Distribution / Warehouse Associate (Technician 2)
Alcon · Johns Creek, GA · 1 mo ago
ManagementFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with headings
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info. Remove boilerplate: EEO, equal opportunity, scam warning, application instructions, navigation, cookie, legal. Also remove internal employee instructions? The "ATTENTION: Current Alcon Employee/Contingent Worker" is application instruction; should be removed. Also "ALCON IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER..." is EEO boilerplate; remove. Also "If, because of a medical condition..." is accommodation statement; remove.
We need to extract sections:
From posting:
- Intro paragraph: "At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you’ll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers. We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon."
That's about the company; could be "About the role"? Actually "About the role" maybe includes description of role. The posting says: "As a Distribution / Warehouse Associate (Technician 2) supporting our Material Distribution team, you will be trusted with performing a combination of manual and clerical shipping and/or receiving duties which may require the use of hand trucks, forklifts, and other devices, as well as computers to maintain data at our Manufacturing Facility in Johns Creek, GA."
That's role description.
Then "In this role, a typical day will include:" followed by bullet-like list (but not bullet). We'll treat as responsibilities.
List items after that: many sentences separated by periods. We'll convert each to
.
Then "Essential Functions:" list.
Then "WHAT YOU'LL BRING TO ALCON:" list of requirements (High School Diploma or Equivalent, ability to fluently read/write English, Work Hours: 1st shift; Monday-Friday; 6:30am-3pm with occasional overtime on weekends, Travel Requirements: None, Relocation assistance: No, Sponsorship available: No). Those are requirements.
Then "PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:" list.
Then "HOW YOU CAN THRIVE AT ALCON:" list of benefits? Actually it's more about mission, collaborate, growth, benefits package. It includes "Alcon provides robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off for exempt associates, PTO for hourly associates, and much more!" That's benefits.
Also "Join Alcon’s mission to provide outstanding, innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career!" etc. That's maybe about culture; could be part of "About the role" or separate "Benefits"? But we have benefits section for actual benefits.
Pay and Schedule: Not explicitly given except work hours (shift). That's schedule info. Pay not mentioned. So we should include Schedule section with work hours. Pay section only if posting actually states pay; it does not, so omit.
Benefits section: we have benefits statement. Also maybe "Alcon provides robust benefits package..." That's benefits.
Also "See your career like never before with focused growth and development opportunities!" could be under Benefits or maybe under "How you can thrive". But we can put under Benefits? Actually it's about growth opportunities; could be part of Benefits? But we have a separate "Benefits" heading for benefits like health, life, retirement, flexible time off, PTO. Growth opportunities maybe not a benefit but could be under "How you can thrive". However we need to decide sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We have content for About the role (role description). Responsibilities (typical day tasks). Requirements (WHAT YOU'LL BRING TO ALCON). Qualifications (PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS). Skills (maybe combine with qualifications? Could list skills like computer literacy, math, lift 40lbs, etc). But we have "Skills" maybe from preferred qualifications: Familiarity with RF Scanners, familiarity with different warehouse management systems, ability to adapt, ability to lift up to 40lbs unassisted, computer literacy, good mathematical skills. Those are skills. Also maybe "Ability to fluently read, write, understand, and communicate in English" is a requirement.
We could treat "WHAT YOU'LL BRING TO ALCON:" as Requirements (education, language, work hours, travel, relocation, sponsorship). Then "PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:" as Qualifications (preferred). Then "Skills" could be extracted from those preferred qualifications? But we already have them there. Perhaps we separate: Requirements = mandatory (HS diploma, English fluency). Qualifications = preferred (familiarity with RF scanners, WMS, adaptability, lift 40lbs, computer literacy, math skills). Skills could be same as qualifications? But we need to avoid duplication. Maybe we put skills under Qualifications and not create separate Skills section if no distinct skills beyond those. However the instruction says to use sections only when posting has real specific content. We could create Skills section if we can extract skill-specific items not already covered. The preferred qualifications list includes skills; we could put them under Skills. But then Qualifications could be empty? Better to follow typical pattern: Requirements = mandatory; Qualifications = preferred; Skills = maybe specific abilities like lift 40lbs, computer literacy, math skills. But those are also in preferred qualifications. To avoid duplication, we could treat Qualifications as preferred qualifications (including familiarity with RF scanners, WMS, adaptability) and Skills as the physical/technical skills (lift 40lbs, computer literacy, good mathematical skills). However the posting lumps them together. We need to decide.
Given the instruction to prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones, we might combine Qualifications and Skills into one section called Qualifications (or Skills). But we must use headings exactly as given: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can omit sections lacking content. So we need to decide which sections have content.
We have:
- About the role: yes (role description).
- Responsibilities: yes (typical day tasks).
- Requirements: yes (WHAT YOU'LL BRING TO ALCON mandatory items).
- Qualifications: yes (PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS).
- Skills: maybe we can extract from preferred qualifications but they'd duplicate. Could we consider that the preferred qualifications already cover skills, so we could still have a Skills section with same items? That would be duplication, which we should avoid (preserve all substantive information, but not invent or summarize away detail). Duplication is not prohibited but might be considered redundant. Better to avoid duplication; we could place the skill items under Skills and not under Qualifications, but then Qualifications would be empty. However we could treat Qualifications as "Preferred Qualifications" (including familiarity with RF scanners, WMS, adaptability) and Skills as "Ability to lift up to 40lbs unassisted, Computer literacy, Good mathematical skills". That splits the list. That seems reasonable and avoids duplication.
Thus:
Qualifications: Familiarity with RF Scanners used in the order picking process; Familiarity with different warehouse management systems and the ability to adapt to changing situations.
Skills: Ability to lift up to 40lbs unassisted; Computer literacy; Good mathematical skills.
Check if any other skills: maybe "Ability to fluently read, write, understand, and communicate in English" is a requirement (language). Already in Requirements.
Now Benefits: "Alcon provides robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off for exempt associates, PTO for hourly associates, and much more!" Also maybe "See your career like never before with focused growth and development opportunities!" and "Join Alcon’s mission to provide outstanding, innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career!" and "Collaborate with teammates to share standard processes and findings as work evolves!" Those are more about culture/growth, not benefits. Could be part of About the role? But we already have About the role as role description. Could add a separate section? Not in list. We could put those under Benefits? They are not benefits. Better to omit them as they are not strictly benefits but could be considered part of "How you can thrive". Since we don't have a "How you can thrive" heading, we could incorporate them into Benefits? Might be stretching. The instruction: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it. So we need to see if there is specific content for Benefits beyond the benefits package. The posting includes "Alcon provides robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off for exempt associates, PTO for hourly associates, and much more!" That's specific benefits. So we can have Benefits section with that.
The other sentences about mission, collaborate, growth opportunities are not benefits; they could be considered part of "About the role" or maybe we could add a separate section not in list, but we shouldn't. We could incorporate them into About the role as additional description of the role's environment. That would preserve information without creating a new heading. So we can append them to About the role paragraph.
Schedule: we have work hours: "Work Hours: 1st shift; Monday-Friday; 6:30am-3pm with occasional overtime on weekends". That's schedule.
Pay: not present, so omit.
Now we need to format.
We'll produce:
About the role
At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you’ll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers. We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon. As a Distribution / Warehouse Associate (Technician 2) supporting our Material Distribution team, you will be trusted with performing a combination of manual and clerical shipping and/or receiving duties which may require the use of hand trucks, forklifts, and other devices, as well as computers to maintain data at our Manufacturing Facility in Johns Creek, GA. Join Alcon’s mission to provide outstanding, innovative products and solutions to improve sight, improve lives, and grow your career! Collaborate with teammates to share standard processes and findings as work evolves! See your career like never before with focused growth and development opportunities!
But we need to ensure we didn't repeat job title as heading; we didn't.
Now Responsibilities:
We need to list each duty as . The responsibilities list after "In this role, a typical day will include:" includes many items separated by periods. Let's extract them:
- Maintain operational Knowledge of all automated equipment and have ability to train personnel in the operation of any automated equipment.
- Coordinate with Inbound on replenishment of inventory for automated equipment and manual pick locations.
- Assist Distribution Technician 3 in monitoring and levelling of workload assignments within and between work areas.
- Ability to be proficient in problem solving of Special Handling area and ability to assist in order allocation.
- RF Cluster Picking, OSR Replenishment, RF Cart Build, RF Audit Counting and RF Put Away.
- Ensure inventory integrity in the pick locations through cycle count process.
- Maintain a clean and organized work area.
- Ensures quality checks and order verification using CRTs for loose pick, assembly process and LTL shipments and/or by visual inspection and comparison to the manual pick list.
- Ensure employees (and self) are operating with heightened focus on quality and compliance along with strict adherence to Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cG