Full time order picker/shipper/receiver

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I thought I’d pass on the word to the NYspeed world that the company I work for, Kemper System, America (located in West Seneca, a minute from the 400), is hiring.
While I’m not doing the interview nor choosing the individual who will be hired, I have read the current resumes that we have in and know what you’d be up against.

At this point we are looking to hire 1 person to handle the responsibilities of:

  • Picking orders
  • Packing orders
  • Handling shipping documents
  • Loading trucks
  • Unloading trucks
  • Placing inventory

It’s all relatively easy. There is 1 loading dock, so there is only 1 truck to worry about at a time. Sometimes the workload is pretty demanding, other times you can get plenty of time to relax.

You would be working along side 1 other person in your position, and closely with the shipping manager. So that means the work you do is important, therefore you are treated as you should be.

At this point there is only 1 shift for this position. Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5pm. No weekends, no nights. There isn’t even a second or third shift for anyone here.

You should possess basic computer skills, as you will be using a computer daily to print shipping labels, fill out BOL’s, copy documents, etc.
You should also be familiar with fork lifts, reach trucks, hand carts, etc. If you are certified that would be a major plus. If not, we would get the right person certified. Hazmat training is also a plus.
As per most jobs, attention to detail is critical. Math skills can also be helpful.

Just a little overview…
The facility is large, clean, and well managed. The company is new to the states, but far from new. Kemper is based out of Germany and has been an established roofing and waterproofing company for several decades. A few years ago they opened up a location in New Jersey simply to act as a warehouse hub to get their products distributed on this side of the pond.
After that took off, they decided to purchase a Canadian company called Cantesco. Cantesco is a producer of many different welding supplies, leak detectors, etc. The owner of that company now is the president of this location and has merged both operations into this facility. We currently produce Kemper’s biggest selling roofing product, 2k-pur, and are currently transferring all operations from Cantesco over.

So this is all very good news for whoever gets hired.

I have nothing but great things to say about this company as they have treated me wonderfully. I am in management so you will be seeing a lot of me, and I will be gathering your input on your job. If you have ideas to make any of your duties more efficient, you will be heard.

So on to the benefits.

Starting pay should still be at $12/hour. You will have a review after 90 days and if you don’t suck, you will get a pretty decent raise (probably to about 14/hour).
Also, after 90 days you will get:

  • Health care for you and your entire family from Univera, fully paid for by Kemper. A few different plans but all are nice and again, fully paid for. I have the PPO plan, accepted everywhere i’ve gone, no referrals for specialists, $25 pcp copay, $50 emergency.
  • Vision coverage. Basic is free, the best is about $1.50/month
  • Dental. Same as vision, just a couple bucks a month for great coverage.
  • 401k. I don’t participate but Kemper matches your investment by a lot (can’t remember the figure) and you’re fully vested as soon as you enroll.

Kemper will also pay for college tuition and books (based on passing grades). I’m not ENTIRELY sure this applies to just anyone, but if you are a person with a lot of initiative and show interest in your work and desire to advance, this is a great possibility for you.

That’s all I can think of for now. If you’re interested please PM me. I’ll give you my email address and you can email me your resume. If you have scans of any certifications, please send those as well. If you can keep everything in PDF format, that would be great.

There is a double interview process to get hired. While this isn’t a management job, they are certainly looking for a quality employee that wants to work.

Any basic questions feel free to ask here, I’ll answer the best that I can.

:tup:

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This sucks cause of my school schedule but I would apply in a second. I have 5 years of shipping/receiving experience and certifications and that’s not terrible money to start at all. Wish they had more shifts and such. Seems like a really good place to work for.

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That’s good experience and would work greatly to your benefit. School is obviously important. Are evening classes an option?

I should also add that I started in this place in this exact position in march of '10. Since then I’ve moved up drastically. I am the ISO MR and am currently working on getting this facility ISO 9001:2008 certified by the end of the year (including implementing a new ERP system to unify all systems for Kemper around the world). I also have my hands in production, quality control, handle a large portion of the IT, and do the private label design. So needless to say my plate is overflowing and I’m really stressed out haha. But they’ve definitely made it worth my while.
They are paying for me to go back to school but i just can’t find the time to do it yet. Probably next year after the big push to get ISO certified is over.

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I’m pretty loaded up this semester with 20 credit hours, which if I knew something like this would have popped up I wouldn’t have taken all day classes. This is my last for my 2 year degree so I don’t know if I could still get 20 credit hours all at night. Do they hire frequently? In May I’ll be looking for a full time job again and would love to get into a position like this.

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I am down for this, do you have an email i can forward my resume to? I am currently not working and would love to do this.

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I believe it’s just 1 opening. Unless someone gets promoted or fired, but that’s completely unpredictable.

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Just gotta comment on this. WHY aren’t you participating!? You’ll never getting a better return on investment than when your company is matching your contribution. It’s free money, take it.

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Honestly, when I got the job here i was paying off some bills and making every penny count. I wasn’t in collections or overdue on anything, I had just been out of work for awhile and was at the end of my savings. After getting hired I decided that i didn’t want to live at the edge of my means any more and made a big push to get everything paid off. No more buy now pay later stuff (maybe except for an auto loan or mortgage, within reason).
Now with my recent promotion and substantial salary increase I will be participating soon. I’m very uneducated in the world of 401k so I need to address the lack of knowledge situation as well. But you’re right, it’s a great offer and definitely should not be ignored

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But back on topic, anyone interested should get me their info ASAP. As I said, they are currently reviewing resumes and have already interviewed 2 or 3 people (though they haven’t been impressed yet).

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Even if you can only afford 1% if they’re matching you should do it. 1% pre-tax doesn’t make much of a difference in your actual take home.

When you’re young you really don’t need to know too much about 401k’s. Put the money in some higher risk funds and try not to worry about it too much. Over the LOOOONG time it’s going to be in there before you can touch it you will end up with a positive return.

EDIT: Sorry for going OT.

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I agree and not a problem.

That’s another good point. For the BEST dental and vision coverage that is offered, I pay a total of $4.79 PRE-TAX out of each paycheck. Health insurance is completely paid for so that doesn’t change anything. The only deduction that isn’t pre-tax is group term life, which is $0.15 per pay check. Good stuff.

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how is the vacation time? lol i like my vacation time

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Lol I hear ya. 2 weeks per year. I BELIEVE it starts after the first year.

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pm’d

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Looks like we have someone starting monday. Whether its going to work out or not is yet to be determined.

Those of you that have contacted me with your resume will remain on file and if anything changes I will be sure to let you know.

Thanks for the interest

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I’m still receiving PM’s about this so I thought I should clarify. At this point the position is filled. If anything changes I will certainly come to NYspeed first since there has been a pretty good amount of interest.

There may be other positions opening up in the future, but as for now we won’t be needing any more resumes.

Thanks again