Warehouse/ Stock Utility

Job Summary: The Warehouse/Stock Utility is responsible for daily order processing and accuracy, customer service, record maintenance, and route driver as needed.

Required Education and Experience: High School diploma or GED required. Good driving record and valid driver's license. Maximum 2 points

Preferred: Previous experience driving large vehicles Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Demonstrated good attendance and punctuality. Professional appearance, compliance with Nutrition Services Uniform policy. Excellent customer service and communication skills (verbal and written).Ability to work well with principals, custodians, and other Food Service employees. Demonstrated experience working with computers, required. Working knowledge of Windows based programs (Word, Excel, Access). Working knowledge of the District's e-mail and student records systems. Willingness to be trained in all areas of food production. Demonstrated ability to participate as a member of a team. Demonstrated ability to work in a diverse environment.

Essential Job Functions: Essential functions under the Americans with Disabilities Act may include any of the following duties, knowledge, and skills. This list is illustrative only and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed by employees in this position. Regular on time and in person attendance is an essential function of this job. Other essential functions may include, but are not limited to the following: Responsible for working with the Food & Nutrition Supervisors to set work priorities. Input daily and weekly food and supply orders to meet essential deadlines. Review and edit orders to prevent excess inventory. Maintain daily contact with Food & Nutrition employees concerning food safety, food preparation and USDA regulations using multiple phone lines. Printing and filing reports are crucial to the daily meal delivery system. Responsible for the computer ordering / inventory system. Review and maintain snack and meal sent reports for accuracy. Work on special events assignment as directed by the supervisor. Assist with Warehouse Lead to ensure that all food and supplies are delivered daily to the appropriate schools in a timely manner. Ability to run all delivery routes and provide training and instruction for both drivers and "partials" employees. Fill in as delivery driver/"partials", warehouse as needed. Maintain high standards of sanitation and safety in the food service area. Attend meetings conducted by the Food & Nutrition Services Director, workshops, and general meetings in order to increase knowledge and efficiency. Interact with co-workers, administration, students, parents and the community in a positive, supportive and cooperative ways. Consistently demonstrate dependable attendance and punctuality. Perform other duties as assigned.

ADA Requirements: The physical demands, work environment factors, and mental functions described below 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.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk, hear (in a quiet or noisy environment). The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust/focus. Must be able to lift a minimum of 50 lbs. on a regular basis and must have the ability to bend easily at the knees. Ability to climb in/out of delivery vehicles. Ability to work for extended periods in cold or wet environments as needed.

Work Environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually loud to moderate.

Mental Functions: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to compare, analyze, communicate both orally and in writing, copy, coordinate, instruct, compute, synthesize, evaluate, use interpersonal skills, compile and negotiate.

Non-Discrimination/Accommodation Assistance: The Grand Rapids Public Schools will not discriminate against any person based on race, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, height, weight, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, veteran, or military status. Assistance with the application process may be requested through the Human Resources Department at (616) 819-2022 or humanresources@grps.org.To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were written out in this job description. The District reserves the right to modify or amend this job description to meet organizational needs.