Fox Publishing Warehouse Associate Full Time

Fox Chapel Publishing is a growing award-winning publisher of 3,000 specialty interest books and magazines based in historic Mount Joy, PA. The company sells and distributes its products through partnerships with industry leading distributors, specialty independents and national retail chains including Michaels, Hobby Lobby, Walmart, and Target. In addition, Fox continues to build a successful ecommerce business with online retailers including Amazon and Zulily, as well as its direct-to-consumer business.

Fox offers competitive wages, full benefits, paid time off and paid holidays, company 401K program and company luncheons.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Reads and understands all information on invoices
• Scans merchandise into software and verifies quantity ordered
• Reports backordered merchandise to appropriate personnel
• Follows customers routing guides and completes bill of ladings
• Consolidates invoices to minimize freight costs
• Replenishes pick bins and consolidates bulk merchandise as needed
• Unpacks and inspects all inbound merchandise
• Identifies and tags merchandise for put-a-way
• Locates merchandise in pick and overstock locations
• Records put-a-way moves for data entry
• Uses invoices to select correct merchandise and quantity from bin locations
• Selects and labels full case invoices
• Wraps and palletize merchandise for shipment
• Actively support team concepts and effectively communicates with team members
• Maintain high-level of safety awareness; provides safety feedback constructively
• Operates power equipment in a safe manner
• Reports any equipment issues and accidents immediately
• Participates in daily inventory “cycle counting”
• Cross trains other warehouse personnel and in other roles of the logistics operations
• Assists other staff with questions and helps to find a solution to complete the task at hand
• Other duties as seen necessary by the Warehouse Manager

Education and Experience:

Highschool diploma or General Education Degree (GED), as well as one to three years warehouse experience.

Cognitive Tasks:

Ability to comprehend, retain, and follow oral and written instructions. Can exercise good judgment, work independently, make decisions, organize and maintain information. Can effectively set priorities. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to handle, feel, and reach with hands and arms, climb and balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl, talk, hear and smell. The employee must lift/move up to 30 pounds and push and/or pull heavy carts up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus and be able to distinguish full visual color spectrum. May be required to wear protective clothing in the performance of assigned tasks.
Work Environment:

This employee is exposed to moving equipment. Ability to work independently or as a member of a team. The noise level in the work environment is moderate but can be loud at times. Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
Language and Communication Skills:

Can read, write, and communicate effectively in the English language. Regularly communicates with manager, co-workers, other departments and delivery personnel.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to perform basic math skills.
Computer Skills:

Basic in MicrosoftWord, Excel, and PowerPoint; others as needed.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $16.00 – $19.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Mount Joy, PA 17552: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
• Warehouse experience: 1 year (Required)