Warehouse Worker

Keurig Dr Pepper; Spartanburg (SC); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Keurig Dr Pepper is seeking a Warehouse Worker for its Spartanburg facility, which emphasizes safety and operational excellence. This role involves maintaining efficiency in a highly automated environment and ensuring adherence to best practices. Candidates must be adaptable team players with strong mathematical and software skills.

Benefits

401k with company match

Tuition Reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Qualifications

• Ability to work in a highly automated, fast-paced production environment.
• Strong understanding of warehouse execution processes.
• Ability to lift and handle weights up to 75 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness and safety of work environment, perform safety observations.
• Monitor and support scheduling to ensure delivery.
• Engage in continuous improvement activities.

Skills

Mathematical aptitude

Computer skills

Team player

Tools

Microsoft Applications

SAP

Job description

Job Overview:

The Spartanburg operation is a state-of-the-art coffee roasting and pod packaging facility in addition to hosting a full beverage distribution center. Spartanburg is one of the largest KDRP manufacturing and distribution location. The site will operate on the foundational principles of TPM (Total Productive Maintenance); leverage the principles of Lean manufacturing and harness the power of High Performance Teams. All associates at the Spartanburg site will have accountability to both a functional business unit in addition to the full site operation. The site will run on first-in-class enterprise IT and warehouse execution systems with highly automated processing, packaging, and material movement equipment.

As a Warehouse Worker, you will be responsible for demonstrating and applying knowledge of warehousing and distribution processes for maintaining and improving safety, quality, delivery, cost and culture. You will be responsible for contributing to the team’s ability to deliver the operating performance of the DC business unit. In this role, you will be expected to have an in depth understanding of the operations and software systems of the warehouse. This is a hands-on role that will require you to enable the warehouse to perform at peak efficiency, monitor performance, troubleshoot issues, and actively participate in continuous improvement within the business unit team. Working within a highly automated TPM-based environment, the Warehouse Worker will be expected to execute standardized processes following standard work in a High Performing Team based environment. This role works with inbound, outbound, and in the Raw Material Production Area.

Shift & Schedule:

• This is a full time position on Nights 1 shift working our 12 hr shift schedule working on a 3-4 rotation. Flexibility to work overtime, weekends and holidays as scheduled is required.

6:30pm-7:00am

• Week 1:Sunday-Tuesday
• Week 2:Saturday-Tuesday

What you will do:

• Deliver best-in-class performance across the balanced Scorecard
  • Responsible for maintaining a clean, organized and safe work environment, adhere to 6S standards, perform behavioral safety observations, trains employees on ways to keep themselves and those around them safe and demonstrates the ability to stay calm and alert in emergency situations in order to lead others though protocols and procedures
  • Be able to pick, transport and load customer orders, and adjust if necessary, ensuring adherence to Keurig Dr Pepper and customer specs
  • Capable of safely and efficiently operating powered industrial trucks for transporting and loading trucks with finished products.
  • Monitor daily schedule and interacts with scheduling and operations teams to ensure uninterrupted delivery to the customer.
  • Capable of performing multiple activities within the business unit, including observing, monitoring, and adjusting the execution of warehousing, loading and shipping tasks to ensure optimal performance
  • Performs other duties as requested by leadership of the area and site.
• Lead and sustain TPM-based Production Environment
  • Support the site TPM journey and the various implementations
  • Performs standard work for Autonomous (AM) and Preventative (PM) maintenance activities on warehouse equipment including powered industrial trucks, and automatic guided vehicles (AGVs)
  • Actively participates in various Kaizen activities at the site and assist in line and business unit implementations of improvements identified during the events.
  • Partner with maintenance on the execution of preventative maintenance, and actively participates in improvement activities on issues that cross team and functional boundaries.
• Engage in Business Unit and High Performing Team (HPT) model
  • Provide support for plant and business unit board meetings, identify trends in data and propose action steps where appropriate, positively adapts to the changing business environment.
  • Demonstrate ability to work effectively with others, complete all tasks in work area and contribute fair share of team’s work, communicate status of work during shift transitions, demonstrate a willingness to help other team members, receive and provide constructive feedback, and display high level of cooperation across the site
  • Exhibits a positive demeanor and models engaging communication styles and behaviors, demonstrates self-awareness and takes actions to continuously improve, does not engage in negative commentary, interacts respectfully and professionally with supervisors and coworkers

Total Rewards:

• Pay: Starting at $22.72 per hour. After 6 months, pay increases to $23.94 per hour in the following quarter.

  Night Shift Differential:

  • Monday–Thursday: +$1/hour

  • Friday–Sunday: +$2/hour

Where Applicable:

• Benefits eligible day one
• Benefits, subject to eligibility, and collective bargaining agreements (where applicable): Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, Paid Time Off (including vacation and sick time), 401k with company match, Tuition Reimbursement, and Mileage Reimbursement

Requirements:

• Must be able to work in a highly automated, fast-paced production environment with the ability to understand complex warehouse execution processes and systems.
• Mathematical aptitude to make distribution center and warehouse calculations and identify improvement opportunities
• Computer and software skills (Microsoft Applications and SAP preferred)
• Flexible, self-motivated team player with the ability to follow direction and work independently.
• Ability to spend significant time standing on the distribution center floor with some frequency of computer work
• Ability to lift, push, and pull 75 pounds frequently without assistance

Company Overview:

Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ: KDP) is a leading beverage company in North America, with a portfolio of more than 125 owned, licensed and partners brands and powerful distribution capabilities to provide a beverage for every need, anytime, anywhere. We operate with a differentiated business model and world-class brand portfolio, powered by a talented and engaged team that is anchored in our values. We work with big, exciting beverage brands and the #1 single-serve coffee brewing system in North America at KDP, and we have fun doing it!

Together, we have built a leading beverage company in North America offering hot and cold beverages together at scale. Whatever your area of expertise, at KDP you can be a part of a team that’s proud of its brands, partnerships, innovation, and growth. Will you join us?

We strive to be an employer of choice, providing a culture and opportunities that empower our team of ~29,000 employees to grow and develop. We offer robust benefits to support your health and wellness as well as your personal and financial well-being. We also provide employee programs designed to enhance your professional growth and development, while ensuring you feel valued, inspired and appreciated at work.

Keurig Dr Pepper is an equal opportunity employer and recruits qualified applicants and advances in employment its employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability or association with a person with a disability, medical condition, genetic information, ethnic or national origin, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.