Warehouse, Distribution Job Description
Warehouse, distribution
provides expertise and architectural leadership in the areas of Data Governance, Master Data Management, Analytics, Data Warehousing, Scorecards, Dashboards, Business Performance Monitoring and Data Mining.
Warehouse, Distribution Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Routinely manage customer specific shipping activities to include picking customer orders/order fulfillment
Receive/Inspect/Palletize/Load merchandise
Locate merchandise from storage
Stock inventory in proper location
Report issues and status of audits
Scan shipping carton ID #’s
Print and tag shipping labels onto parcels
Seal individual cartons
Transport goods to picking locations
Unload and sort merchandise
Warehouse, Distribution Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Warehouse, Distribution
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: APICS, MHE, HSSE, AIRS, PIT, CSCP, CI, RVIA, LSS
Education for Warehouse, Distribution
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the warehouse, distribution job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and High School Degree in Education, Business, General Education, Engineering, Management, Associates, Business/Administration, Computer, Supply Chain Management, Industrial
Skills for Warehouse, Distribution
Desired skills for warehouse, distribution include:
Warehousing Functions
Activities
Installation parts and accessories
Methods
Policies and procedure of service departments helpful
DEA regulations beneficial
Enterprise applicant tracking systems
Internet candidate data mining
SAP and MS Office Suite
Prior experience with Taleo
Desired experience for warehouse, distribution includes:
Pick merchandise quickly and accurately
Operate custom sorting machine
Assemble customer orders
Stack orders onto pallets
Alert supervisors to possible hazards
Mentor and train new employees
Warehouse, Distribution Examples
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of warehouse, distribution. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for warehouse, distribution
- Reduction in the number of Warehouse and Transport providers within the region
- Attainment of Cost improvement targets (CIPs)
- On-Time delivery of project and program milestones
- Final project Objectives (FPOs) achievements – Compliance, Network Program, Strategic Supplier Program & performance management
- Effective Collaboration with stake holders (3PL, Regional & Local CLS teams, Support Functional teams)
- Receive inventories by SKU # or stage cartons/pallets for staging or processing in facility
- Pick and pack individual units from master cartons and properly repack to ensure cargo is not damaged
- Handle and sort returns or inbound freight logging or input in Warehouse Management System
- Remove selected cartons from shipments for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) examinations and/or distribution/re-forwarding
- Accurately process small parcel machines or log sheets or inventories counts when requested
Qualifications for warehouse, distribution
- Strong computer skills on several applications
- Previous warehouse QC auditor experience preferred but not required
- A positive ‘can-do’ attitude, with a results oriented mindset
- Ability to drive a forklift (sit-down, clamp, reach truck)
- Must be results-oriented and have the ability to work with a high degree of independence
- Physical ability to access all areas of the warehouse
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Our company is hiring for a warehouse, distribution. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for warehouse, distribution
- Locate and retrieve company correspondence when requested
- Perform and enforce policies and practices
- Allocating the co-workers for optimal productivity of the workload
- Assign work for warehouse co-workers, including approving time off
- Directly manage co-worker performance
- Evaluate training needs of co-workers
- Coach and develop co-workers when necessary
- Train coworkers to perform tasks
- Follow-up to insure SOP’s are followed and goals met
- Communicates effectively with other departments and all levels within the Distribution Center (DC)
Qualifications for warehouse, distribution
- University degree in computer science, management information systems or related discipline
- 8 years of experience in IT application development, project management, process design and system validation practices ideally with SAP ERP or other ERP solutions
- 5 years of exposure to business area preferably in a global company
- Has broad understanding of pharmaceutical industry
- One (1) year or more experience in the transportation industry
- Ability to use good safety judgment
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Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of warehouse, distribution. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for warehouse, distribution
- Maintain overtime standards and ensure that company guidelines for overtime are enforced
- Ensure that each area of warehouse operations is in compliance with Food Lion, LLC company policy and communicate policy revisions in a timely manner to associates
- Guide department leads and assist in his/her development
- Communicate with supervisors and the warehouse manager any issues that occur during the shift that my affect other warehouse departments
- Make certain that sanitation standards are being maintained throughout the warehouse
- Administer disciplinary action to associates who violate company policy
- Assist in scheduling vacations and holidays for associates
- Keep associates abreast of company issues and policies
- Disperse associates between both storage facilities to ensure that manpower issues are covered
- Supervise training of new associates and monitor their progress daily
Qualifications for warehouse, distribution
- Development & Implementation of Logistics improvement
- An undergraduate degree in business or supply chain management is preferred
- BA/BS in IT required
- Previous involvement in SAP implementations
- 1-3 years of related supervisory experience, preferably in a warehouse or logistics environment
- Knowledge of warehouse management systems Astro, Gemini
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Our company is looking to fill the role of warehouse, distribution. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for warehouse, distribution
- Hold daily/weekly departmental meetings
- Attend unemployment and workers’ compensation hearings when necessary
- Supervise associates with audit errors and the correction of these errors
- Correct and post daily any outstanding associate hours on the Labor Management System, at the end of each shift
- Secure warehouse facility on Saturdays
- Observe, report and correct when appropriate any unsafe and unsanitary conditions that could cause associate and /or customer accidents
- Approximately 5% travel, some overnights
- Flexible Rotating Schedule
- Some weekend work
- Oversee the processing of packaging and storage of products, supplies, materials and equipment
Qualifications for warehouse, distribution
- Able to communicate by e-mail, in person or by phone
- Ability to lead a team to complete assignments on time, and to standard
- Willingness to share your knowledge and learning with other co-workers
- 3 years of demonstrated experience in Distribution/Warehouse
- Bachelor of Science or equivalent work related experience
- Certified on pallet jack, stand-up and sit-down forklifts
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a warehouse, distribution. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for warehouse, distribution
- Receiving, Warehousing, Pulling and Preparing furniture for customer delivery using barcode equipment
- Perform fabric protection applications
- Prep daily pick-up merchandise and next day’s deliveries
- Follow company procedures to properly label and document all prep activity
- Note and follow-up on exceptions according to procedure
- Sign off on Inspection documentation according to procedure
- Participate in all Quality Control initiatives
- Professionally greet customers that are in the building
- Accurately complete documentation for all work, minimizing errors to reduce client impact
- Operate within company policies and procedures and warranty terms while adhering to all delegated authorities
Qualifications for warehouse, distribution
- Knowledge and experience working with Distribution Management
- Ability to analyze, identify problems and implement solutions
- Ability to use PC/CRT and operate EXE systems
- BA/BS Degree or equivalent training
- Knowledge of federal and state laws governing sanitation and OSHA disciplines
- Experience with Industrial Labor Standards