Warehouse Associate and Volunteer Coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Product Recovery Coordinator assists in product recovery with coordinating repacking operations and preparing product for distribution. This position will work with incoming/outgoing product and will work closely with volunteer groups and community service to sort through and repack product for distribution.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Receiving Activities

• Unload incoming freight trucks when assigned
• Separate all incoming food according to recommended temperatures.
• Weigh all incoming product and account for spoilage and losses.
• Tag all incoming food and categorize by date following FIFO procedures
• Categorize purchase product, and make sure it goes into the correct case count for inventory purposes

Shipping Activities

• Check and re-check all product for quality control before it leaves Product Recovery
• Tag and properly stack all product with the correct weight for the distribution side of the warehouse

Agency Activities

• Help Agencies unload boxes, and pallets on to the dock (as needed)

Equipment Maintenance Activities

• Report needed repairs or maintenance trucks, forklifts, and warehouse equipment.
• Keep temperatures logs on freezers, coolers, and report any air leaks.
• Keep and accurate count on necessary supplies

Key Stakeholder Coordination

• Work with Volunteer Coordinator on with availability for groups to work in Product Recovery room
• Maintain court-appointed community service records (as required by contract with Potter County)
• Work with other Product Recovery Coordinators and management for coordination with TDCJ trustees
• Attend annual safety training with TDCJ and HPFB and abide by all TDCJ/HPFB policies and procedures

General Warehouse Activities

• Clean warehouse and product recovery area on a daily basis
• Maintain pest control log
• Update the recall board on a weekly basis
• Advise of any repairs to management
• Keep the warehouse, freezers, and coolers cleaned and organized
• Maintain the warehouse to meet all Health Department and Feeding America guidelines.
• Complies with and makes sure all rules and regulation are followed by volunteers, inmates, and community service.

Training Activities

• Practice safe handling procedures
• Responsible for training trustees, court-appointed community service, and volunteers on sorting procedures.
• Keeps current on all rules and regulations from Feeding America, Department of State Health Services and the Amarillo Public Health Department

QUALIFICATIONS

• Valid Texas driver’s license is required
• Must be able to clear a Department of Public Safety (DPS) background check
• Organizational and relational ability
• Basic math skills
• Must possess excellent written and verbal communication and critical thinking skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills with an eye for detail
• Perform all other duties as assigned

DESIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Committed to the mission and programs of the High Plains Food Bank
• Flexible and willing to work collaboratively with volunteers
• Must be comfortable working within a fast-paced, dynamic, team-oriented environment
• Quality of work with special emphasis on accuracy

Our Expectations of the Employee

• Adheres to policies and procedures as outlined in the Employee Handbook/Manual
• Acts as a role model within and outside the agency
• Performs duties as workload necessitates
• Maintains a positive and respective attitude
• Maintains a professional appearance
• Communicates regularly with supervisor about department issues/challenges
• Demonstrates flexible and efficient time management and ability to prioritize workload
• Must work some Saturdays as volunteer groups are scheduled
• Consistently reports working on time prepared to perform duties of the position
• Meets department productivity standards/goal

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear. This work is performed primarily in an office environment while sitting at a computer terminal for extended periods. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, stoop, crouch, and lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to/working near moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally required to work in outdoor conditions and extreme weather and non-weather cold. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

This job description does not alter the company's employment-at-will. The company reserves to make appropriate changes in this job description at the sole discretion of the management. This job description is an outline of the position's current duties and responsibilities.

Company Description

The mission of High Plains Food Bank is to alleviate hunger in the Texas Panhandle. Founded in 1982, High Plains Food Bank (HPFB) is a nonprofit organization serving as the clearing house for collection, storage, and distribution of donated and purchased grocery products, providing aide to the top 29 counties in the Texas Panhandle. HPFB partners with 165 different agencies, including churches, senior centers, child care facilities, halfway houses, soup kitchens, Kids Cafes, emergency pantries, shelters, and other nonprofits. Counties in our 30,000 square mile service area include Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, and Wheeler.

Many families in the Texas Panhandle are food insecure, or truly make choices between paying utilities or buying food each month. HPFB can provide 4 meals worth of food for every dollar donated, in part due to our membership with Feeding America and their nationwide partnerships. Other sources of donated food include the USDA’s Emergency Food Assistance Program, local food drives, grocery stores, processing plants, and individual donors. Additionally, HPFB purchases food to supplement the warehouse supply in order to provide a variety of foods high in nutritional value. HPFB accepts donations and make recurring giving easy through our secure web page: hpfb.org/donate. The need is real, and your help is vital.

Company Description

The mission of High Plains Food Bank is to alleviate hunger in the Texas Panhandle. Founded in 1982, High Plains Food Bank (HPFB) is a nonprofit organization serving as the clearing house for collection, storage, and distribution of donated and purchased grocery products, providing aide to the top 29 counties in the Texas Panhandle. HPFB partners with 165 different agencies, including churches, senior centers, child care facilities, halfway houses, soup kitchens, Kids Cafes, emergency pantries, shelters, and other nonprofits. Counties in our 30,000 square mile service area include Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Moore, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Sherman, Swisher, and Wheeler.rnrn rnrnMany families in the Texas Panhandle are food insecure, or truly make choices between paying utilities or buying food each month. HPFB can provide 4 meals worth of food for every dollar donated, in part due to our membership with Feeding America and their nationwide partnerships. Other sources of donated food include the USDA’s Emergency Food Assistance Program, local food drives, grocery stores, processing plants, and individual donors. Additionally, HPFB purchases food to supplement the warehouse supply in order to provide a variety of foods high in nutritional value. HPFB accepts donations and make recurring giving easy through our secure web page: hpfb.org/donate. The need is real, and your help is vital.

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