The warehouse associate position will provide daily support to the warehouse operations department participating in order selection, receiving incoming freight, loading & unloading freight vans and company vehicles. Daily cleaning assignments, inventory counts, with safe forklift & motorized jack operation. Provide quality and friendly service to agencies and vendors by following organizational standards. Upholding a predetermined quality-controlled standard of orders leaving the warehouse all while upholding safe practices in the workplace. The Warehouse Associate reports directly to the Warehouse Manager for assignments.
This is a full time, non-exempt position and pays $18-20 per hour. To apply send resume to jobs@foodbankofalaska.org.
Essential Job Duties:
- Ensure quality control
- Order selection
- Provide bypass & priority mail support as needed
- Assist with the agency desk when needed
- Ensure excellent customer service to agencies
- Be prompt, friendly, welcoming and courteous always
- Assist drivers with loading & unloading of new incoming or outgoing product
- Provide inventory control, including cycle counts, rack tagging
- Daily cleaning of shopping areas including cooler and freezer
- Assist in maintaining good warehouse sanitation standards, repackaging room & bathrooms
- Assist with major events including warehouse donor tours
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- High School diploma or GED
- Friendly, outgoing, dependable, consistent team player willing to help wherever it is needed
- Good communication skills, both written and oral
- Good interpersonal and public relations skills
- Good basic math skills
- Valid Alaska Driver’s license and clean driving record. Ability to receive a Department of Transportation health card.
- Minimum one year computer experience in MS applications (Outlook, Word, Excel)
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, busy warehouse environment with heavy foot traffic.
- Ability to walk, stand, climb stairs, hold and manipulate cans and boxes and bags not to exceed 50 lbs
- Commitment to organizational mission to end hunger
Here are some of the amazing benefits that come with this position:
- A Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield Gold plan with very low employee costs
- Principle Dental and Vision at a very low cost to employees
- Free Life Insurance and AD&D
- Paid time off, starting with 3 weeks accrued in the first year, increasing every year to 6 weeks.
- Approximately 13 paid holidays which include a full week in December. In addition, paid “snow days” when weather conditions force workplace closures
- A 403b retirement plan with an employer match
- A Wellness Reimbursement Plan
- An outstanding team and work environment
- Regular fun events for staff with contests, prizes and food
- A shared leave bank to cover employees when they have emergencies and have exhausted their personal leave