Job Description

LifeMade Products LLC, a Jadex Inc operating company, provides tabletop solutions tailored to the retail and foodservice industries. Our thoughtfully designed product range includes durable and convenient cutlery, straws, mini cups, deli cups, to-go boxes, and sauce cups, each crafted to meet your business needs. Our mission is to create superior products that push industries forward, LifeMade strives to make life – better.

Verify and maintain records on incoming and outgoing shipments. Prepare items for shipment. Duties include assembling, addressing, stamping, labeling, and shipping merchandise or material; receiving, unpacking, storing verifying and recording incoming merchandise or material; and arranging for the production and transportation of products. Maintain a clean and organized work area and warehouse facility in general.

Primary Functions
• Examine shipment contents and compare with records such as manifests, invoices, or orders to verify accuracy.
• Performs visual quality inspection of product before shipping.
• Ensure accuracy of documents, such as work orders, bills of lading, or shipping orders, to route materials.
• Collaborates cross-functionally with necessary representatives to rectify problems, such as damages, shortages, or nonconformance to specifications.
• Pack, seal, label, or affix postage to prepare materials for shipping or postage meter.
• Deliver or route materials to designated location or departments by hand or powered industrial vehicles, as necessary.
• Load or unload tractor trailers using powered industrial vehicles, as necessary.
• Requisition and store shipping materials and supplies to maintain inventory of stock.
• Assists with inventory and cycle counts, ensuring accurate tracking of finished goods, raw materials and any other items stored onsite.
• Maintain professional communication with logistics and transportation departments to ensure timely updates regarding shipping and receiving activities.
• Observes plant safety rules. Helps to identify and eliminate any safety hazard or concern. Assists in monitoring quality of work output and maintenance procedures.
• Complete all necessary inspections and communicate issues or concerns for repair or maintenance immediately to management.
• Assists in conducting operations, i.e. staging of raw materials, etc. to meet established standards for use of materials, supplies and equipment.
• Follows instructions in the most efficient use of tools, machines and materials.
• Maintains a neat and orderly working area and assists other departments in the cleanliness and organization of working areas when projects overlap other department areas.
• Responsible for reporting any problems or concerns to their direct Supervisor. To maintain good working relations with all other employees. Strives to have no conflicts with other department employees.
• Encouraged to bring any ideas to light for possible usage in factory functions.
• Poses no direct threat to the health or safety of himself/herself, or others, or to property. Defined as a significant risk of substantial harm that cannot be eliminated or reduced to an acceptable level by reasonable accommodation.
• Requires regular attendance to perform essential element as contained herein between the assigned start and end times for work.
• Performs such individual assignments as management may direct.
Establishes and maintains effective work relationships within the department, the Corporation and the community; and maintains the professional competence, knowledge and skill necessary for the satisfactory performance of all assigned responsibilities.

Education and Experience
Education
• High School Diploma or GED Equivalent

Experience/Knowledge
• Up to 1 yr working in a warehouse or manufacturing environment
• 1+ Year experience, safely operating forklift and other powered industrial vehicles (PIV), preferred.

Preferred:
Technical Role Competencies
• Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

Physical Requirements
• Requires up to 12 hours of standing/walking daily; including some overtime and weekends.
• Requires up to 12 hours of sit daily.
• Must be able to individually lift 45-50 lbs. and team lift upwards of 70-80 lbs.
• Must be able to individually push/pull 50 lbs. and push/pull upwards of 70-80 lbs.
• Must be able to climb, bend/stoop/twist, crouch/squat, reach above and below shoulders
• Requires repetitive use of arm, wrist, and hand.
• Must be able to work near/with machinery and hand tools.
• Moderate/heavy exposure to heat and excessive noise.
• Ability to wear required PPE including hearing protection, safety glasses and steel/composite toe shoes.
• Annual hearing tests are required.
• Ability to work in a non-temperature-controlled environment.

The above statements describe the general nature and level of responsibilities for this position and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of this position. Company management may assign other relevant, business-related duties.

Jadex Inc and its Businessesdo not discriminate in employment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.