Returns Putaway

About the Role

This employee controls damaged products as well as product returned to the warehouse from delivery routes.

Responsibilities

• Operate an electric pallet jack and/or forklift, including moving levers and pressing pedals to drive the truck and control the lifting apparatus in cooler, freezer, and dry spaces.
• Review damage sheets and damaged products to determine what is salvageable.
• Re-box and re-label salvageable product and return it to inventory.
• Put away dry, cooler, and frozen repacks and returns, ensuring slots are clear of incorrectly placed products.
• Maintain the quality of perishable products by ensuring proper rotation, monitoring expiration dates, and communicating concerns to inventory control.
• Relay issues of short-dated product to inventory control and handle product as necessary.
• Send product to the food bank as needed.
• Verify drivers' paperwork and returned merchandise, checking and correcting all reason codes used.
• Break down routes, separating adjustments and clean invoices.
• Ensure inventory accuracy by assisting Inventory Control as needed.
• Put away all returns each day and sort returns to recoup salvageable product.
• Provide coverage for Driver Check-In as needed.
• Adhere to company safety policies and procedures.
• Comply with company high-risk and sensitive items procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 1-3 months of related experience and/or training.
• Ability to become certified on all warehouse equipment.

Skills

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Able to write simple correspondence.
• Effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees.
• Perform basic arithmetic: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Compute rate, ratio, and percent, and draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Apply common-sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and talk or hear.
• Frequently required to walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Occasionally required to climb or balance.
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include distance vision and peripheral vision.

Working Conditions

• Frequently works near moving mechanical parts and is exposed to vibration.
• Works in areas with temperature and humidity variations based on local weather conditions and type of product being handled (non-refrigerated, refrigerated, and frozen).
• Occasionally works in outside weather conditions.