Distribution Center Specialist

GENERAL SUMMARY

The Distribution Center Specialist performs a wide variety of shipping and receiving tasks for the Warehouse. This person also will provide customer support and delivered order process duties for Customer Service.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

There are no supervisor responsibilities with this position.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Ability to communicate clearly.
• Listens attentively to others.
• Ability to perform detail tasks accurately.
• Problem solving skills required.
• Ability to maintain accurate documentation and records.
• Understanding of Microsoft Windows XP 2002, Excel and Word.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• Requires a High School Diploma or Equivalent required; Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• MRP or ERP experience strongly preferred.
• Experience in warehouse or distribution center preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Ability to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to prepare routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers, vendors and other employees of the organization.
• Requires excellent grammar and spelling.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

REASONING ABILITY

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• Requires a valid driver’s license.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Requires the ability to operate a variety of standard office equipment, such as a computer and keyboard, calculator, fax, photocopier, telephone, cell phone, etc.
• Requires proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle or feel.
• The employee is frequently required to climb stairs, talk and hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The noise level in the work environment is that found in a “normal office environment”;
• The employee occasionally performs work related to travel.