Warehouse Associate-Portland, OR

Utz Brands, Inc.; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 21,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Utz Brands, Inc. seeks a Warehouse Associate for our Portland, OR Distribution Center to oversee daily warehouse operations, inventory and product rotation. You will work with the sales operations team to ensure accurate loading, receiving, and timely order fulfillment.

From opening to closing the warehouse, you will balance inventory, operate a handheld device, and support month-end counts. The role requires attention to detail, basic math, and effective communication.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent or 2+ years in warehouse.
• Experience with ERP systems such as D365.
• Organized and detail-oriented with accurate inventory control.
• Good verbal and written communication.
• Basic math skills.
• Independent decision making on inventory needs.
• Ability to operate forklift/hand jack if required.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office/Outlook/Excel.
• Able to walk, stand, lift and perform physical tasks for long periods.

Responsibilities

• Open and close warehouse at scheduled times.
• Verify inventory with load tickets and verify correct items.
• Assist training of new warehouse team members.
• Receive, store, load, and ensure products are accounted for.
• Unload trailers and check trailer loads for accuracy.
• Palletize outbound shipments with proper stacking.
• Maintain an accurate daily inventory balances.
• Balance inventory using a handheld computer.
• Handle return to stock, stale and damaged products.
• Keep warehouse clean and organized, including restrooms.
• Support month-end inventory counts.

Skills

Inventory management

Forklift operation

Office software

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

D365

MS Office/Excel

Job description

Utz Quality Foods is currently seeking a Warehouse Associate to join our sales operations team at the Portland, OR Distribution Center. The Warehouse associate oversees and organizes warehouse operations. Key responsibilities include ensuring product rotation, condition, inventory, security, and placement are efficiently maintained.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensures that warehouse is opened and closed at scheduled times.
• Checks product that Independent Operators and Distributors pick and load, signing load tickets to verify correct inventory.
• Assists with training new warehouse team members.
• Orders inventory. Receives, stores, loads, and ensures all products and materials are accounted for and kept in excellent condition.
• Unloads trailers that arrive at the center and checks trailer loads for accuracy.
• Picks and builds pallets for outbound shipments, ensuring proper stacking and stability.
• Maintains an accurate daily inventory balances.
• Uses a hand-held computer to balance the daily inventory (warehouse inventory, daily orders, extra orders, return to stock, trailer loads).
• Accepts and checks return to stock product and stale and damaged products.
• Places returned cardboard and stale and damaged product on trailers.
• Maintains cleanliness of warehouse, including the restroom(s).
• Keeps warehouse organized including product rotation.
• Uses point of purchase material as needed.
• Assists with month-end inventory counts.

Job Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent or 2+ years of relevant experience working in a warehouse preferred.
• Prior experience using an Enterprise Resource System such as D365 is highly preferred.
• Requires organization and attention to details to maintain accurate inventory, records, and rotation of product at the distribution center.
• Must be able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Requires basic math skills.
• Requires independent decision making on inventory needs, especially during promotional activity.
• Ability to drive a forklift and/or use a hand jack may be required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office/Outlook/Excel.
• Requires use of hands for simple grasping.
• Requires the ability to walk, sit, talk, bend, stand, twist, push, and pull frequently and for long periods.
• Requires the ability to lift, carry, push, pull, load, and transport light to medium weight products

External Recruitment Process

• Easy Application (5 mins): Introduce yourself and answer a few key questions to get started.
• Engaging Chat Interview (20-25 mins): Share your experiences in an online chat, highlighting how your values align with ours.
• Live Interview: Selected candidates will meet with the hiring manager to explore their alignment with the team and overall Utz company culture.

Continuously Pursuing Excellence!

Here at Utz, we have a passion for exciting and delighting consumers with delicious snack foods made from high quality ingredients. After over a century with a strong family heritage, our diverse portfolio of brands includes Utz, Zapp’s, Boulder Canyon, and On the Border. Our associates are the reason for the success of this company, so it is important we provide a supportive, caring and inclusive environment that offers opportunities for career growth and advancement. We also help take care of our associates by providing benefits, resources, and programs that ensure they live their healthiest lives. Our full-time benefit package includes medical, dental, and vision plans, an employer match 401k, profit sharing plan, employee stock purchase plan and much more. Join our world class team and help us become the fastest growing pure-play U.S. snacking company of scale!

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.