Job description

Griffith Foods is a global manufacturer of food products. We provide a wide range of taste and texture components for food industry customers throughout the world. Our products include seasoning blends, dry mixes, coating systems, dough blends, crumbs, flavors, sauces and food bases that are used in an extensive variety of application from snack foods and processed meat and poultry to ready meals. Our customers include food processors, restaurant operators and grocery retailers. While our name may not be familiar to consumers, our products are key components of foods offered by many of the world’s best-known companies.

Summary:
Receives, stores, and distributes material, tools, equipment, and products within establishment by performing the following duties.

Major Duties & Responsibilities:

• Reads customer order, shipping Pick List, Material Transfer order, or Bill of Lading to determine items to be moved, gathered, or shipped.
• Uses computer/tablet and scanner to enter records into DAX.
• Conveys materials and items from receiving or production areas to storage or to other designated areas.
• Sorts and places materials or items on racks, shelves, or in bins according to predetermined sequence such as size, type, or product code.
• Sorts and stores perishable goods in refrigerated rooms if required.
• Assembles customer orders from stock and places orders on pallets or conveys orders to packing station.
• Marks materials with identifying information.
• Records amounts of materials or items received or distributed in DAX, on Pick lists, Transfer Orders, and Inter-Warehouse transfer forms.
• Compiles Pick Lists or Bills of Ladings from customer specifications, verifies documents for accuracy.
• Drives vehicle to transport stored items from warehouse, plant or to pick up items from several locations for shipment.
• Maintains inventory records.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed oral or written instructions.
• Ability to analyze and solve problems independently.

Knowledge & Experience:

• High school diploma or GED preferred and up to one year of related experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Office/Windows is required.
• Ability to read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence, and memos via written and email/Outlook.
• Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to communicate with individuals and small groups.
• Ability to read, write and speak English fluently.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Experience working with Microsoft Dynamics.
• Must be able to successfully complete Griffith Laboratories Forklift certification.
• Must be able to successfully complete Shipping Training annually or as needed per the Alsip Plant Shipping Training Check List F62-03 AP-SH.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

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