Warehouse Associate

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**GENERAL SUMMARY**

Shipping/Receiving of Finished Goods, Tinting of Base Product to Customer Required Color, and assist the Service Center Manager in accomplishing Service Center goals.

**QUALIFICATIONS**
- High School Diploma or equivalent, Warehouse experience is a plus
- Must either have forklift certification or have ability to pass forklift certification test.

**PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned**:
**SALES/REPLENISHMENT ORDERS AND RECEIVING**
- Assist with freight loading, unloading, shipping and receiving on appropriate trailers, checking in merchandise, matching purchase orders to sales orders and distributing to sales associates for processing.
- Read customer orders, work orders, shipping orders or requisitions to determine items to be moved, gathered or distributed and/or shipped on schedule in accordance with Shipping Manual procedures
- Pull, from order copy, material by container size and lot number for shipment of Sales and Replenishment orders.
- Move materials and items from receiving or storage areas to shipping or to other designated areas.
- Sort and place materials or items on racks, shelves or in bins according to predetermined sequence such as size, type, style, color or product code.
- Assemble materials into kits to satisfy customer or stocking requirements
- Ensure that all paperwork for carrier shipments is accurately prepared and customer pick-up shipments are tendered with a proper bill of lading.
- Receive stock and ensures that the stock received matches the packing list.
- Prepare shipments in accordance with Hazardous Materials procedures.
- Alert the supervisor and local office of any discrepancies on in-bound receipts.
- Perform regular maintenance to any warehouse equipment as required.
- File requisitions, work orders or requests for materials, tools or other stock items and distribute items to shipping or to designated route driver storage area.
- Ensure warehouse is orderly, neat, accessible and safe for salespeople and customer traffic at all times
- Assemble customer orders from stock and place orders on pallets or shelves, or relocate orders to a holding area or shipping department in a timely manner
- Mark materials with identifying information using appropriate method, following all safety precautions and policies
- Open bales, crates and other containers.
- Record amounts of materials or items received or distributed via appropriate computer program.
- Assist in counting of physical inventory.
- May be assigned facilities maintenance duties as needed.
- May be required to wear PPE based on exposure and manufactures recommendation. Based on local safety department requirements for each position.
- Participate in hazard communication employee training programs, including explanations of labels and the SDSs and how to obtain and use the information

**RTS/TINT ORDERS**
- Receive order copy and pull base material to be Rapid Tinted.
- Verify correct formula is attached to RTS order.
- Add designated tint paste to base product as called for by formula and verify proper color, per established procedures.
- Tag tinted material with color designation.
- Stage tinted material awaiting shipment.
- Committed to the Company’s safety and quality programs.
- Learn all aspects of tinting colour matching.

**PHYSICAL DEMANDS**

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee must have the ability to stand for up to four hours regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move objects over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include 20/20 vision, with or without correction, close vision, distance vision, color vision, full peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Any function may be performed for up to four hours with no breaks.

Operate various warehouse equipment including: forklift, pallet jack and stock picker

**WORK ENVIRONMENT**

This position works in a warehouse setting, with some outdoor exposure during the workday. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines, and standard warehouse equipment such as hand trucks, forklifts, box cutters and tape dispensers.

Exposure to high heat and/or chemicals leading to known or unknown symptoms of allergic reactions

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday