1st Shift Warehouse Associate

Mom's Meals
Grinnell, IA
On-site

Who this role is best for

Best suited to candidates with warehouse experience working in food distribution, who can operate equipment and maintain inventory accuracy in a structured environment.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with warehouse experience and a background in food manufacturing or distribution
    — “Previous experience working in a manufacturing and/or food distribution industry”
  • Individuals who can manage inventory and operate warehouse equipment with precision
    — “Ensure shipments are correct, material handling, maintaining an accurate physical inventory”
  • People who thrive in environments with variable temperatures and repetitive tasks
    — “Able to work in variable temperatures (cold/hot)”

Things to consider

  • Candidates must be prepared to obtain forklift certification within the role
    — “Candidate will obtain Mom's Meals forklift certification upon hire”
  • The role involves frequent lifting and movement of heavy materials
    — “Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with inventory systems and attention to detail in your resume
    — “Verify incoming/outgoing quantities and description of materials”
  • Emphasize your ability to work independently and quickly in a warehouse setting
    — “Ability to work quickly and safely, Initiative and ability to work with little supervision”
  • Showcase your familiarity with cold storage and temperature monitoring protocols
    — “Monitor truck temps per our SOPs”
  • Demonstrate your experience with scanning systems and data entry in interviews
    — “Scan product in and out to proper location, May learn/use some aspects of AX computer inventory system”
  • Include examples of maintaining clean, organized, and safe work areas in your application materials
    — “Maintain clean, organized, and safe work area”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Individual

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What success looks like

  • Accurately load completed meals to cold storage
  • Maintain clean, organized, and safe work area
  • Operate forklift and other warehouse equipment
Typical background
Previous forklift and scanning experienceAbility to work quickly and safely

Skills & requirements

Required

Forklift OperationMaterial HandlingInventory ManagementScanningFirst In/first Out PracticesCold Storage HandlingAX Computer Inventory System

Preferred

2 Years' Warehouse, Shipping/receiving, Or Material Handling ExperiencePrevious Experience Working In A Manufacturing And/or Food Distribution Industry

Stack & domain

ForkliftScanningInventory ManagementAX Computer Inventory SystemData EntryTime ManagementPrioritizationCommunicationTeamworkBasic MathReasoningReading ComprehensionInitiativeMom's Meals Forklift CertificationWarehouseShippingReceivingMaterial Handling

About the role

Original posting from Mom's Meals via Lever

The Kitchen Warehouse Associate utilizes systematic approaches to loading/unload shipments, ensuring shipments are correct, material handling, maintaining an accurate physical inventory, and assisting with maintaining an organized and safe warehouse.

Position Responsibilities may include, but not limited to:

  • Responsible for shipping/receiving, material handling and movement, storage, and tracking of raw and finished products and other components into & through the warehouse and freezer
  • Verify incoming/outgoing quantities and description of materials
  • Receive in any/all trucks, load and unload material within warehouse and freezer
  • Scan product in and out to proper location
  • Report any defects, damage, or discrepancies; identify damaged, lost, or missing materials and notifies Lead/Supervisor immediately
  • Ensure First In/First Out practices maintained
  • Operate forklift, scanners, pallet jack, ladders, scissor lift, and other warehouse equipment
  • Check product in from Sysco and cold storage and input into AX/inventory system appropriately
  • Accurately load completed meals to cold storage/Ankeny as requested while correctly completing Bill of Lading
  • Pull and slack frozen product to be used on packaging line
  • Deliver labels, P2’s, pallets, etc. as needed to Plate & Pack, CCRTE, or other production areas as needed
  • Monitor truck temps per our SOPs
  • Maintain clean, organized, and safe work area
  • Help maintain proper warehouse security

Required Skills and Experience:

  • Previous forklift and scanning experience
  • Candidate will obtain Mom's Meals forklift certification upon hire
  • Ability to work quickly and safely
  • Initiative and ability to work with little supervision
  • General understanding of inventory management
  • Good reading comprehension, basic math & reasoning skills, and basic data entry ability
  • Good time management and prioritization skills
  • Good communication and teamwork skills
  • May learn/use some aspects of AX computer inventory system 

Preferred Skills and Experience:

  • 2 years' warehouse, shipping/receiving, or material handling experience
  • Previous experience working in a manufacturing and/or food distribution industry

Physical Requirements:

  • Regularly required to use hands to feel, grab, or operate objects, tools, and controls while reaching with hands and arms
  • Frequently required to stand, communicate, and listen
  • Occasionally required to walk, stoop, kneel or crouch
  • Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
  • Visual perception to perform job including peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
  • Able to perform repetitive movements
  • Able to work in variable temperatures (cold/hot)

Company Overview

Mom’s Meals is a home-delivered meal service providing fully prepared, refrigerated meal solutions direct to homes nationwide since 1999. We provide seniors, patients recovering post-discharge and those managing a chronic condition with tailored nutrition solutions to manage their specific needs. If you are passionate about the well-being of others and have a strong sense of community, Mom’s Meals could be the place for you! We are a family operated business looking for fun, compassionate, and friendly people who want to make a difference in the lives of others.

EEO

Mom’s Meals complies with all applicable federal and state non-discrimination laws. All qualified applicants shall receive consideration for employment without regards to race, religion, national origin, ancestry, color, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or military status.

Source: Mom's Meals careers (Lever)

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