Warehouse Assistant

MAIN PURPOSE This position receives, stores, and distributes materials, equipment, and products within the Richemont Distribution Centre.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for receiving, unpacking and put away of inbound shipments.
• Reads customer order, work order, shipping order, or requisition to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed or shipped.
• Moves materials and items from receiving or storage areas to shipping or to other designated areas.
• Sorts and places materials or items on racks, shelves, or in bins according to predetermined sequence such as size, type, style, color, or product code.
• Operate materials handling equipment (MHE) to transfer, put away and pick products to and from the storage locations.
• Assembles customer orders from stock and places orders on pallets or shelves or relocates orders to a holding area for packing.
• Record amounts of materials or items received or distributed via appropriate computer program.
• Assists in counting of physical inventory.
• Weighs or counts items for distribution within the warehouse to ensure conformance to company standards.
• Arranges stock in specified sequence.
• Perform value added services on products such as labeling, recording serial numbers and repacking.
• Prepares parcels for shipping (packing and labeling)
• Keeps warehouse and work area clean and organized at all times.
• Carries out ad-hoc maintenance duties as required.

Productivity

• Complete physical reception and put away stock as per SLA.
• Pick and pack products to be dispatched within the company’s performance guidelines.

Accuracy

• Maintain 100% accuracy for products to be picked, packed and dispatched.
• 100% accuracy for physical reception of goods.

Service

• Be responsive and flexible to the needs of the organization.

Requirements

• One to three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Experience in SAP and operating material handling equipment (MHE) is an added advantage
• May be required to work overtime and shifts as required.