Warehouse Associate / Backup Box Truck Driver

Description

Cozzini Bros. Inc is America’s #1 cutlery exchange service. We keep over 95,000 commercial kitchens nationwide, exchanging Cozzini-Engineered sharp knives and blades every two weeks. We have engineered the next generation of durable, safety-enhanced cutlery that stays sharp in the most demanding food service environments. Founded in 1905 as a family business in Chicago, Cozzini Bros has recently emerged as the only nationwide sharpening solution in the USA. Cozzini is driven by five core values: Safety, Service, Trust, Teamwork, and Integrity. These values are what give us the cutting edge in knife exchange. 

Job Summary: We are looking for a warehouse associate with responsibilities as a backup / occasional box truck driver. You'll be at the center of our state-of-the-art sharpening center where we sharpen and process 40,000+ knives and blades for our customers. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Plan, schedule and execute all distribution services including receiving, storing, shipping, handling returned/damaged goods, maintenance and administrative activities to ensure customer requirements are met. Maintains quality compliance.

• Ensure that the shipping schedules are correctly implemented and that jobs are completed properly. Apply sound communication to carrier base as well as receiving facilities.

• Ensure that customer orders are picked and shipped in a timely fashion within prescribed cost levels. Develop and implement an effective receiving operation that minimizes cost and ensures receiving paperwork is processed accurately and promptly.

• Checks and unloads inbound shipments, orderly stacking of product and picking and staging of outbound shipments in accordance with high level of productivity.

• Verify required inbound/outbound paperwork

• Counts/verifies and records all product coming into or shipping out of the building, ensuring that all product is properly counted.

• Assist in physical inventories and cycle counts. Ensure the optimal utilization of dock space.

• Records: Complete all necessary records and reports in a timely and accurate fashion.

• Monitor the cleanliness and working condition of all equipment and the facility.

• Maintain a clean, neat and orderly work area. Assist in maintaining warehouse security. Conduct operations in a manner that promotes safety; ensure compliance in accordance with OSHA and other appropriate standards.

Ability to drive 26 FT box truck as needed.

• Other duties: As assigned by Management.

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Requirements

Competencies: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

· Ability to pick, pack, load, and put away boxes up to 50 pounds.

· Good computer skills.

· Requires bending, standing for 3 hours at a time, sitting, ladder climbing, reaching and pulling.

Having DOT is a plus, but not required. Willingness to attain DOT is necessary.