The Lagunitas Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Now is the time to join the LDF Warehouse Team and be a part of our growth & successes! If you're good at what you do, you can work anywhere. If you're the best at what you do, come work at LDF!

Yuengling Beer and Sazerac are a few of the growth engines that we have launched and we are looking for experienced individuals who are up for the challenge. One of the important takeaways to LDF's long-lasting success is our honest and complete determination to do the right thing for our employees, customers, and the communities we live in. Community involvement and giving back is our priority and we believe in working beside each other as a team helping others. Some would even describe LDF's employees as a "work family" because of the relationships we build. LDF is an aggressive, high performance and fast-growing company that markets, sells, and distributes an expansive range of beer, wine, spirits and non-alcoholic beverages in Kansas and Oklahoma. Larry D. Fleming, Chairman, founded LDF in 1983 and has maintained a steady growth as a premier wholesale distributor since this amazing journey began.

Our culture is diverse, and our employees feel appreciated but mostly we are inspired to accomplish our goals and contribute to the company's success. There is not a better time to join the LDF team than now! We offer a complete benefits package to include tuition reimbursement and a 401k retirement plan. In addition, we have an awesome variety of craft, import, and domestic beer brands available and we are recognized as a leading regional distributor of Constellation Beer (Corona, Pacifico and Modelo), Diageo-Guinness, Heineken USA, Lagunitas, Molson Coors, Boulevard beer brands, and a wide variety of spirits and wines.

LDF Sales & Distributing, Inc. is looking for Dynamic Employees to join the LDF Warehouse Team as a Material Handler on our Third Shift - Full Time, Monday -Thursday. Come join an AWESOME TEAM and have FUN while you work with BEER! You are more than just a number, you are part of the family! Are you looking for a positive company culture, great benefits, bonus potential and opportunities to advance your career? We are looking for you!

Benefits:

• 80 hours of PTO before your 1st Anniversary!
• PTO continues to increase based on tenure.

Secure & Stable employment w/Bi-weekly pay

Full benefits package to include retirement plan & tuition reimbursement.

Monthly bonuses & incentives

EAC – Employee Activity Committee (community involvement & employee activities/outings)

Uniforms provided.

Starting wages - 3rd Shift - $18.00 (8% Shift Differential)

Work Schedule:

4 DAY WORK WEEK (Mon–Thurs) 3 Day Weekend Off !

The Material Handler 1 role will provide sales support and customer service by working with the warehouse team for outbound operations. We offer the greatest variety of craft, import, and domestic beer brands available. LDF is recognized as a leading regional distributor of Constellation Beer, Diageo-Guinness, Heineken USA, Lagunitas, Molson Coors, and Boulevard beer brands; and wide variety of spirits and wines. This position will report to the warehouse supervisor and as a Warehouse Material Handler I (1) he/she will be entering in an entry-level, training role to achieve Warehouse Material Handler II within 18 months. Participates in continuous improvement objectives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Learn all LDF warehouse standard practices and is responsible to assist manager with enforcement of those practices.

Achieve productivity standards to meet operational budgets.

Achieve critical operational timing to meet customer and internal needs.

Demonstrates ability to comprehend and perform at target level in basic warehouse tasks including but not limited to: receiving, storage and order fulfillment.

Exhibits competency of work practices to allow operational flexibility. This includes competency in basic shift-specific tasks as detailed by skills matrix and supervisor requirement.

Interface with external contacts professionally to satisfy customers, carriers and contractors.

Ensures all OSHA safety regulations, local regulations and company safety rules are observed. Drive safety in work behaviors.

Ensures quality through limiting internal damage of product, proper loading and unloading of product to prevent damage at warehouse, route and customer.

Demonstrates competency in assigned operational functions of WMS systems. Current systems include VIP and CirrusTech.

Ensures proper product rotation and segregation using FIFO methods by leveraging WMS and manual monitoring.

Deliver inventory accuracy through proper WMS and manual methods. Meets objectives for net shrink, absolute shrink and location accuracy.

Assures a clean work space leveraging visual management, 5S and warehouse certification.

Regularly inspect facility and equipment for operational readiness, escalates or resolves issues as identified.

Completes other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Flexibility to perform various roles within a single shift.

Demonstrates competent skills in shift-specific operations and forklift operation.

Basic PC skills to perform tasks in WMS systems.

Proficient verbal and written communication skills.

Understands company policies, procedures and operations.

Completes company training programs.

Education/Experience:

Prefer minimum 6 months warehouse operations and high school diploma/GED.

Language Ability: Has ability to communicate with peers and leadership and articulate problems or questions to the appropriate personnel.

Math Ability: Must exhibit comprehension of basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.

Reasoning Ability:

Has ability to read and follow directions from standard work instructions. Ability to conceptualize the placement of a certain number of items on rack, pallets or carts. Basic decision making.

Certificates and Licenses: Forklift certified.

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Work Environment:

Warehouse environment. Schedule dependent on assigned shift and business objectives. Minimum 40 hours per week on a four or five-day schedule. Early morning, evening or nights may be required. Overtime as required to meet business demands.

Physical Demands:

Deals with sudden temperature changes when entering and exiting warehouse refrigerated area. Maintains an acute awareness of moving forklifts and trucks. Requires continuous standing, walking, bending, reaching, pushing/pulling and lifting/carrying up to 160 lbs. May use back brace.

Development potential:

Material Handler 2

Prior Roles:

None

Peer Roles:

None

Target Roles:

Warehouse Material Handler II

It is the policy of LDF Companies to employ applicants on a non-discriminatory basis, without unlawful discrimination due to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or Veteran status. This policy is extended to all employees regarding the terms, conditions, or privileges of their employment.

*Drug Free Workplace*

Join LDF where hard work is recognized and celebrated!