Stratas Foods

Food & Beverage

ForkliftDriver

Hillside, New Jersey, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Forklift Driver at Stratas Foods. Skills: Forklift Operation, Inventory Control, Shipping and Receiving. Operating an electric powered industrial forklift to move, locate, relocate, stack, push, pull, tier, and count product and materials. Responsible for safe and efficient operations, processing inbound/outbound stocking, picking, and packing, ensuring shipment accuracy, and assisting with inventory accuracy.”

What You'll Achieve.

Meeting business goals. Meeting shipping cutoff times. Improving inventory performance and accuracy.

Industry & Context.

Food & Beverage
Problems you'll solve

Inventory accuracy

Eligibility Requirements

Must follow GMP’s, safety guidelines, wear PPE and adhere to all safety rules. Personal protective equipment (safety glasses, steel toed shoes, appropriate clothing, hard hat) is required. Above average endurance and coordination, including hand-eye, hand-foot, and balance. Regularly lift and/or move up to 50lbs. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, ability to distinguish color, and peripheral vision. Perception of sound is required.

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Ability to read, comprehend, write simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Basic arithmetic skills. Effective memory skills. Ability to work well under pressure. Honest, respectful, and trustworthy.

Nice to Have

Experience operating in a fast-paced, ready-to-eat food facility. Bi-lingual (English/Spanish).

What You'll Do.

Operating an electric powered industrial forklift to move

and count product and materials. Responsible for safe and efficient operations

processing inbound/outbound stocking

ensuring shipment accuracy

and assisting with inventory accuracy.

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Gives and welcomes contributions to building a positive team, puts success of team above own, able to build morale and group commitments to goals and supports everyone's efforts to succeed.

Communication Scope

Oral Communication; Written Communication

Full Job Description

Headquartered in Cordova, TN, Stratas Foods is a 50/50 joint venture formed in October 2008 between ACH Food Companies and Archer Daniels Midland Company. Stratas Foods is built on the combined strengths and expertise of these two great parent companies, laid down over the course of over 200 years of combined experience. Stratas will continue to build on this foundation of excellence by providing value added, branded and custom formulated fats and oils solutions to the Food Service, Food Ingredient and Retail sectors. At Stratas Foods we are committed to being the most valued supplier of fats, oils, dressings, mayonnaise and salad dressings to the private label retail bottled oils market in the United States. Manufacturing facilities are located in Dallas and Houston, TX; Decatur and Quincy, IL; Englewood, NJ; Hillside, NJ; Fresno, CA; Nashville, TN; and Valdosta, GA. Corporate offices are located in Memphis, TN. We are committed to maintaining a progressive workplace by utilizing the ideas, skills and talents of all of our employees. We strive to make Stratas Foods a great place to work and are building a team capable of meeting our business goals. TheForklift Operator is responsible for operating an electric powered industrial forklift to move, locate, relocate, stack, push, pull, tier, and count product and materials. The operator is accountable for the safe and efficient operations of the vehicle in a manner that meets Stratas Foodservice standards for quality, productivity, and accuracy. Includes, but not limited to the following: * Must follow GMP’s, safety guidelines, wear PPE and adhere to all safety rules. * Processing and assisting with all inbound and/or outbound stocking, picking, and packing as required by the production schedule, as well as performing additional warehouse functions * Responsible for ensuring inbound and outbound shipments are accurate and free of damage and reporting on any and all quality variances * Candidate must be able to accurate

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