1st Shift Warehouse Associate

The Kitchen Warehouse Associate utilizes systematic approaches to loading/unload shipments, ensuring shipments are correct, material handling, maintaining an accurate physical inventory, and assisting with maintaining an organized and safe warehouse.

Position Responsibilities may include, but not limited to • Responsible for shipping/receiving, material handling and movement, storage, and tracking of raw and finished products and other components into & through the warehouse and freezer

• Verify incoming/outgoing quantities and description of materials

• Receive in any/all trucks, load and unload material within warehouse and freezer

• Scan product in and out to proper location

• Report any defects, damage, or discrepancies; identify damaged, lost, or missing materials and notifies Lead/Supervisor immediately

• Ensure First In/First Out practices maintained

• Operate forklift, scanners, pallet jack, ladders, scissor lift, and other warehouse equipment

• Check product in from Sysco and cold storage and input into AX/inventory system appropriately

• Accurately load completed meals to cold storage/Ankeny as requested while correctly completing Bill of Lading

• Pull and slack frozen product to be used on packaging line

• Deliver labels, P2’s, pallets, etc. as needed to Plate & Pack, CCRTE, or other production areas as needed

• Monitor truck temps per our SOPs

• Maintain clean, organized, and safe work area

• Help maintain proper warehouse security

Required Skills and Experience • Previous forklift and scanning experience

• Candidate will obtain Mom's Meals forklift certification upon hire

• Ability to work quickly and safely

• Initiative and ability to work with little supervision

• General understanding of inventory management

• Good reading comprehension, basic math & reasoning skills, and basic data entry ability

• Good time management and prioritization skills

• Good communication and teamwork skills

• May learn/use some aspects of AX computer inventory system  

Preferred Skills and Experience • 2 years' warehouse, shipping/receiving, or material handling experience

• Previous experience working in a manufacturing and/or food distribution industry

Physical Requirements • Regularly required to use hands to feel, grab, or operate objects, tools, and controls while reaching with hands and arms

• Frequently required to stand, communicate, and listen

• Occasionally required to walk, stoop, kneel or crouch

• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

• Visual perception to perform job including peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

• Able to perform repetitive movements

• Able to work in variable temperatures (cold/hot)

Company Overview   Mom’s Meals is a home-delivered meal service providing fully prepared, refrigerated meal solutions direct to homes nationwide since 1999. We provide seniors, patients recovering post-discharge and those managing a chronic condition with tailored nutrition solutions to manage their specific needs. If you are passionate about the well-being of others and have a strong sense of community, Mom’s Meals could be the place for you! We are a family operated business looking for fun, compassionate, and friendly people who want to make a difference in the lives of others.     EEO   Mom’s Meals complies with all applicable federal and state non-discrimination laws. All qualified applicants shall receive consideration for employment without regards to race, religion, national origin, ancestry, color, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or military status.