Inventory Associate

Marley Spoon is bringing delightful, market fresh and easy cooking back to the people. Our chefs create inspiring and mouth-watering recipes every week. You select what you would like to cook and we deliver the recipes and all the ingredients you need. We use technology to reinvent the food supply chain while reducing unethical food waste and directly connecting consumers with quality producers. To achieve this, we are solving challenging problems in taste profiling, behaviour prediction and real-time logistics.

But in the end, it's simple: We started Marley Spoon because we love cooking and we love eating.

Requirements

Position Summary:

The Inventory Associate is responsible for the following warehouse activities including but not limited to: count checks, audits, shipping, consolidation, receiving, putaway, replenishment, and item demand.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Weekly cycle count and monthly physical count is the main priority
• Daily operation of forklift and pallet jacks
• Ability to count inventory on pallets, clearly label, wrap and put back on rack.
• Participate in audits of other warehouse functions to ensure accuracy
• Work with warehouse and repack to communicate proper handoffs of inventory
• Document all overages, shortages, and damages
• Wrap pallets by machine or hand to ensure stability
• Assist in staging of inventory for production

Secondary Assist Responsibilities:

Putaway:

• Conveying of items from the Receiving area or Staging area to Home, Overflow or Bulk locations
• Replenishment, Item Demand, Count Checks, and Consolidation of items in the warehouse
• Convey items from storage locations to Home/Bulk locations
• Consolidate like items in storage locations to maximize warehouse space
• Count inventory to make sure product quantities are correct in the locations
• Complete discrepancy forms for any overages, shortages, or damages
• Break down & separate products by specific item numbers
• Select various orders within the warehouse
• Stack product on pallets to be conveyed to the outbound staging area
• Check pallets brought to the staging area for errors
• Adjust pallet quantities from one pallet to another to ensure even weight distribution on the pallets
• Clean dock areas & all assigned aisles in accordance with warehouse policy
• Comply with all safety regulations and standards

Receiving, picking, and shipping of warehouse items:

Warehouse Housekeeping and Safety:

Required Experience:

• Experience working in a warehouse environment preferred
• Proficient in the operation of Powered Industrial Trucks such as stand-up reach trucks or other industrial equipment (i.e., double pallet jack) preferred
• Warehouse Management System (i.e., WMS-HighJump/PeopleSoft) experience preferred
• Experience with RF or Voice devices

Skills & Abilities:

• Excellent communication (verbal and written), interpersonal and professional interactive skills are necessary to perform at a high degree of proficiency. Ability to effectively prepare and present reports and information and respond to questions from suppliers, customers, management, and inter-department staff.
• Understands team dynamics and works well within a team structure. Capable of working with internal staff from other departments and shifts in a proactive and constructive manner. Ability to build working relationships with internal business partners, vendors, and customers.
• Planning/Organization – Ability to prioritize and manage multiple priorities/deadlines and shift priorities as necessary. Uses time effectively.
• Customer Service – Respond promptly to requests for service and assistance as needed. Follow up as needed.
• Problem Solving - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner. Expertise in gathering and analyzing information skillfully. Develops alternative solutions.
• Judgment - Displays willingness to make decisions. Exhibits sound and accurate judgment. Makes timely decisions.
• Professionalism - Approaches others in a tactful manner. Reacts well under pressure. Follows through on commitments.
• Detail Oriented – Attention to details and accuracy.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure; compute rate, ratio, and percent; use of whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to read, understand and execute all relevant policies and procedures in a consistent, timely, and objective manner. Complies with local, state, and federal regulations and safety guidelines.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished