Schedule Includes Working the Weekends From $22-$27.15 Per Hour-Plus Opportunities For Weekly Incentives Up To 50% More Per Hour!
Up to $3,000 in New Hire Bonuses!
Outstanding Benefits Include:
Premium-Free Medical
Low Cost Dental & Vision
Holiday & Vacation After 90 Days
Sick Pay After 1 Year
Paid Weekly With Daily Pay Option
Annual Holiday Bonus Equal to 40 Hours of Pay (1st Year is Prorated)
Awesome 401k
Education Assistance Up To $5,250 Per Year
Too Many Other Benefits to List!
Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG) is the nation’s largest cooperative food wholesaler to independently owned supermarkets, serving 1,100 member companies and over 3,400 locations throughout 31 states from 9 wholesale divisions. Consolidated sales for AWG are $12.3 billion. In addition to its cooperative wholesale operations, the company also operates subsidiary companies that provide certain real estate and supermarket development services, health and beauty care, general merchandise, pharmaceutical products, specialty foods, and natural and organic products
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The individual must have the ability to perform the responsibilities listed below. The list is not all inclusive of duties that may be requested by the department head or a member of upper management but are intended for an understanding of the purpose of the position. It is the responsibility of each individual at AWG to provide ultimate customer service to our members to support their efforts in increasing same store sales and profits.
- TRANSPORT: Operation of pallet jacks to transport product within facility; work in variable indoor ambient conditions; work in temperature controlled areas with cool and below freezing conditions.
- RETRIEVE: Travel along aisles and/or throughout facility and between pallet and racks to place and retrieve product, using full reach of 84 inches, including areas of limited access; work at heights; in conveyorable warehouse, climb between selection modules and on ladders; placement of appropriate marker on product for inventory. Completion of job tasks according to specified performance requirements.
- TRANSFER: Manual transport of product to and from stock areas and pallets (including conveyors in conveyorable warehouses); use of protective equipment as required; use of voice select (Vocollect) system required.
- IDENTIFY: Determination of product placement based on written and verbal instructions.
COMMUNICATE: Recognition of auditory sounds and signals, verbal communication and written symbols; individual work with some coordination with coworkers to ensure task completion.
- Work as a member of the AWG team so the total job responsibilities are met. Actions must always stress a sense of cooperation, integrity, tact and consideration with our members, associates and division management.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: 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 ability required. A reasonable accommodation will be considered according to the ADA if it would not impose an undue hardship on the operations of the business without significant difficulty or expense. The accommodation would permit a qualified employee the ability to perform all essential functions of the job within the safety and company guidelines of the position.
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS and/or EXPERIENCE: High school diploma preferred; prior warehouse experience plus warehouse mobile equipment operating experience preferred. Basic required competencies: Conscientiousness, detail oriented, safety minded, self motivated to achieve, high initiative, ability to work with limited supervision, team oriented, learning and applying information, ability to follow instructions in English (both written and verbal).
LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and speak fluent English. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence relating to position.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to calculate figures and apply concepts of basic math and algebra.
REASONING ABILITY: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Posses the ability to work with coworkers and gain mutual respect with a common goal of increasing sales and profitability.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: 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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Must have the ability to operate safely warehouse mobile equipment.
For specific physical demands, refer to medical standards.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions providing a hardship is not required of the company or membership.Indoors, with adequate cooling, heating, and adequate lighting. Outdoors as needed. Working in warehouse environment with moderate noise due to industrial mobile equipment operation and varied temperatures based on assigned work area. Temperatures will vary based on outside temperatures for the non-air-conditioned section and cool temperatures ranging from -15 to the upper 40's for the perishable sections.
This position's basic purpose is to use all available resources to assist the Distribution Department in continuous growth and financial success of the Membership and Company.
Benefits We Offer!
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
- Paid Vacation. Holiday & Sick Time
- Tuition reimbursement
- Basic & Supplemental Life & AD&D
- Employee Assistance Program
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Wellness Program
- Discounts for daycare, new/used cars, and so much more via Corestream!
- 401K-Stated contribution of 4% of the employee’s eligible compensation for the plan year.
Stated 100% match of up to 4% of the employee’s contributions for the plan year.
For those employed on 12/31 of the plan year, discretionary match equal to a % of the employee’s contributions for the plan year, as determined by senior management.
- A discretionary annual Holiday bonus.
Pay: $22.00 - $25.71 per hour
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
Work Location: In person
