Receiver Job Description
Receiver Duties & Responsibilities
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Receiver Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Receiver
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Education for Receiver
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the receiver job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Bachelor's Degree in General Education, Education, Accounting, Business, Performance, Writing, Reading, Associates, Technical, Communication
Skills for Receiver
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Desired experience for receiver includes:
Receiver Examples
Receiver Job Description
- Performance Bonus Plan
- RF Scanning Freight
- Must be detail oriented and have concern for quality
- Multi duties
- All employees will get all the training necessary
- Must be willing to work OT when needed
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs if need it
- Checks shipment quantity against bill of lading and inspects condition of cartons and skids, signs as received or completes discrepancies, overage, shortage, damaged
- Paperwork as necessary
- Works shipment based on receipt by, separating cartons by title, placing cartons on conveyor, counting and inspecting books, and completing breakdown tickets
- Unloads cartons from conveyor line and sorts them onto pallets based on warehouse zones
- Provide premier cutsomer service to internal partners throughout the facility
- Cycle count products
- High School Diploma / GED Certification and/or equivalent related experience
- Set up, charge, and order all material/equipment needed
- Receive, inspect, help unload and distribute material
Receiver Job Description
- Checks, inspects, examines and counts all products being unloaded for quality and quantity against Purchase Orders
- Informs Warehouse management and Merchandising of any discrepancies on purchase orders
- Makes sure that the drivers are backed up to the proper door and their trailers are secure before unloading begins
- Documents all overages, shortages and damages
- Informs Warehouse management and Merchandisers when trucks are late for scheduled appointment times
- Makes sure that all unwanted product is returned to the truck
- Ensures that the drivers’ signature is on all paper work
- Signs all necessary paper work before releasing the truck
- Cleans dock area as needed
- Schedule and confirm all receiving appointments
- High School Diploma / GED Certification required
- Forklift (mandatory) and Clamp experience a plus
- Possesses good independent judgment skills
- 1 year of receiving experience preferred in a food service environment
- This position will spend 100% of time standing •Fast pace work environment •Environmental exposure to cold, heat and water •Lift up to 50 pounds •Must be able to understand sanitation directions
- Able to carry boxes up and down the warehouse ladders, as needed
Receiver Job Description
- Verify and adjust product quantities on received product
- Monitor catch weights, lot numbers, and expiration dates on received product
- May assist with “will calls” and inventory as needed
- Assign bin locations
- Inspect inbound product for accuracy of species, quantity and quality
- Report all shortages, overages and damages to lead, QC and local buyer
- Place product received in proper locations/bins
- Communicates with truck drivers on specific dock location for delivery, follow all SOP and safety procedures
- Take pictures of inbound damaged product for proper acceptance / disposal
- Check vendor partners in and out
- Able to move wire barrels weighing 200 pounds or more
- Able to stand on your feet for 8 hours
- Able to raise arms above head
- Able to perform repetitive movements with arms and legs
- Able to differentiate colors
- Requires walking, bending or twisting, stooping, climbing, reaching, carrying
Receiver Job Description
- Enforce and implement our receiving and back door security policies
- Receives, ships, stores, and distributes product and/or material, within retail location
- Supervises assigned receiving personnel
- Assigns work, provides training, guides, and advises associates
- Conducts associate parcel inspection, maintains security of receiving doors and customer/associate entrance/exit in designated locations
- Offloads product from tractor-trailer utilizing forklift, pallet jacket, or other company supplied equipment
- Sorts and places product or items on racks, cold storage or shelves
- Ensures proper handling of customer special orders
- Maintains fixture storage area and cleanliness
- Responds promptly and courteously to customer needs
- The ability to type and 10 key by touch
- Minimum one (1) year work experience in Receiving
- Minimum one (1) year inspection experience using calipers/micrometers
- Expert level on excel, using inventory
- Must have High School Diploma or Genera Education Degree (GED)
- Moderate knowledge of door types, skins
Receiver Job Description
- Direct delivery trucks to appropriate drop off locations
- Unload all incoming materials destined for delivery
- Inspect incoming items for visual defects
- Coordinate with purchasing to resolve differences (count issues or incorrect material issues)
- Operate power equipment to move heavy material (forktrucks, pallet jacks)
- Accurate data entry of receipts and issues in Epicor
- Verify item counts and part numbers when coverage is needed
- Ensure proper stocking locations and material storage
- Cross train in the shipping/warehouse
- Audits and verifies all merchandise received to ASN report and confirm the correct number received
- Door/customer quality specs and production tickets
- Knowledge of Masterpack (Internal Software)
- Daily safety forklift inspections
- Must be flexible to help Shipping department at all times or other departments
- Preferred 1 -2 years grocery retail experience in Store Support department processes and procedures
- Parts preparation for customer