LDF Sales & Distributing, Inc. is looking for Dynamic Employees to join the LDF Warehouse Team on our Second Shift - Full Time, Monday -Thursday and possible Friday afternoons. This is an entry-level, training role to achieve Warehouse Material Handler II within 18 months. The Material Handler 1 role will provide sales support and customer service by working with the warehouse team for outbound operations. Participates in continuous improvement objectives.
Responsibilities
Learn all LDF warehouse standard practices and is responsible to assist manager with enforcement of those practices.
Achieve productivity standards to meet operational budgets.
Achieve critical operational timing to meet customer and internal needs.
Demonstrates ability to comprehend and perform at target level in basic warehouse tasks including but not limited to: receiving, storage and order fulfillment.
Exhibits competency of work practices to allow operational flexibility. This includes competency in basic shift-specific tasks as detailed by skills matrix and supervisor requirement.
Interface with external contacts professionally to satisfy customers, carriers and contractors.
Ensures all OSHA safety regulations, local regulations and company safety rules are observed. Drive safety in work behaviors.
Ensures quality through limiting internal damage of product, proper loading and unloading of product to prevent damage at warehouse, route and customer.
Demonstrates competency in assigned operational functions of WMS systems. Current systems include VIP and CirrusTech.
Ensures proper product rotation and segregation using FIFO methods by leveraging WMS and manual monitoring.
Deliver inventory accuracy through proper WMS and manual methods. Meets objectives for net shrink, absolute shrink and location accuracy.
Assures a clean work space leveraging visual management, 5S and warehouse certification.
Regularly inspect facility and equipment for operational readiness, escalates or resolves issues as identified.
Completes other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Must be 18 or older
Flexibility to perform various roles within a single shift.
Demonstrates competent skills in shift-specific operations and forklift operation.
Basic PC skills to perform tasks in WMS systems.
Proficient verbal and written communication skills.
Understands company policies, procedures and operations.
Completes company training programs.
Has ability to communicate with peers and leadership and articulate problems or questions to the appropriate personnel.
Must exhibit comprehension of basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
Has ability to read and follow directions from standard work instructions.
Ability to conceptualize the placement of a certain number of items on rack, pallets or carts.
Basic decision making.
Forklift certified.
Nice-to-haves
Prefer minimum 6 months warehouse operations and high school diploma/GED.
Benefits
Paid Time Off - 80 hours of PTO before your 1st Anniversary!
PTO continues to increase based on tenure.
Secure & Stable employment w/Bi-weekly pay
Full benefits package to include retirement plan & tuition reimbursement.
