FT Warehouse Associate Grocery Receiving Receiver

What’s Our Case? 

ADUSA Distribution, LLC is the distribution company of Ahold Delhaize USA, providing distribution services to one of the largest grocery retail supply chains in the nation. ADUSA Distribution supports a large, growing network of traditional and ecommerce distribution centers on the East Coast. ADUSA Distribution is part of a supply chain transformation taking place across Ahold Delhaize USA companies. Leveraging a $480 million investment, ADUSA Distribution is helping to evolve the supply chain network to a fully integrated self-distribution model of the future serving leading omnichannel grocery brands – Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. In 2020, ADUSA Distribution and its third-party partners shipped nearly 1.2 billion cases or 10 billion retail units of product.  Visit ADUSA Distribution on LinkedIn to learn more about exciting career opportunities. 

Our Values  

More important than what we do is how we do it. Together, we model our values in everything that we do: Courage, Care, Teamwork, Integrity and Humor.  

Position Summary: Receiver  
As a receiver, you will be responsible for performing distribution center shipping/receiving functions, such as maintaining and coordinating activities and retaining accurate and efficient records for grocery and perishable shipping departments. You will be an essential part of moving product accurately and safely throughout the Distribution Center.  

 Duties and Responsibilities 

•Keep and maintain accurate records (logs of seals, manifest sheets and trailer tracking) as required 
•Create load tickets for loaders and transportation. Make sure that stores receive proper paperwork pertaining to orders, bills, scratches, split sheets, etc. 
•Maintain an even and steady workflow for lift drivers performing replenishment duties 
•Responsible for keeping track of store selection completion and the timing of retrieving missed/short cases so that loaders can know when to seal a trailer 
•File shipping office records and paperwork 
•Keep daily records of shipped cases 
•Ensure delivery loads make it to dispatch by their dispatch time, to ensure on -time delivery 
•Follow good sanitation practices; keep work area clean and free of debris 
•Responsible for calculating daily workload variance(s) 
•Responsible for assigning associate production job functions and manage indirect job functions 
•Coordinate breaks, lunches, and facilitate meetings based on workload and as needed 
•Partner with Supervision and Third Party Labor Providers to align and allocate labor with workloads 
•Partner with Transportation and Central Order Processing to resolve ordering and delivery exceptions 
•Make recommendations for modifications to procedures or processes impacting their work group or distribution center that will maximize efficiency, productivity, and reduce costs 
•Ensure compliance with company standards in the areas of accuracy, safety and productivity 
•Perform any shipping and receiving task that may be assigned by supervisor or appropriate designee 
•Complete all documents related to shipping and or receiving tasks assigned 
•Select and palletize grocery, produce, meat, frozen food and dairy orders for shipment to retail stores accurately 
•Operate pallet jacks, forklifts, and other material handling equipment in a safe and efficient manner 
•Perform pre-operational check of pallet jacks or forklifts according to company policy 
•Follow good sanitation practices; keep work area clean and free of debris 
•Make recommendations for modifications to procedures or processes impacting work group or distribution center that will maximize efficiency, productivity, and reduce costs 
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of the position. 
 

Preferred Qualifications  

•High School Education 
•Certified on a powered industrial equipment where applicable 
•Familiarity/experience in a distribution environment 

Skills and Abilities  

•Excellent customer service skills 

•Ability to reach, stoop, bend, and lift up to and including 80 lbs repetitively 
•Ability to meet production standards set by the company 
•Ability to stand for long periods of time 
•Ability to read and understand written and numeric product identifiers 
•Must be able to work needed schedule to perform assigned duties 
•Work in a warehouse environment with varying conditions (i.e. cool temperatures, concrete floors, powered industrial trucks) 
•Ability to use a personal computer for data entry and research purposes 
•Highly motivated self-starter and team player with strong attention to detail and the ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast paced environment