Inbound Receiver

Job Summary

Accurately identifies, verifies, records and receives inbound shipments and ensures product and packaging quality. Receivers work with and instruct other individuals in ensuring proper sorting, segregating, staging and flowing of inbound products.

Responsibilities

• Accurately identify, verify, record and receive inbound shipments.
• Ensure product and packaging quality.
• Work with and instruct other individuals in ensuring proper sorting, segregating, staging and flowing of inbound product.

Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma or General Education Development (GED), or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience: Up to 1 year related warehouse experience or training; previous forklift operation experience.
• Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations: Must be trained and certified for operating a forklift.

Professional Skills

• Ability to work with specific computer software, specifically Sysco Warehouse Management System (SWMS) and Gagnon.
• Able to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Work efficiently at a rapid pace.
• Good attendance.
• Can work in a team atmosphere.

Language Skills

Ability to read and comprehend simple but detailed instructions, short correspondence, and memos.

Mathematical Skills

• Can add and subtract two‑digit numbers and multiply and divide with tens and hundreds.
• Perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurements, volume, and distance.

Reasoning Ability

• Apply common‑sense understanding to carry out detailed but involved written or oral instructions.
• Deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand.
• Frequently required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk, see and hear.
• Must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Frequently required to walk, use hands and fingers, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands and arms.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.