Warehouse Associate Afternoons at Danone North America in Dubois, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

About the job

ABOUT THE JOB:

The warehouse/forklift operator is responsible for operating a forklift to move, locate, relocate, stack, and count product. The operator is accountable for the safe and efficient operation of the vehicle and may also be required to perform Order Filler and Checker duties.

Essential Functions:

• Receiving / Put Away: unload inbound shipments safely and move product to storage locations


• Efficiently stack and store product in the appropriate areas


• Ensure inbound and outbound shipments are accurate and free from damage. Report quality variances


• Pull and prepare product for shipment, ensuring accuracy of orders pulled, is loaded and shipped


• Perform picking duties in an efficient manner that meets customer service standards


• Load, unload, move, stack, and stage product and materials using a forklift


• Maintain equipment and materials in a net, clean, and orderly fashion


• Complete daily inspection of equipment


• Ensure proper stock rotation


• Complete and submit daily paperwork as required


• Use Radio-frequency equipment for receive, put away, and load functions as required (SAP)


• Conduct operations in a manner that promotes safety; comply with OSHA and MSDS standards


• Maintain a clean work area through daily sanitation


• Support the plant's efforts of DAMAWAY (Danone's system of continuous improvements)


• Other tasks as assigned

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About you

ABOUT YOU:

Education and Experience:

• High School diploma or GED required


• Minimum of two (2) years Forklift certified experience required in a fast pace warehouse environment


• Forklift related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to use a computer and knowledge of SAP preferred


• Ability to drive a Forklift


• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's)


• Ability to navigate tight spaces


• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills:

• Must have excellent math skills, ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure.

Reasoning Ability:

• Must have the ability to understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• While performing duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to sit, talk and/or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; stoop; kneel; crouch; crawl; taste and/or smell


• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Requires normal range of hearing and vision (including colors) to record, prepare and communicate appropriate reports and laboratory results

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• 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 regularly works near moving mechanical parts and is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions. The employee may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals and may be exposed to loud noises in the plant. The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to extreme cold, risk of electrical shock and vibration

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About us

ABOUT US:

At Danone North America, you'll work with some of the best-known food and beverage brands in the world like Activia, Silk, Horizon Organic, Two Good, Oikos, evian, and Happy Family. You'll be part of the largest Certified B Corp in the world, working together to make sure our brands create real benefits for people, communities, and the planet. We have 6,000+ employees across the U.S. and Canada. Come join our movement for a healthier world: One Planet. One Health BY YOU.

Danone North America doesn't just welcome what makes you unique, we value it. We're proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All hires to our team are based on qualifications, merit and business needs. We recruit, employ, train and promote regardless of race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, genetic characteristic or any other protected status. Faithful to our values of openness and humanism, all of our employees share in the commitment to engage one another with dignity and respect.
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