Warehouse Associate

About the role

United Central Industrial Supply, a SunSource company, is hiring a Warehouse Associate in Indiana. The role covers receiving and shipping merchandise, acting as a company representative and promoting the company's reputation. It involves loading and unloading trucks, picking and packing orders, inventory counts and keeping the supervisor informed of shortages, damages and stock-outs.

Key responsibilities

• Load and unload trucks, receive and store merchandise, pick and pack customer orders and move stock.
• Perform inventory cycle counts and physical inventory as requested or scheduled.
• Verify counts of incoming and outgoing materials and keep purchase order receipt files accurate.
• Report shortages, overages, damaged goods, stock-outs, vendor over-ships and discrepancies between book and actual quantities promptly.
• Maintain neat appearance, good housekeeping and report safety hazards, equipment malfunctions or dangerous situations.
• Pack orders, write labels, weigh cartons and prepare parcel post and UPS shipment forms.
• Assist the manager in safeguarding inventory against pilferage or theft and help with the annual inventory.
• Perform counter sales, inventory control and other departmental duties, including delivering merchandise.

Required profile

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Able to complete the company training program.
• Good communication skills and a valid driver's licence.
• Ability to read, write and understand delivery tickets, packing lists, invoices, MSDS literature and other job-related documents.
• Physical ability to lift objects of varying weight, carry them twenty yards, stand and sit for long periods, and climb trucks, ladders and shelving.
• Willingness to work in varying temperatures and in a warehouse environment, including remote mining locations on rough roads.

Required skills

• Operating delivery vehicles within legal limits and forklifts of various sizes.
• Use of the company computer system and a calculator.

Schedule is normally 7 AM to 4 PM Monday to Friday, with weekends as required; overtime is expected when beneficial to the company. The position carries safety risks and requires following safety policies and reporting accidents.