Central Warehouse Stock Clerk, Hilo

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY

The primary responsibility of a Warehouse Stock Clerk is to receive, verify, and store merchandise brought   in by various vendors and transportation services, to ensure accurate billing and payment of merchandise.     A Warehouse Stock Clerk also fills orders and prepares merchandise for delivery to each store.  

JOB DESCRIPTION

ESSENTIAL DUTIES
You MUST perform the following duties regularly and up to company standards:
•    Accurately receive and count incoming merchandise, physically counting and matching it with receiving documents.
•    Store merchandise with proper expiration date rotation in the warehouse (Drive forklift, operate pallet jack, stock wagon, etc.)
•    Fill store orders by using “pick lists” and pulling merchandise.
•    Prepare orders for delivery by palletizing and wrapping merchandise.
•    Load freight for delivery to stores (truckers, Young Brothers, etc.).

NON-ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES
In order to provide the best possible service to our customers, the following duties are also required on an as-needed basis, during slow periods, or upon instruction by a supervisor, manager or designated person-in-charge.
•    Pick-up freight from Alternate Warehouse.
•    Deliver merchandise to Downtown store and unload the merchandise.
•    Do quarterly inventory and weekly cycle counts.
•    Maintain a clean warehouse.  Sweep, remove debris, and discard trash daily.
•    Sweep containers.
•    Wash Kona vans.
•    Take damaged goods and unusable pallets to rubbish dump for disposal.
•    Perform other duties as required or assigned.
 

WORKING CONDITIONS
•    Continuously: Perform duties in a warehouse where it may be noisy, dusty, hot and humid when stocking shelves, pulling merchandise and palletizing orders; work around fumes from the forklift.
•    Frequently: Perform duties outdoors when loading and unloading containers and Kona van.  Containers are often dusty, hot and humid, as there is poor ventilation.
•    Occasionally: Perform duties in wet conditions (rain) and around fumes given off by forklifts and trucks.
•    Seldom: Perform duties around noxious odors (rubbish dump) or in extremely cold temperatures (freezer).

WORK HOURS
•    Generally be available for work Monday through Saturday & holidays, between 4am and 4pm.

EQUIPMENT USE
•    Continuously use a hand truck to transfer merchandise throughout the warehouse area; use pencils and calculator to check-in freight and label merchandise.  
•    Frequently use electric and propane forklifts to transfer larger amounts of freight throughout the warehouse area.
•    Occasionally drive a 4-speed flatbed truck to pick-up freight from Alternate Warehouse, deliver freight to Downtown store, and dispose of pallets and damages at the rubbish dump; use chalk, shrink wrap, string, case cutter and tape when stocking and preparing orders; hammer to repair pallets; broom and dustpan to sweep warehouse and containers; container-jack, wheel chucks and ramp (used to drive forklift into the container) when loading and unloading containers and Kona vans; pallet-jack to move merchandise around in the warehouse.  
•    Seldom use a ladder, case cutter, company van, and circular saw.
 

SAFETY EQUIPMENT
•    Continuously wear a back support belt and steel toe shoes when performing all job duties.

MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND COMMUNICATION DEMANDS
•    MENTAL – Continuously need to concentrate well and be alert to drive forklift and company vehicles, and operate various equipment; use mathematical abilities to receive freight, take inventory and fill orders; pay attention to detail when counting merchandise; be able to comprehend instructions before performing each duty.

•    PHYSICAL – Continuously need to stand, walk, handle and use corrected vision when performing all job duties. Frequently need to sit and have good eye-hand-foot coordination and wide field of vision to operate forklift and company vehicle; reach, lift and carry up to 60 lbs. when receiving, stocking and palletizing merchandise.  Occasionally need to climb and balance, stoop and kneel when receiving, stocking, and palletizing merchandise; push and pull up to 2500 lbs. to transport m