Category/Area of Expertise: Distribution
Job Requisition: 471518
Address: USA-PA-Bethlehem-4930 4950 Hanoverville Road
Store Code: DC Bethlehem II PA (5106167)
A great career opportunity Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of Netherlands-based Ahold Delhaize, is the parent company for Ahold Delhaize's U.S. companies, including its local brands, Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop, and the U.S. services companies, Retail Business Services, Peapod Digital Labs and ADUSA Supply Chain. When considered together, the local brands of Ahold Delhaize USA comprise the largest grocery retail group on the East Coast and the fourth largest grocery retail group in the nation, operating more than 2,000 stores and distribution centers across more than 20 states and serving millions of customers each week through a uniquely local omnichannel experience. The Ahold Delhaize USA company team includes just over 100 associates across all East Coast office locations.
Assist in the management of training and retraining of the Distribution Center employees. Key partner in the onboarding of new employees and assisting existing staff in skills development in areas of proper lifting techniques, safety, equipment operation and process changes. Partners with Operations team, Industrial Engineer and Human Resources to ensure metrics, documentation, tools, and systems are current and following company standards.
Principle Duties and Responsibilities: • Provide one on one training to new hires following the onboarding guidelines and checklists.
• Assess and certify candidates on equipment and selection techniques.
• Instruct new hires on how to select and palletize grocery, produce, meat, frozen food and dairy orders for shipment to retail stores accurately
• Teach new hires how to operate pallet jacks, forklifts, and other material handling equipment in a safe and efficient manner
• Assist Safety Specialist in implementation of monthly tips and recertify employees after incidents on equipment.
• Monitor aisles and provide feedback/coaching to all employees on techniques.
• Make recommendations for modifications to procedures or processes impacting their work group or distribution center that will maximize efficiency, productivity, and reduce costs
• Provide support to production as needed or when training schedules decrease.
Preferred Qualifications: • High School Education or equivalent
• Experience in selection and/or lift techniques.
• Experience in ADUSA distribution environment.
Skills: - Ability to operate a pallet jack and lift.
• Excellent verbal communication, interpersonal and problem identification/solving skills with the ability to read and write English and demonstrate basic numerical skills
• Demonstrated dedication to safety, with a history of working well with others and contributing to a team effort
• Ability to lead and communicate in a professional manner.
- Ability to partner with various teams and individuals in the Distribution Center.
Abilities: • Ability to reach, stoop, bend, and lift up to and including 80 lbs. repetitively
• Ability to lift 90% floor to shoulder
• Ability to communicate in verbal and written correspondence.
• Ability to work a variety of work shifts and schedules (length, time, weekends, holidays)
• Ability to stand for long periods of time
• Ability to hear a forced whisper at not less than 5 feet with or without use of a hearing aid
• Commitment to excellence and a willingness to be trained in a variety of positions, demonstrating multi-skill capabilities.
• Able to use personal computer for data entry and research purposes
• Highly motivated self-starter and team player with strong attention to detail and the ability to prioritize multiple task in a fast-paced environment
• Visual acuity of at least 20/40 (Snellen) in each eye with or without corrective lenses
• Ability to wear a headset to support voice selection for all areas of warehouse selection
• Ability to work in a -5 degree to 90+ degree Fahrenheit environment (temperature varies within each department) for long periods of time.
• Ability to read and understand written and numeric product identifiers
At Ahold Delhaize USA, we embrace and celebrate diversity. Our employees and prospective employees are treated with fairness, respect and dignity. We provide an equal opportunity workplace committed to hiring, training, compensating, and promoting persons based on their talents and abilities and without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, family status, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.
