Warehouse Selector - Days

As a Warehouse Selector, you will perform an array of job functions, primarily working as a labor-intensive material handler, requiring you to manually select products listed on a customer order, palletize them, and load them onto a truck in sequential order. You may also be asked to receive product into inventory, again requiring labor-intensive handling of the product.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist in shipping and receiving responsibilities, unloading trucks and checking in merchandise.
• Prepares orders by selecting specific items for a customer order, staging them in a designated area of the warehouse; may entail packing boxes or handling product to remove quality issues
• Sort and place materials or items on racks, shelves or on pallets according to organizational standards.
• Open bales, crates and other containers.
• Maintains inventory controls by collecting stock location orders, printing request, recording amounts of materials or items received or distributed through a computer. May also assist in counting of physical inventory.
• Prepare parcels for shipping.
• Maintains safe and clean work environment by keeping shelves, pallet area and work stations neat; Sweep, dust and/or mop. Organize warehouse and work area for orderliness at all times.
• Wear proper safety equipment
• Assess quality of product

Qualifications and Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• 1-2 years previous warehouse experience preferred
• Experience navigating computer software and handheld devices that support our Warehouse Management System/ERP required. Experience with Produce Pro Software a plus.
• Good communication, organizational, time management mathematical skills
• Dependable and reliable
• Inventory, Equipment maintenance, data entry and computer skills may be required

Physical Demands and Abilities

• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms and talk or hear
• Regularly lift and/or move objects 10-75 lbs., occasionally lift and/or move objects that weigh more than 100 lbs.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
• Occasionally required to sit and climb or balance
• Safely operate electric pallet jacks and possibly a reach machine, and to push or pull a hand truck
• Specific vision abilities required for this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust and focus
• Specific hearing abilities required for this job include adequate hearing over a loud work environment in which several pieces of machinery are frequently running including pallet jacks, large shipping vehicles, motors, engines, etc.
• Frequently required to enter and exit large refrigerated coolers, as well as work in warehouse open to outdoor temperatures during shipping and/or receiving. Must be able to tolerate working in temperatures ranging from 25 degrees up to 100 degrees; work environment may be cool and wet
• Ability to multitask, reprioritize, and to make quick decisions and follow commands of supervising staff
• Meet attendance standards

About Carbonella & DeSarbo

Carbonella & DeSarbo (C&D) is a private equity–backed fresh food distribution business, operating in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment where execution, accuracy, and operational discipline are critical. We work hard to connect our customers with the freshest, high-quality produce and specialty products available. We believe in providing our customers with the highest level of customer service, superior quality produce, at or below fair market value, 365 days a year with locations in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, New York, and New Jersey. We place great emphasis on maintaining the highest food safety standards and making our company a place that both our customers and employees love and trust.

Carbonella & DeSarbo is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

Applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship as a condition of employment.