Warehouse Utility

Utz Quality Foods is currently seeking a Warehouse Utility associate to join our sales operations team at the Columbia, MD Distribution Center. The Merchandiser Warehouse Utility associate oversees and organizes warehouse operations. Key responsibilities include ensuring product rotation, condition, inventory, security, and placement are efficiently maintained; and covering open sales routes and delivering product as needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensures that warehouse is opened and closed at scheduled times.
• Checks product that Independent Operators and Distributors pick and load, signing load tickets to verify correct inventory.
• Assists with training new warehouse team members.
• Orders inventory. Receives, stores, loads, and ensures all products and materials are accounted for and kept in excellent condition.
• Unloads trailers that arrive at the center and checks trailer loads for accuracy.
• Maintains an accurate daily inventory balances.
• Uses a hand-held computer to balance the daily inventory (warehouse inventory, daily orders, extra orders, return to stock, trailer loads).
• Accepts and checks return to stock product and stale and damaged products.
• Places returned cardboard and stale and damaged product on trailers.
• Maintains cleanliness of warehouse, including the restroom(s).
• Keeps warehouse organized including product rotation.
• Covers open routes as directed by the management:
  • Maintains the required plan-a-gram.
  • Stocks sufficient quantities and varieties of product in all stores.
  • Properly rotates (back to front) all merchandise on every account call and removes from the shelf any outdated or non-saleable product.
• Uses point of purchase material as needed.
• Delivers product to customers and bins as needed. Places and merchandizes authorized products in accounts that are to be serviced.
• Assists with month-end inventory counts.

Job Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent or 2+ years of relevant experience working in a warehouse preferred.
• Prior experience using an Enterprise Resource System such as D365 is highly preferred.
• Requires organization and attention to details to maintain accurate inventory, records, and rotation of product at the distribution center.
• Must be able to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Requires basic math skills.
• Requires independent decision making on inventory needs, especially during promotional activity.
• Requires a valid driver's license.
• Must have, or be able to obtain, a DOT medical card.
• Must be 19 years old or older.
• Must be able to operate a route sales delivery step van or box truck in a safe and competent manner.
• Able to fill in and cover open routes as necessary.
• Ability to drive a forklift and/or use a hand jack may be required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office/Outlook/Excel.
• Requires use of hands for simple grasping.
• Requires the ability to walk, sit, talk, bend, stand, twist, push, and pull frequently and for long periods.
• Driving a company vehicle, a van or a box truck, is required.
• Requires the ability to lift, carry, push, pull, load, and transport light to medium weight products.

Our Recruitment Process

• Easy Application (5 mins): Introduce yourself and answer a few key questions to get started.
• Engaging Chat Interview (20-25 mins): Share your experiences in an online chat, highlighting how your values align with ours.
• Live Interview: Selected candidates will meet with the hiring manager to explore their alignment with the team and overall Utz company culture.

Continuously Pursuing Excellence!

Here at Utz, we have a passion for exciting and delighting consumers with delicious snack foods made from high quality ingredients. After over a century with a strong family heritage, our diverse portfolio of brands includes Utz, Zapp's, Boulder Canyon, and On the Border. Our associates are the reason for the success of this company, so it is important we provide a supportive, caring and inclusive environment that offers opportunities for career growth and advancement. We also help take care of our associates by providing benefits, resources, and programs that ensure they live their healthiest lives. Our benefit package includes medical, dental, and vision plans, an employer match 401k, profit sharing plan, employee stock purchase plan and much more. Join our world class team and help us become the fastest growing pure-play U.S. snacking company of scale!

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.