Warehouse Operations Traine,

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday - 12:00 PM start until completion (must be flexible and willing to work either shift due to employee's work schedule)

Work Location: Cardinal Health, 3550 Roy Orr Blvd. Suite 180, Grand Prairie, TX 75050 (Climate controlled facility)

Anticipated hourly range: $18.36 per hour - $26.40 per hour

Bonus eligible: No

Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan
• Health savings account (HSA)
• 401k savings plan
• Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Work-Life resources
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy lifestyle programs

Application window anticipated to close: 01/17/2025 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible. *

What Warehouse Operations contributes to Cardinal Health
Warehouse Operations is responsible for performing/controlling a combination of manual or automated tasks necessary for the receipt, storage, and shipment of product. This may include functions of receiving, picking, packing, shipping, staging, transporting, storage, delivery, etc. Also responsible for the efficient flow of products from the point of product receipt from vendors to the shipment of products (via prescribed service parameters) to a variety of internal and external customers.
 

Job Summary
The Senior Associate, Warehouse Operations applies broad knowledge to ensure the integrity, quality, and accuracy of the facility’s inventory, which can including but is not limited to controlling inventory adjustments and holds, profiling/sorting incoming product, resolving inbound and outbound discrepancies, purchasing supplies, ensuring timely delivery and processing physical returns. The Senior Associate executes the facility’s standard operating procedures (SOPs) and responds effectively to routine and complex inventory/purchasing control issues.

 

Responsibilities

• Maintaining inventory accuracy by managing product holds, product movements, physical returns, purchasing of products and automated tracking of inventory.

• Driving efficient picking and replenishment by profiling products to determine the best slotting, based on weights and measures, palette dimensions, frequency of product movement, expiration date, hazardous classifications and other characteristics. Could also drive efficient purchase orders, ensuring a timely manner of delivery to Cardinal Health 3PL’s.

• Continually monitoring quality and productivity metrics including damaged product, adjustments, shortages, and cycle counts, among others. Regularly communicating with Supervisor and other internal departments on inventory accuracy and quality metrics related to given products or customers. Could also communicate with outside vendors to secure supplies for operational needs.

• Investigating outbound discrepancies by checking for differences between physical counts and WMS records. Identifying and reporting variances to Customer Care team and ensuring that customers are shipped variances promptly and documents all variances and issues in line with SOPs.

• Should resolve inbound discrepancies by initiating communication with external suppliers and coordinating with Quality Assurance teams. Making necessary adjustments in WMS and determining implications for customer order fulfillment.

• Determining proper resolution of discrepancies and other operational errors to ensure that customer commitments can be fulfilled in scheduled timeframe. Promptly communicating the root cause and resolution to the Supervisor, Manager, and other internal stakeholders as necessary to minimize future errors.

• Placing Purchasing Orders (PO’s) for customers and tracking to ensure on time deliveries to prevent service disruptions.

• Proactively identifying opportunities to improve operations and mitigate risks in inventory control and broader operations.

• Providing input into operational excellence initiating through Supervisor and Manager.

• Serving as a resource to other team members, instructing Associates on complex picking, put-away, and replenishment tasks to maximize inventory accuracy, is flexible to support daily operational needs. May assist in occasional warehouse audits by providing reports and answering questions related to inventory control procedures, as necessary.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of experience, preferred
• High School diploma, GED or equivalent, o