Shipping Technician

At KI, we believe knowing our customers helps us serve them better. We listen. We observe. We understand that each customer has unique needs. So, we pride ourselves on helping our customers make smart furniture decisions by offering expert advice, design options and personalized solutions.Since 1941, we’ve positioned KI as the furniture company that best understands the furniture industry and is committed to providing customers with the smart solutions. By targeting specific markets with solutions for business furniture, university furniture, educational furniture, healthcare furniture and government furniture, we can quickly respond to our customers’ unique needs – including the choice to procure furniture according to what fits their ordering and fulfillment process. That’s why we say we offer far more than furniture. We’re Furnishing Knowledge.

Location: Manitowoc, WI

Salary: Minimum starting at $19.00/hour

Work Environment: Warehouse within manufacturing

Schedule: 1st shift 6am - 2pm Monday – Friday with occasional overtime

Position Overview: The Shipping, Receiving, and Warehouse Technician is responsible for loading and unloading of product for shipping, as well as moving finished product from the assembly areas to shipping.

Key Responsibilities

• Picking, pulling, and verifying items for customer orders.
• Responsible for organizing and storing incoming product upon arrival from vendors.
• Maintain clean and organized warehouse.
• Operate forklift to deliver freight from stored location to loading area (dock, trailer).
• Manually loads freight into designated trailer (lifting, handling).
• Move product from the manufacturing plant to the Shipping area to be stored until it is time for it to be loaded maintaining aisle organization as much as possible.
• Utilizes forklifts to offload product shuttling from various KI facilities.
• Manually unload trucks.
• Account for freight allocated to location by scanning product (receive).

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalent preferred
• Possess forklift operator license or have ability to obtain a license within one month of position hire.
• Ability to learn and understand using BPCS
• Thorough understanding of bills of materials
• Be a team player, yet be able to work individually
• Capability to make decisions on own
• Ability to work with minimal supervision

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401(k) with employer match
• Company funded ESOP
• Monthly Goalsharing Bonus program
• Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
• Short- and long-term disability
• Life Insurance
• Onsite nurse and physical therapist
• Onsite fitness center
• Education reimbursement

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KI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.