Book Warehouse Distribution Associate

The role of this job and associated responsibilities is to assist management with the overall building and warehouse logistics and maintenance. The main job tasks include processing and packing orders, receiving, unloading, and placing incoming inventory within the warehouse organization, providing assistance with pick-up and delivery of inventory products and/or additional materials related to the function of the business internally and externally.

The secondary functions of this position include working with operational inventory logistics, supporting the organization of warehouse space, and ensuring responsibility for the general repair and upkeep of the physical plant.

Job Responsibilities Include:

- control, organize, and maintain inventory storage and stock in a manner that is accurately categorized and made easily accessible for multiple and individual operational purposes (e.g. categorically under education, trade, retail etc.)

- regularly clean shelving used for inventory storage, warehouse floors, as well as products themselves; as needed, provide solutions that allow for prevention of damages or accidents to products

- review and discuss with management any physical issues with the building itself (e.g. roofing leaks, non-working lights, infrastructure issues etc.) and to repair to the best of one’s ability; when additional professional services are needed, to be responsible for making contact and coordinating with outside service providers to fix them

- maintain and repair any equipment necessary to the functional operation of the warehouse (e.g. shelving, pallett racks, tables, forklift etc.)

- regularly maintain the exterior maintenance of the building to ensure it is clean, tidy, and free of debris or any additional materials that may impact the overall exterior appearance

- train, learn, and understand uses of various shipping softwares utilized to control the processing and packaging of various outbound shipping (e.g. USPS, UPS, FedEx etc.)

- inventory warehouse supplies (boxes, tapes, labels, packaging materials etc.) and coordinate with Operations Manager the management of such supply

- coordinate pick-up of outside vendor products as needed

- coordinate delivery of outbound products as needed to Bess Press customers

- inventory and database marketing/promotional materials used for marketing purposes (e.g. display stands, banners, brochures etc.)

- assist with preparation of materials and products to be used for scheduled conferences, exhibits, and pop-ups; this may include delivery and pick-up of materials to and from specific island locations

- assist with coordination of and oversee disbursement of marketing mailers through shipping and/or delivery (e.g. catalogs, product samples, brochures etc.)

Skill-sets Required: This job requires an applicant to possess skills associated with physical and mobile fitness (ability to easily lift 40lbs or more, as well as moving with picking and packing products) and spatial awareness (important for using forklift and organizing stock efficiently). The applicant must have a moderate level of IT proficiency with computer and mobile devices as the position will require use of inventory management and shipping software for data entry. The applicant must also possess a clean driving record.

Due to the nature of this job working across several different divisions, it is essential that this applicant possess the ability and attitude to effectively and collaboratively contribute as part of a team so as to achieve the goals and objectives of Bess Press as a product supplier and distributor of book products. The applicant must possess strong communication skills and provide customer assistance and/or support to vendors and customers entering the warehouse facility.

To Apply: Respond to this ad post via CL email. You may also contact 808. 734. 7159 for additional information.

Equal Opportunity Employer