Warehouse Assistant

About the role

The Warehouse Assistant is responsible for fulfilling sales orders for our customer and monitoring the intake of parts and equipment and the proper disposition of parts.

Responsibilities

• Support a safe work environment, practicing safe working techniques and compliance to safety programs.
• Ensure products meet or exceed quality and performance standards, improve efficiency within processes and procedures and continually improve through the use of Lean tools.
• Receiving and loading UPS / FedEx.
• Receiving and loading freight shipments.
• Verifying accuracy of orders.
• Prepping orders for shipping, boxing and palletizing.
• Maintain warehouse cleanliness and organization.
• Safely operate warehouse equipment, use certain equipment only if certified.
• Facilitate and document the fulfillment of sales orders.
• Maintain accurate inventory, report out when required.
• Process paperwork as required.
• Assist with inventory, warehouse and delivery preparations.
• Complete assigned tasks within scheduling deadlines.
• Identify and recommend efficiency improvements.
• Operate as a team player and help to unify the team.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School Degree / GED.
• 1+ year of professional work experience, inventory and warehouse experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to work within an inventory system or willingness to learn.
• Operate within the corporate policy guidelines and business practices.
• Results oriented and demonstrated strong sense of urgency.
• Excellent communication skills, written/verbal with internal and external contacts.
• Proven ability to be organized, detailed, multi-tasker, critical thinker, accurate, thorough and a problem-solver.
• Ability to adapt to change in the workplace or assignment of duties.

Physical requirements

• Regularly required to talk and hear.
• Frequently required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move 50 pounds, sit; stoop, bend and kneel.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work environment

This job operates in a warehouse setting with a technical / repair lab, shipping and receiving area and equipment set-up and reconditioning environment. This role routinely may use standard electronic / mechanical testing equipment, hand lifts and forklifts, and hand tools. Will use office equipment such as computers, phones, copiers, filing cabinets and fax machines, etc.

Schedule

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, occasional overtime required.