Warehouse Associate

FLSA Status: Non-exempt
Reports to: Office Manager
Employment Status: Full Time

Overview

Our company is seeking a highly motivated and versatile Warehouse Associate to join our team. An ideal candidate is collaborative, agile to business needs, and able to work in a fast-paced environment. Warehouse Associates perform various tasks including, but not limited to, receiving, picking, shipping, returns, and inventory control. As this role functions in multiple departments depending on the need of our business, it is vital that this candidate is a fast learner, has a keen eye for details, is dedicated to delivering quality results, and is an excellent team player.

Responsibilities and Duties

Maintain a clean and organized work environment
Ability to use an RF scanner
Keen eye for details, accurately picks, and pack customer orders
Receive, inspect, and stock incoming products
Completes tasks in a timely manner as determined by management
Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and able to adapt to changing priorities
Work closely with other team members and supervisors to ensure that all processes and safety precautions are followed
Must be able to work in various departments and perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Reliable, patience, and professional
Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
Working knowledge of WMS software (willing to train)
General math and literary skills
Ability to work independently
Physical abilities: Frequently climb, reach, bend, lift and carry up to 50lbs
Travel requirements: None.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

About the Company

IPG is the original independent distributor of books, ebooks, and audiobooks from publishers around the world, and a top 10 supplier of book content to Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, independent bookstores, libraries, and specialty markets, in addition to thousands of retailers globally.

Established in 1971, Independent Publishers Group (IPG) was the first organization specifically created for the purpose of marketing titles from independent presses to the book trade. IPG was acquired by Chicago Review Press in 1987. In the fall of 2006, Chicago Review Press, Inc., the parent company of IPG, bought Trafalgar Square Publishing, Inc., the leading North American distributor of UK publishers. Trafalgar Square Publishing was founded in 1973 and as a division of IPG, now distributes products from clients such as Penguin Random House UK, Australia, New Zealand, and China; Allen & Unwin; The History Press UK; Amberley Publishing; HarperCollins UK; Pan Macmillan; and John Blake.

With consistent growth each year, IPG’s success has come from supporting and encouraging the growth of its client publishers in the United States and worldwide. IPG has a wide reach in the market with its distribution of publishers with academic, Spanish-language, children’s, and general nonfiction and fiction titles.