will take care of your team members – show up for every shift and give 100% while you’re there. Interact in a positive, proactive, and customer-focused manner with both internal and external customers, always demonstrating care and compassion

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist with the receiving and shipment of totes to the sites we support
• Assist and work with warehouse staff. Cross-train staff where possible to ensure department coverage
• Work with and help coordinate with our volunteer partners who assist in the kitting operation.
• Inspect, verify and report discrepancies/damaged of materials and supplies against receiving documents. Store and stack materials to prescribed methods.
• Fulfill daily customer orders, prepare transportation documents, deliver materials and supplies to end user and/or departments
• Operate Power Industrial Trucks (PIT) such as electric pallet jacks.
• May assist with systemwide electronic computer inventory management system data entry, reporting functions, and with electronic inventory reconciliation process.
• Other duties as required

Standard Schedule : Monday through Friday– 6am to 2:30pm

Pay Information : 17.50/hour

What You Need to Succeed:

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Demonstrated proficiency in reading, writing, communication, and basic mathematical skills.
• Familiarity with general office operations, procedures, and administrative practices preferred.
• Forklift operation certification may be required.
• Valid driver’s license and acceptable motor vehicle record may be required.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.

Physical Requirements:
Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. Regularly lift and/or move objects 10-50lbs frequently; lift and/or move objects that weigh more than 50 lbs. with assistance or the use of a powered industrial truck. Frequently required to push carts weighing up to 250 pounds on flat flooring or ramps. Frequently required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Occasionally required to sit and climb ladders or balance. Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust and focus.

Benefits For You

As a mission-based organization, we believe our team needs great support to do great work. Our comprehensive package includes:

• Medical, Dental Vision plans
• Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
• PTO: Starting at 15 days a year; based on type of job and tenure
• Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays
• 401K with up to 6% match
• Paid Family Leave
• Employee Assistance
• Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term
• Service Awards and recognition

The American Red Cross is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, San Diego Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and any other applicable state and local laws.

AmeriCorps, the federal agency that brings people together through service, and its partners — the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps Alums, National Peace Corps Association, and the Service Year Alliance — launched Employers of National Service to connect national service alumni with opportunities in the workforce.American Red Cross is proud to be an EONS partner and share our employment opportunities with the network of organizations.

Interested in Volunteering? Visitredcross.org/volunteertoday to learn more, including our most-needed volunteer positions.

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