The Warehouse Teammate supports the Warehouse Manager for materials management, inventory control, and shipping/receiving. This position entails direct receiving, shipping and inventory distribution operations. The goal is to ensure productivity targets are achieved and that all warehouse processes are running smoothly and promptly.
Functions:
· Complies with Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's) and all other food safety and quality requirements.
· Supports the compliance of food safety regulatory requirements and company policies and procedures.
· Complies with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE's) requirements.
· Assists with materials management, inventory control, and shipping/receiving.
· Supports control of inventory levels by conducting physical counts, reconciling with data storage system. Maintains superior quality level of all inventory.
· Be proficient in safely operating a forklift and other warehouse equipment.
· Completes and maintains department documentation as required by local, state, and regulatory agencies, and Tippin's Food Safety and Quality standards.
· Assists in the safe operation of all company equipment and maintain a clean, safe work environment.
· Supports warehouse for compliance with company's policies, procedures and vision; Reporting needed changes.
· Setup, layout and ensure efficient space utilization.
· Verifies shipping and receiving items, and maintains inventory and software, reporting and adjusted needed changes.
· Reports food safety, food defense, food threats, and/or quality issues to QA immediately.
· Monitors food safety and quality programs ensuring procedures and specifications are achieved, and take appropriate actions in the event of a deviation, as assigned.
· Maintains standards of health and safety, hygiene and security.
· Performs miscellaneous duties and projects as assigned and required.
· Develops and maintain positive, effective working relationships to accomplish tasks.
· "Hands on" loading and unloading trucks.
· Maintains regular and reliable attendance.
· Works in cold storage environments, including freezers, as needed.
Qualifications:
Organization skills - achieves neat and clean warehouse operational areas.
Possess verbal and written communication skills.
Oral communication - speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; responds well to questions.
Attention to detail, accuracy and accountability.
Ability to plan and prioritize work.
Must be able to stand and/or exert well-pace mobility for extended periods of time.
Ability to work in a fast-paced work environment; capable of multitasking.
Capable of using equipment safely and responsibly.
Teamwork- contributes to building a positive team spirit; puts success of team above own interests; supports everyone's efforts to succeed; maintains a positive attitude; generates ideas and suggestions that improve the team's performance, the efficiency of the process or the quality of the products.
Ethics - Treats people from own and other cultures with respect; works with honesty and integrity.
Flexibility and adaptability - must be able to deal with sudden changes in scheduling to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals.
Decision making - able to handle problems and think through to solutions.
Forklift certified
Drug Free Environment/EOE