Warehouse Receiving and Inventory Clerk
Reports To: Manager, Warehouse
Location: AAL Warehouse
Position Summary
The Warehouse Inventory and Receiving Clerk is responsible for receiving, inspecting, and storing incoming materials and products. This role ensures accuracy of inventory through cycle counting, proper documentation, and safe operation of forklifts and other material-handling equipment.
Essential Duties
- Receive incoming shipments and verify contents against purchase orders and shipping documents
- Inspect materials for accuracy, damage, or defects and report discrepancies
- Perform cycle counts to ensure inventory accuracy and resolve variances
- Maintain organized storage locations and properly label materials
- Operate a forklift and other equipment to safely transport, load, and unload materials
- Stock and replenish inventory in designated warehouse locations
- Assist with inventory audits and physical counts as required
- Follow all company safety procedures and guidelines
- Maintain a clean and organized work environment
- Communicate with purchasing, production, and warehouse team
Required Experience, Skills, and Education
- High school diploma or GED required; some college coursework preferred
- Minimum of 6 months of warehouse/distribution experience, including product knowledge, shipping and billing
- Knowledge of receiving, handling, storing, picking, packing, returns, shipping and distribution activities within the warehouse
- Forklift driving experience and/or certification
- Experience working with hand tools (tape dispenser, box cutters, computer ordering system, printers)
- Experience with technology such as RF scanners and computers a plus
- Strong understanding of inventory control processes including cycle counting and stock rotation
- Ability to receive, inspect, and verify shipments against purchase orders and packing slips
- Strong attention to detail and data accuracy
- Ability to organize and store inventory efficiently
- Familiarity with material handling and storage practices
- Basic math and analytical skills for inventory tracking
- Good communication skills for coordination across teams
Physical Requirements
- Ability to tolerate sustained standing/walking for 10 to 12 hour shifts
- Ability to carry, twist, push, pull products and lift up to 50 lbs.
- Good eye-hand coordination
- Ability to bend, stand, walk and squat during shift
- Ability to work in hot and cold environments
Safety
- Treats safety and housekeeping as non-negotiable
- Performs all required safety and housekeeping audits
- Leads/participates in department safety incident investigations
- Identifies safety issues and immediately implements countermeasures, involving the right resources
- Helps create a team attitude that delivers zero risk, zero near misses, zero treatment reports, and zero recordables
- Ensures all other safety goals of the team are met
Quality
- Treats quality as non-negotiable
- Ensures all required quality checks are completed each shift
- Communicates quality issues to the right resources and responds in a timely fashion
This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities.