Food Service Warehouse Associate

Essential Functions

• Uphold, promote, and encourage, in word and deed, desired organizational culture and values; purposefully seek to establish and maintain a culture that is based on grace and affirms and advances KGM’s vision and purpose.
• Cooking and serving meals to guests at the food pantry.
• Coordinate timely pick up of donations with organizations, volunteer drivers, and Director of Food Service.
• Record cooler/freezer temperatures and report temperatures that fall outside standards.
• Cooking and preparing meals according to menu plans.
• Coordinate weekly pulls with Kitchen Manager and Director.
• Maintain daily communication with Kitchen Manager and Director of items being donated for menu development.
• Refueling, proper storage of and maintaining cleanliness of mission vehicles.
• Maintain the orderly storage of food and non-food items in warehouse.
• Use FIFO to properly rotate food when appropriate.
• Properly date incoming food.
• Ensure safe and timely handling of temperature sensitive foods.
• Direct and oversee volunteers and guests in sorting, organizing, and storing donated products.
• Oversee the creation and distribution of emergency food baskets when needed.
• Oversee the donation of unused food items to partner organizations and record keeping of pounds donated.
• Weigh and record all food donations using Thrift Tracker.
• Record appropriate data for South Michigan Food Bank.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required

• Highly ethical with the ability to make smart, timely decisions.
• Ability to drive large box trucks.
• Using a pallet scale to weigh high volume donations.
• Knowledgeable of tailgate lift, walk behind lift-truck, pallet jack.
• Use navigation device to locate donor agencies.

Personal Attributes and Values

• Have a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ and a desire to serve Him.
• Be a consistent witness for Jesus Christ.
• Exhibit spiritual maturity as defined by evangelical biblical standards and in accordance with the employee handbook.
• Have a heart of compassion and caring toward the homeless and hurting, as well as a passion about ministering life transformation in an urban setting.
• Demonstrate a courteous and Christ-like manner with internal and external partners.
• Highly ethical with the ability to make smart, rapid decisions; demonstrate excellent integrity.
• Flexible, cooperative spirit.
• Remain calm under pressure.
• Attitude of perseverance in fast-paced environment.
• Possess and promote a drug, nicotine-free lifestyle.