Warehouse Associate
Company: Sysco - Edward Don & Company
Category: TDL (Transportation, Distribution & Logistics)
Woodridge
Type: Full Time
Sysco is hiring for a Warehouse Associate. Warehouse Associate is responsible for the storage and movement of materials and finished goods including: • Shipping and receiving. • Warehousing. • Order filling, picking, and packing. • Inventory control and records management. • Dispatch. • Developing transport schedules, methods, and routes. • Analyzing and projecting transportation costs. • Coordinating customs clearances and permits. • Maintaining, loading, packing, and driving vehicles. • Evaluating, selecting, and managing ongoing relationships with external transport providers (e.g., fuel suppliers, trucking/shipping companies, etc.). • Acquiring and managing fleet vehicles. Hourly rate is $22.86. Health benefit offerings include medical, dental, prescription plans, maternity. They offer 401k plans to education assistance. Responsibilities are the following:
- Accurately select/pick merchandise from assigned slot and confirm the correct quantity and unit of measure.
- Load Merchandise into appropriate truck.
- Drop merchandise for “reserve” to “pick” slots.
- Prepare VIA merchandise for shipment on freight lines.
- Repack loose merchandise for shipping/delivery.
- Verify quality of product, packaging and adherence to vendor compliance policy.
- Accurately adhere to Warehouse Labor Standard, “Preferred Method Standard”.
- Identify and report slot and put-away problems.
- Shrink wrap merchandise/pallets after picking as needed.
- Performs housekeeping duties as assigned.



