The Warehouse Specialist supports accurate, safe, and timely warehouse operations, including receiving, inventory storage and monitoring, order fulfillment, and shipping. The role requires attention to detail, sound prioritization, and respectful communication with coworkers and other departments to meet customer and operational needs. Warehouse Specialists share in the responsibility for the care, security, cleanliness, and organization of warehouse equipment, supplies, and inventory.
Ability to align with these values
- Growth - Expect more out of yourself today than yesterday.
- Drive - Insatiably look for the opportunities to win.
- Perseverance - Stay in the fight and never give up.
- Excellence - Nothing is worth doing if it's not with excellence.
- Action - Never complain about your circumstances - do something.
- Support - Be willing to bear one another’s burdens.
Duties Include:
- Coordinate and carry out the receipt, picking, packing, and dispatch of goods in accordance with established procedures.
- Accurately pick, verify, package, and prepare customer orders for shipment using appropriate shipping methods, including standard ground, expedited, and freight services, while meeting established daily shipping deadlines.
- Unload incoming freight and inspect deliveries against purchase orders and packing records for shortages, damages, and discrepancies; report issues promptly
- Receive, label, organize, and store inventory in designated locations; support accurate physical inventories and cycle counts.
- Operate warehouse equipment, including Pallet Wrapper, Forklift, and Electrical Pallet Jacks, after required training and authorization.
- Prioritize daily tasks according to volume, shipment urgency, carrier pickups, and direction from management.
- Keep shipment tracking, inventory transactions, receiving records, and other applicable warehouse systems accurate and current.
- Share responsibility for warehouse cleanliness, trash disposal, restocking inventory and packing materials, equipment care, and safe, organized workstations and storage areas.
- Ensure efficient and effective use of warehouse space to include layouts and future capacity requirements
- Assist with shipping estimates for Sales and Customer Service teams
- Maintain high standards of security and safety in the warehouse
- Keep up to date and respond accordingly to all inquiries
- Monitor warehouse systems efficiency and suggest and implement improvements where necessary
- Support teammates during workload fluctuations and clearly communicate outstanding work or incomplete tasks at the end of the shift.
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements:
- High school diploma or GED
- Excellent verbal and written communication, organizational skills, and ability to multitask
- Strong interpersonal and teamwork abilities
- Positive and enthusiastic attitude who is energized by providing customers with an excellent customer experience
- Comfortable handling a high workload
- Self-motivated with ability to organize, analyze, and prioritize workload effectively and efficiently, under minimal supervision
- Utilizes continuous improvement mindset and assists in identifying opportunities to improve processes
- Proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite
- Ability to lift 50 pounds regularly
- Forklift Certification within 30 days of job entry date
- Electric Pallet Jack Certification within 30 days of job entry date