Warehouse Associate

**POSITION OVERVIEW**
The primary role of the Warehouse Associate is responsible for the shipping and receiving of finished goods and raw materials within the warehouse, receiving and staging areas.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREAS**

**Warehouse Operations**
- Receive incoming shipments and compare items to work orders provided by supervisor.
- Count items to ensure that correct number have been received.
- Assist in physically moving incoming items to designated storage areas and storage activities.
- Operate forklifts to pick heavy boxes and transport them to checking/ storage areas
- Assist in loading and unloading trucks and determining safe ways of stacking items on the truck and retrieving items in a safe manner.
- Trace missing or lost items/shipments.
- Route products to department.
- Ensure that all materials and ingredients are entered into Navision system immediately upon receipt.

**Q**uality and Customer Focus**
- Ensures product quality by practicing and enforcing QA, HACCP, Food Safety, and ISO requirements in all aspects of warehouse operations.
- Follow all SOPs and Standard Work documentation processes and tasks for warehouse operations.

**Safety & Environment**
- Adhere to all safety practices and protocols related to job responsibilities and tasks including wearing all PPE when handling chemicals.
- Act in accordance with company policies related to personal and group health and safety practices and procedures.

**Continuous Improvement**
- Actively participate in continuous improvement programs such as coaching sessions, sharing of knowledge and skills, and contributing to team efforts to achieve assigned
- balanced scoreboard goals.

**COMPETENCIES (Knowledge, Skills, Ability)**
- Perform all duties and responsibilities described in the General Warehouse Worker job description.
- Demonstrates leadership ability and interpersonal skills that engage employees, create a team environment, and drive employee productivity and competence.
- Good verbal and written communication skills with the proven ability to communicate one-on-one and in group settings.
- Proficiency using Navision.
- Focus on quality including the development and adherence to Quality Policy and standard operating procedures that create business unit efficiencies.
- Problem solver with good analytical skills and the ability to trouble shoot as the need arises. Involves staff in the decision making process.

**MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS**
- 2 years of warehouse experience, preferably within the food industry, with an emphasis on inventory control.
- Forklift license.
- Numerical ability.
- Highly organized with excellent time management/priority setting skills and knows how to make the right decisions.
- Experience in a culturally diverse work environment.

**EMPLOYER SUMMARY**

Vitalus Nutrition’s purpose is, “Improving lives by unlocking the nutritional value of milk” and one way we do that is by taking high-quality Canadian milk, isolating the valuable components, and transforming them into specialized ingredients for the nutritional and industrial markets. We are a trusted international supplier of specialty ingredients including Milk Protein Concentrates, Milk Protein Isolates, and VITAGOS for large-scale processors and top tier brands.

Our team is proud of what we do and the contributions we make in both our local and global communities. Our culture is deeply rooted in our values of Integrity, Care, and Expertise.

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that includes:

- Competitive Hourly Rate
- Health, Dental, Vision, AD&D, LTD & Life Insurance Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Time Off
- Learning opportunities
- Bonus Program
- RRSP/DPSP Program
- Social & Wellness Events
- Attendance Incentive
- Shift Premiums for non-standard hours & weekends