Warehouse Technician II

You may know McCormick as a leader in herbs, spices, seasonings, and condiments – and we’re only getting started. At McCormick, we’re always looking for new people to bring their unique flavor to our team.

McCormick employees – all 14,000 of us across the world – are what makes this company a great place to work.

We are looking to hire a Warehouse Technician – 2nd Shift immediately at our South Bend, IN Plant located at 3425 W Lathrop St in South Bend, IN.

Job Responsibilities:

• Support plant and department OGSM’s and targets in support of greater than 80% Process Reliability
• Support production lines in achieving goals for PR, safety, quality, and service
• Actively participate in CI initiative
• Understand production schedule, customer orders, open orders report, shipping orders, or material purchase schedules to determine items to be moved, received, gathered, or distributed.
• Convey materials and items from receiving or production areas to storage or to other designated areas.
• Sort and place materials or items on racks, shelves, or in bins according to predetermined sequences such as size, type, item code, or code dating.
• Sort and store perishable goods in refrigerated rooms.
• Fill requisitions, requests for materials, and other stock items and distributes to production workers / line.
• Assemble customer orders from stock and stages. Check orders to be shipped against bill of lading and loads pallets onto truck.
• Mark materials with identifying information.
• Record amounts of materials or items received or distributed.
• Weigh or count items within the plant to ensure accuracy of records.
• Use computer for data entry and analysis.
• Maintain work and storage areas in clean and orderly fashion.
• Daily communication with all team members and management through the use of shift meetings, email, and other written and verbal methods
• Actively promote safety and identify unsafe actions and conditions through the use of a principle-based safety approach
• Work with teams to identify process issues and improvement opportunities
• Other duties as assigned.

Experience:

• Minimum one year warehouse experience in a manufacturing environment required.
• Experience with MS Word and Excel required. SAP experience preferred.

Other Skills & Abilities:

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, required.
• Must be able to read and interpret documents, such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals, required.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence, and effectively present information in one-on-one and small group settings to customers, clients, vendors, and other employees, required.
• Ability to effectively communicate written and orally with all levels of the organization, as well as internal and external customers, required.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form, required.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and to function effectively as part of a team, required.
• Ability to meet strict deadlines and adapt to an environment with multiple tasks and changing priorities, required.
• Ability to interpret and work with abstract and concrete variables in standardized situations, required.
• Ability to work overtime on short notice with flexibility in start times and work days, required.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs. regularly, required.

As a general policy, McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.

McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.