Advanced Nutrients is hiring: Warehouse Associate in Santa Clarita

The Warehouse Associate plays a key role in our distribution and operations. As a logistics professional, daily tasks include receiving, inventory control, and distribution of material to internal sites and to our domestic and international customers. The ability to safely operate a forklift, build, pick, and load material efficiently and accurately creates customer satisfaction that ultimately leads to higher sales for the Company, making the Associate a valuable member of the warehouse team.

The Associate performs the physical and administrative tasks involved in order fulfillment for our production machines, warehousing, and distributing of materials, supplies, and equipment. Fulfilling our production department is a fast-paced environment and requires high attention to detail, both verbally and systematically, to ensure all product staged will be ready-to-produce accurately and timely.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Receiving and unloading incoming goods, occasional staking of arrival goods by hand
• Utilizing a stand-up & sit-down forklift to load outbound products, gather products as stated on packing slips.
• Accurate completion of paperwork pertaining to the inbound/outbound of goods
• Operating shrink-wrapping machine to ensure quality of shipments received by the customer
• Manually picking required products and assembling them into boxes and/or pallets.
• Ensure oldest product is picked and shipped first using FIFO method (first-in-first-out).
• Conduct weekly cycle counts using WMS and ADC Guns.
• Safely handle all products and components needed to complete work orders
• Accurately follow work order information and determine what materials are needed
• Transfer all materials and finish products within company system utilizing scan gun, validating accurate system movements continuously throughout each workday
• Execute material handler paper form as back up for the scan gun
• Systematically and physically return all unused materials to their home locations
• Other duties as required

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities)

• In all actions, demonstrates a primary commitment to company safety and product quality by maintaining compliance to the Quality Policy and all other documented quality processes and procedures
• Must have strong data entry skills, be able to interpret work order information
• Ability to follow product setup & packaging instructions
• Capability to perform as a functional team member in successfully meeting organizational objectives and expectations
• Compliance with all personal protective equipment requirements
• Competency while following company SOP’s, company policies and procedures
• Effectively collaborates with all team members
• Ability to read, write, understand, and speak in English
• Self-motivated to accomplish various tasks with or without direction
• High School diploma or GED equivalent
• Ability to be forklift certified within 2 weeks of employment
• Adaptive and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Familiarity with manufacturing processes and dynamics
• Comfortable with change & adaptation to new systems & workflow
• 1(+) years’ forklift experience
• 2(+) years’ experience working in a manufacturing environment
• 1(+) years’ in a high-volume manufacturing environment, with a fulfillment background (preferred)
• 1(+) years’ functional knowledge of shipping, booking shipments, and inventory control (preferred)

The compensation for this position is $19-$20/hr. This is a short-term contract position.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Remaining in a stationary position, often standing, or walking for prolonged periods

• Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another
• Adjusting or moving objects up to 50-86 pounds in all directions
• Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers
• Operating heavy equipment.

The company is an equal opportunity employer, drug-free workplace, and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.