Receiving Associate

Job Title
:
Receiving Associate 1st Shift
Department
:
Receiving
Reports To
:
Receiving Supervisor
FLSA Status
: non-exempt

Legend Valve & Fitting, an employee-owned company, is a service provider in plumbing supplies, plumbing systems, hydronics systems, and manufacturing within the industrial and commercial markets. We have an expansive offering of valves, fittings, tubing, and components for plumbing and hydronic systems. We offer more than 9,000 products representing 80+ product classes designed for residential, commercial, and industrial applications. Legend Valve is headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan, with locations in Reno, Nevada and Stafford, Texas.

The Receiving Team is a vital component of our operation, ensuring that we have product in stock and available for sale to our customers. The main role of this team is to accurately and efficiently check in, put away, and prep inbound freight and existing inventory for picking daily customer orders.

• Unload Inbound Freight from shipping containers and tractor trailers
• Breakdown and detailed receipt of inbound purchase orders using RF System
• Inventory Transfer material using RF System
• Perform product put-away using RF System and Material Handling Equipment
• Inventory consolidation as needed
• Perform general receiving and inventory functions as needed
• General warehouse responsibilities, and other duties as assigned

None

• HS Diploma and 3+ years of experience in warehousing preferred; shipping, receiving, inventory control and related fields.
• Attendance record in good standing (internal candidates)
• Knowledge of warehouse management systems, RF scanners, receiving processes, inventory control tools and concepts. J.D. Edwards Enterprise One experience a plus.
• 3+ years of experience operating Material Handling Equipment/Powered Lift Trucks preferred.
• Ability to handle physical workload – job requires repetitive lifting, standing, squatting, reaching, pushing, pulling, etc. Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.

• Strong work ethic
• Sound judgment
• Proven written and verbal communication skills
• Natural curiosity to pursue issues and increase expertise
• Pursue and design innovative analytical performance metrics
• The courage to promote and defend ideas and analyses
  
  Passionate about serving customers and teammates
• Strives to make an impact on improving our business processes and results
• Exemplary honesty and integrity
• Ability to collaborate effectively and work selflessly as part of a team

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Manual labor positions include maintenance, warehouse, transportation, and other positions whose primary duties involve physical labor and exertion. Maintenance positions frequently operate machinery and other equipment, and clean and maintain various grounds, equipment, lighting, and other facility items. The type of work performed by persons in these positions include shipping, electrical, and picking/packing work. Persons holding transportation positions regularly operate vehicles and transport mail, packages, and other goods.

Warehouse positions constantly handle equipment, packages, and other goods. Employees in manual labor positions are often required to operate a computer, read, and write. They are frequently required to communicate and interact with others, in person and over computers, phones and other devices. In addition, they are frequently required to reach, twist, lift, carry, push, and/or pull objects weighing up to 50 lbs.

Persons holding manual labor positions work at specific Legend locations, but may occasionally be required to travel to other locations, as needed. Employees in these positions are frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and occasionally exposed to hot or cold weather, and wet and/or humid…