Operations Assistant - 1st Shift at The Ames Companies, Inc. in Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

Hiring:

1st Shift: M-F (7am-3pm)

1st Shift: M-F (9am-5pm)

WHY JOIN THE AMES COMPANIES

Our employees are our greatest assets, that is why we provide excellent comprehensive BENEFITS.

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WHO WE ARE

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WHO YOU ARE

As an Operations Assistant, you will direct and coordinate activities of workers engaged in crating, moving, loading, and storing lawn & garden products

WHERE YOU WILL WORK

Carlisle, PA facility

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Responsible for building, tracking, routing, and ship closing loads.


• Responsible for dispatching loads and maintaining outbound schedule.


• Schedules inbound appointments in a professional manner.


• Ensuring the company’s customer service “key point indictors” are in line with company standards.


• Required to process receipts for import, inbound, and domestic loads.


• Maintain all required records.


• Prepares all shipping documents and ensures that changes made at out-loading are accurately indicated on drivers packing lists.


• Assist in other logistical processes per business necessity.


• Follows all policies and procedures, best practices, and OSHA regulations.

REQUIREMENTS

Education and Work Experience

• High School diploma or GED


• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals


• 1 year related experience and/or training; knowledge of order processing systems, WMS systems, and Microsoft office.

 Environmental/Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand on concrete floor with/without floor mats; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms (which may include above and/or below shoulders). The employee is regularly required to use left and/or right hand for simple grasping, fine work, pushing/pulling. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus as well as ability to distinguish changes in shade of color. 


• While performing the duties of this job, the associate may need the ability to lift and carry up to 20 to 30 lbs. On a rare occasion, may be required to lift up to 50 lbs assisted.


• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.


• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Work Authorization 

The Ames Companies will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States.

Equal Opportunity Employer  

The AMES Companies is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.

 

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