Inventory/Shipping Clerk

Overview:

Hiring Now for an Inventory/Shipping Clerk at our Calpella, CA Distribution Center! The hourly rate for this position is $22.65.

 

The Mendocino Family of Companies (Mendocino Forest Products Company, Mendocino Redwood Company, Humboldt Redwood Company, and Allweather Wood), is a leading manufacturer and distributor of environmentally certified redwood, Douglas-fir, and preservative treated lumber products throughout California and the Western U.S. Our culture is based in environmental stewardship and community support. The company maintains Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC® C013133) certification for its forestlands, manufacturing, and distribution operations.

 

Mendocino Forest Products (MFP) is looking for a Inventory/Shipping Clerk to join our team at our World Class Distribution Center in Calpella, CA! To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The key areas of focus for this position are as follows;   

Responsibilities:

This position supports shipping/receiving/inventory management processes. This position is responsible for supporting inventory control transactions and end-of-month closeout.

• Establish and maintain positive work relationships with internal employees and external vendors or customers
• Complete work order transactions: produce tags and signage and reconcile inventories;
• Perform inventory transactions related to work orders
• Control and transact purchase receipts
• Transact shipments
• Ensure product quality, vendor performance and adherence to work order/purchase order and scheduling specifications
• Ensure physical inventory accuracy
• Maintain relevant files
• Review and prepare Pick Lists for each shipment
• Assign and direct trucks/preloads to be loaded
• Prepare Bills of Ladings for each shipment, ensuring that items shipped on the BOL match what was ordered on the pick list
• Prepare outside shipping logs, maintain & distribute reports as needed
• Answers and directs phone calls, recording messages when needed
• Assist haulers/customers/loaders at the front windows, checking in haulers, directing loaders, etc.

Qualifications:

• A high school diploma or equivalency plus a minimum of one-year clerical experience. One-year experience working with building products, preferred
• Working have knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including: Access, Excel, Word, Outlook and LumberTrack, as well as the ability to learn accordingly.   Ability to use a calculator.
• Add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Write routine reports and correspondence
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.
• Must have the ability to sit and view a computer screen with use of a keyboard for extended periods of time.

Physical Requirements:

• Regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and communicate. Frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or craw and is occasionally required to stand and walk
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move  50 pounds and on occassion up to 100 pounds. 
• Regularly use arms and legs to get into and out of forklift multiple times a day. Use hands, wrists, and arms to operate forklift and use legs and feet to push forklift pedals
• Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts, outside weather conditions, airborne particles and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud

Competencies:

Teamwork

Balances team and individual responsibilities; Contributes to building a positive team spirit.

Quality 

Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality.

Quantity

Meets productivity standards; Completes work in timely manner; Strives to increase productivity.

Safety and Security

Observes safety and security procedures; Reports potentially unsafe conditions; Uses equipment and materials properly.

 

Equal Opportunity Employer, Valuing Diversity of our Workforce and Offering a Drug Free Workplace