An Inventory Associate monitors warehouse inventory and places orders with vendors for supplies. Conducts regular or occasional audits of inventory or sections of a warehouse.
Do you have a passion for food, love providing top level customer service and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment? Since our employees are also owners, they care deeply about providing high quality service to each and every customer. Our mission as an employee owned company is to offer quality food choices to the communities we serve, support local farmers and producers, and develop and reinvest in our employee owners. Apply today and begin your ownership journey!
INVENTORY CONTROL CLERK PURPOSE STATEMENT
: To receive/check-in merchandise, assure that merchandise received matches invoice, and return damaged product for credit.
SIGNIFICANT JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
To prepare the backroom for receipt of merchandise. To count and inspect merchandise and match to invoice. To prepare a cleaning list each Monday for DSD vendors. To check the code dating on all case items in each cooler/freezer in the store. To prepare a list of out of stocks for DSD daily. To contact DSD vendors with problems on all DSD items. To keep receiving area secure and damage-reclaim area neat and organized. To assure the safety of self, customers and co-workers by picking up and removing all broken containers, packing materials/boxes from the backroom floor. To understand the operation, safety requirements and restraints of baler, case cutter, pallet jack and forklift (must be 18 years or older to operate the pallet jack, forklift and baler). To perform miscellaneous tasks assigned by supervisors and managers, substituting for absent workers and performing any additional tasks necessary to provide products and services to customers.
QUALIFICATIONS
REQUIRED:
Basic mathematical ability (add, subtract, multiply, divide). Able to give/receive complex verbal instructions/descriptions to/from supervisors/co-workers/vendors concerning store policy/procedures and use of equipment. A stable work and educational history. The ability to read and write English. Able to read instructions, labels, numbers, printed paper and forms. Make judgments concerning vendor interaction. Good interpersonal communication skills.
PREFERRED
High school diploma or equivalent. Prior experience in a related type of job. Prior experience operating a baler, case-cutter, pallet jack and forklift.
TASKS OF THE JOB
-This position generally includes: 1.
Mobility:
To complete grocery/produce price-check in aisle, return "go backs" and "face"/clean/stock shelves, to retrieve supplies/product/maintenance equipment from the backroom and return, approximate maximum 100 yards. 2. Work on tile, asphalt, or concrete for a maximum of 8 hours in duration. 3 Move a maximum of 75 lbs. up to 10 feet. 4. Move a maximum of 75 lbs. up to 10 feet. 5. Grasp and handle wet/cold/hot/crushable store products, shopping carts and cleaning supplies. 6. Recognize merchandise, bag size, product size, shelf tags, labels on products, signs, and customers. 7. Perceive color difference in produce/grocery items. 8. Respond to and use the intercom. 9. Respond to customer, co-worker and vendor questions and responses. 10. Read labels, signs, tags, ad, numbers, and aisle markers.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Inside work with variations in heat/cold/dust/humidity.
