Warehouse Material Handler

Company Description

Valassis is a leader in intelligent media delivery, providing over 58,000 clients with innovative media solutions to influence consumers wherever they plan, shop, buy and share.  By integrating online and offline data combined with powerful insights, Valassis precisely targets its clients' most valuable shoppers, offering unparalleled reach and scale.  NCH Marketing Services, Inc. and Clipper Magazine are Valassis subsidiaries, and Save.com is its consumer brand.  Its signature Have You Seen Me?® program delivers hope to missing children and their families.  Valassis is a wholly owned subsidiary of Harland Clarke Holdings.

Job Description

Warehouse Material Handler Position located in Durham, NC

Work Schedule: 12-hour Rotating Work schedule

Come flourish with Valassis Manufacturing

• Thrive in an environment of mutual accountability where multi-skilled employees and collaborative teams participate in planning, organizing and executing a daily business plan.
• Join an operations team that exceeds client expectations by enhancing print capabilities, digital offers, and customer service.
• Work with complex technologies from industry leading equipment and international suppliers that specialize in digital printing, manufacturing automation and IT systems.
• Develop your technical skills through in-depth training and certification processes.
• Explore your passion working with advanced, robotics equipment.
• Dive into a dynamic business environment with a sophisticated manufacturing process that delivers relevant marketing campaigns and solutions to help our partners, clients and customers grow their business.

Rewards

• Take charge of your future with our generous 401K savings plan with company match, which is vested from day one.
• Participate in our company wide well-being program that also serves to lower your annual health insurance premiums.
• Explore new education opportunities with our Tuition Reimbursement Plan which covers up to $5,250.
• We offer work-life flexibility, meeting personal obligations along with professional success.

Position Description

• Reads production schedule, paper allocation, and bills of laden to determine items to be moved, gathered, and distributed. 
• Conveys materials and items from dock areas, roll prep or production areas to storage or to other designated areas.
• Weighs and/or counts items for distribution to ensure conformance to company standards.
• Records amounts of materials or items received or distributed and prepares paper for presses and finished product for shipment.
• Checks skid tickets, ledgers, bills of laden, manifests, and roll reports for accuracy.
• Sorts and places materials on racks, floor, yard or trailers according to predetermined sequence such as size, type, date, color, or product code.     
• Drives vehicle to transport items from warehouse to plant or to pick up items from several locations for shipment and load trucks.
• Performs preventative maintenance on warehouse equipment and keeps warehouse and equipment clean

Required Experience

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• 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. 
• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. 
• Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. 
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of basic data entry on computer software.
• Ability to work as part of a team. 
• Must be able to work at a fast pace on a 12-hour rotating shift with overtime requirements.
• Forklift certification preferred.

Additional Information

Hourly Pay Rate: $17.00 

The ultimate compensation offered for the position will depend upon several factors such as skill level, cost of living, experience, and responsibilities.

Vericast offers a generous total rewards benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 401K matching and generous PTO allowance. A wide variety of additional benefits like life insurance, employee assistance and pet insurance are also available, n