"Warehouse and Distribution Team Member"

Overview of the Position

• Full-time, temporary
• 40 hours per week
• Schedule: 6:00AM-2:30PM, Monday through Friday
• The schedule is based on business needs and awarded by seniority
• There may be a reduction in work hours or a change in schedule during breaks; a 30-day notice will be provided in such events
• This is a temporary position
• Parking permits are available for purchase based on availability

Job Description

Responsibilities:

50% Ordering, Receiving, and Storage

• Collect requisitions and place orders with purveyors.
• Receives orders with Purchase Order and reconciles to invoice and discusses discrepancies with manager
• Inspect shipments for quality, check temperatures and expiration dates as well as damaged packaging.
• Stores product in assigned area and rotates using FIFO (First In, First Out) method
• Uses independent judgment to identify poor, unacceptable products or backorders during delivery or in storage.
• Decants product and discards packaging.
• Maintains cleanliness and discards packaging.
• Maintains cleanliness and orderliness of coolers, freezers, storage areas, and loading dock
• Participates in inventory process as assigned
• Work with the MBS inventory management system for receiving related functions.
• Maintains temperature logs daily
• Follows proper procedures and labeling when thawing meat products
• Enters and maintains information regarding work orders, material, and supply requests, inventory, vendor or product information, and related materials via a paper copy on the computer as assigned
• Assists in taking periodic physical inventories of stock as assigned
• Completes daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning as assigned

10% Operational Excellence

• Ensures compliance with health and food safety standards and regulations.
• Collaborates with the entire Dining Team to ensure the completion of proactive and responsive food ordering, receiving, waste reduction, product management.

30% Delivery

• Coordinate and make deliveries to campus departments.
• Suggests and creates efficiencies for deliveries and inventory management.
• Collaborates well with other departments, managers, team members on campus and in Dining Services. Listens and communicates well and models warm professionalism to team members.

10% Other Duties as Assigned

• Cover for the lead worker as needed.
• Organize and maintain the receiving area.
• Organize and maintain the fixture area in the receiving and the tunnel area.
• Incumbents may serve as lead workers (e.g. assign, schedule, direct work) of University staff but are not PELRA supervisors. Incumbents may supervise student employees.
• Assists in dish room as assigned
• Other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Able to lift up to 50 pounds frequently
• Reads, writes, understands and communicates in English
• Must be able to stand up to 4 hours at a time
• High School Diploma or GED
• Ability to perform simple math calculations
• Must have at least 6 months of relevant experience in warehousing, store keeping or inventory methods
• Knowledge of stockroom and stock control items, methods and procedures, inventory procedures, inventory record maintenance, common clerical procedures, standard abbreviations used in shipping and designating weights and measures as required