Permanent Warehouse Worker

**WE ARE RECRUITING FOR FULLTIME PERMANENT DISTRIBUTION SELECTORS AT OUR DISTRIBUTION CENTRE**

**WORK HARD. HAVE FUN. GROW WITH US**

**Small Town Culture Family-Owned**

**Yes, you even get FREE ICE CREAM**

**A Little Bit About Us**:
For the past 85 years, Kawartha Dairy has been proud to be a 100% Canadian-owned company, still operated by the same family that founded it in 1937. Although the company has grown tremendously from its early days, it remains headquartered in the lakeside community of Bobcaygeon, Ontario, where it was founded, near Peterborough, an hour north of the GTA.

Today Kawartha Dairy operates 10 retail stores and services a wide range of customers, from grocery stores to foodservice establishments and of course, ice cream parlours. The company also provides custom dairy ingredients to other food companies using Kawartha Dairy’s long history of dairy expertise.

Reflecting the explosive growth in the brand and the business as a whole, Kawartha Dairy has recently constructed a 54,000-square-foot warehouse just south of Bobcaygeon to serve its provincial operations. Investments are also underway to modernize the production plant, our systems and our infrastructure.

As part of our close-knit Distribution Centre team, you are responsible for ensuring good communication and cooperation between your co-workers while safely meeting company quality and ensure that all customer orders are accurately selected and shipped as per customer requirements; so we may continue to efficiently provide our top-notch dairy products to our loyal customers and creating memories for families.

Our work week is comprised of a 6-day work week at this time, from Sunday to Friday but selectors are only required to work 5 of the 6 shifts.

Kawartha Dairy is committed to growing our company culture of super-friendly staff, above-and-beyond customer service and of course creating a fabulous collection of ice cream and other products.

**We at Kawartha Dairy live by our five values**:

- **We are Family**
- **We Enjoy Our Work**
- **We are Customer Obsessed**
- **We are Small Town Canada**
- **We are Proud of Our Quality**

**What You’ll Do**:

- Perform general physical activities in order to load, unload, sort and move products and materials by hand or using basic material handling equipment
- Perform tasks in multi-temperature environments (must love the cold)
- Read work orders or receive oral instruction for work assignments
- Read an Order Sheet and use scanning technology to find individual items within warehouse
- Fill orders from warehouse stock, complete order receipts, and assemble orders to be shipped
- Computer knowledge to manage scanning of products and lot codes; use barcode scanning equipment to maintain computerized stock inventory
- Oversee loading and unloading of goods to appropriate store areas and ensures physical inventory is secure at all times i.e. wrap and secure loads prior to transport
- Perform tasks related to shipping and transportation of orders
- Order selectors are responsible for selecting, storing, packing and monitoring inventory of products
- Unpack received products and count or sort items
- Stock shelves and keep stock clean and in order
- Operate, navigate, or drive mechanized material handling equipment
- Communicate problems with material handling equipment, structures or materials
- Perform general cleaning duties and all other duties as required by supervisors
- Provide information for the completion of incident reports in relation to health and safety issues or material spills
- Complete activity logs to record tasks completed during the shift
- Ensuring HACCP, and all other Food Safety practices are being followed

**What you Need to Get the Job Done**:

- High school diploma or equivalent years of experience
- Preference for 1-3 years of experience.
- Preference for a minimum of 1 year of experience using communication devices (e.g. voice pick systems, scanning equipment (e.g. bar code scanning equipment)
- Preference for a minimum of 1 year of experience using material handling equipment (i.e. dollies, forklifts, hand trucks, pallet trucks)
- Demonstrated experience with reading comprehension, basic mathematics, quality control, coordination and time management
- Strength and stamina are required as much of the workday is spent on the feet, lifting and sorting product/materials. Must be able to lift 50 pounds on a repetitive basis.

**What Will Make Us REALLY Love You**:

- Someone with a solid aptitude for detailed work and accuracy
- Flexible, adaptable and responsive to change
- Able to analyze information, problem solve and make good decisions for example, tracking down a missing product, finding creative solutions to spatial challenges when moving materials or addressing damaged goods and improperly packed goods with little direction
- Able to make your own decisions on priorities and the order of tasks as needed
- Accountable for own actions and decisi