This job expired on March 03, 2015

Shipping and Receiving Team Member

  • Date Posted January 02, 2015
  • Location Greensboro, VT
  • Category Agriculture / Production
  • Job type Full-Time

Job description

ABOUT US
Jasper Hill is a working dairy farm with an on-site creamery in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. An underground aging facility maximizes the potential of cheeses made by the creamery, as well as those made by other local producers. Leftover whey from the cheesemaking process is fed to heritage breed pigs, roaming the woodlands beyond the cows' pasture.

Jasper Hill's mission is to make the highest possible quality products in a way that supports Vermont's working landscape. We are driven to be the standard bearer of quality and innovation in the artisan cheese industry while promoting our regional taste of place.

Position Summary
The job of the Shipping and Receiving Team Member is to assist in the daily routine of Shipping and Receiving Department. This includes wrapping, freight, and daily flow of work. The position is very detail oriented. The abilities to follow through on tasks and capacity to review work for mistakes are essential. This area of the Cellars is expanding rapidly. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Ability to fulfill essential daily duties in the event that the Shipping & Receiving Manager is not available.

Ability to Ship to all customers
  • Interfacing with Inventory Management System to record and find relevant information
  • Knowledge of customers, freight and logistics
  • Capacity to ship cheese through all shipping methods, including building pallets, sending mail order, fulfilling orders through UPS, and packing orders for local customers
  • Knowing the best way to package cheese based on style of cheese and shipping method
Receiving
  • Able to follow all protocols to safely bring cheese into the building, including entering it into our inventory management system.
Wrapping
  • Assist in wrapping of all cheeses as needed
  • Ability to train and lead others on wrapping
  • Knowledge of what packaging is best for each product and its destination.
  • Ensuring that wrap stations are stocked and cleaned at all times
Maintain a cleanly environment and inventory management
Also contributes to a sense of teamwork in the Cellars by filling in as needed 

SKILL REQUIREMENTS
  • Organized, detail oriented
  • Computer literate
  • Capacity to follow through on tasks
  • Understands, complies with SSOP’s and GMP’s
Working knowledge of :
  • Caveman (Inventory Management System)
  • Freight and Logistics
  • Packaging
  • Associated Food Safety Documentation and Record Keeping

Compensation

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Application instructions

This job expired on March 03, 2015

Deadline

no deadline

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