Receiver I Yard/Warehouse

About the role

Handles daily receipt of merchandise received from vendor trucks by examining shipments, unloading and moving incoming shipments to storage, and forwarding approved receiving documents to the appropriate department for processing.

Responsibilities

• Examines shipment for defects and shortages against receiving documents.
• Records factors causing goods to be returned.
• Unloads and moves incoming shipments to storage.
• Forwards approved receiving documents to appropriate department for processing.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Skills

• Interpersonal Skills: Focuses on solving conflict, not blaming; listens to others without interrupting; remains open to others' ideas and tries new things.
• Product Knowledge: Demonstrates good product knowledge of materials received.
• Oral Communication: Speaks clearly and persuasively; listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions.
• Quality: Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; looks for ways to improve and promote quality; applies feedback to improve performance; monitors own work to ensure quality.
• Quantity: Meets productivity standards; completes work in a timely manner; strives to increase productivity; works quickly.
• Safety and Security: Observes safety and security procedures; determines appropriate action beyond guidelines; reports potentially unsafe conditions; uses equipment and materials properly.
• Attendance/Punctuality: Is consistently at work and on time.
• Dependability: Follows instructions, responds to management direction; takes responsibility for own actions.

Work Environment & Physical Activity

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• Frequently required to stand and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Occasionally required to sit.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Frequently exposed to outside weather conditions.
• Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; extreme cold and extreme heat.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Benefits

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