• Job Description

  Req#: 121823BR

  Company Description

  
  Performance Foodservice, PFG’s broadline distributor, maintains a unique relationship with a variety of local customers, including independent restaurants and hotels, healthcare facilities, schools, and quick-service eateries. A team of sales reps, chefs, consultants and other experts builds close relationships with each customer, providing advice on improving operations, menu development, product selection and operational strategies. The Performance Foodservice team delivers delicious food, but also goes above and beyond to help independent restaurant owners achieve their dreams.

  Job Description

  The Forklift Operator will transport incoming freight to inventory from staging areas for storage in the appropriate slots, on the multi-level racks in the assigned warehouse area and replenish / re-stock pick slots in a timely manner ensuring all safety, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and quality standards are met and to maintain the efficient flow of the production process. Functions as a team member within the department and organization, as required, and perform any duty assigned to best serve the company. The shift hours are Sunday - Thursday 9am - 5:30pm.
  
  Responsibilities:

  • Follow all preferred work methods, safety policies and procedures per company guidelines. Ensure work area is safe and report any unsafe conditions and/or acts immediately.
  • Review work schedule, perform safety check on equipment, obtain supplies required to perform the work and prepare for operations. Put on all required Personal Protective Equipment and Safety Gear.
  • Meet required productivity and accuracy standards per location and company guidelines.
  • Work from receiving sheets, computer print-out, established procedures and practices, written and /or verbal instructions.
  • Locate and perform count check of incoming freight in the staging area and transport to freezer with forklift / pallet jack.
  • Inspect items for damage, perform temperature and quality checks and take appropriate action as needed.
  • Locate proper slot on storage racks, set pallets in place with forklift or hand stack items, enter product data and location into RF unit.
  • Replenish pick slots with outgoing stock items according to next day’s work orders.
  • Rotate date-sensitive stock to the front of the rack and / or remove out dated out of date inventory according to company policy.
  • Disperse over-stocked items to available slots for temporary storage.
  • Remove empty pallets, cardboard packing, and strapping to the proper area or receptacles.
  • Inspect empty pallets for damage, stack and move pallets with pallet jack or forklift to the proper storage area.
  • Perform general housekeeping duties in work area as needed.
  • Remove batteries requiring recharging, replace with charged batteries and complete vehicle inspection checklist.
  • Perform other similar duties as requested or assigned by supervisor.
  • At the end of the shift secure all equipment and complete all necessary paperwork.

  Benefits

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  Required Qualifications

  6 months warehouse experience
  Forklift experience

  Preferred Qualifications

  • 1-2 years warehouse and/or distribution work experience
  • Foodservice distribution or related industry experience
  • 6+ months experience operating a forklift and/or pallet jack
  • No relocation available,

  Division

  Performance Foodservice

  Job Category

  Warehouse

  Req Number

  121823BR

  EEO Statement

  Performance Food Group and/or its subsidiaries (individually or collectively, the "Company") provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all applicants and employees, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations. Please click on the following links to review: (1) our EEO Policy; (2) the "EEO is the Law" poster and supplement; and (3) the Pay Transparency Policy Statement.

  Address Line 1

  4721 Singleton Station Rd

  State

  Tennessee

  Location

  Performance Foodservice Knoxville (0570)

• About the company

  As the parent company to a leading family of foodservice distributors, Performance Food Group delivers food and food-related products to more than 150,000 independent and national chain restaurants, quick-service eateries, pizzerias, theaters, schools,...

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