Warehouse Associate at irca Group – Affton, Missouri

The Irca Group is an International Leader in high quality finished and semi-finished ingredients for the bakery, pastry, and ice cream markets. With a solid history of over 100 years in the industry, the Group has its headquarters in Italy (Gallarate) and a strong global footprint with 23 production sites and over 2000 employees in Europe, the United States and Vietnam.

Our core product categories include chocolate, compounds, chocolate decorations, sprinkles, creams, pastry mixes, gelato ingredients, nuts and candied fruit. The most recent acquisition of Kerry Sweet complements our existing categories with the addition of sweet particulates, chocolate confections, inclusions, variegates and frozen fruit purees.

Through its 8 key brands (IRCA, Dobla®, in2food, Via Degli Orsini, JoyGelato, RaviFruit, Cesarin and Anastasi®) the IRCA Group offers an unparalleled "one-stop shop" approach for delivering quality solutions to all ingredients needs, through a broad range of innovative products. We offer every day and seasonal solutions to 3 macro channels: Gourmet, Food Manufacturing and Consumer Product (Retail). “Extraordinary made simple”

JOB PURPOSE

The Warehouse Associate supports efficient warehouse and production operations by safely receiving, storing, organizing, and delivering raw materials and finished goods. This role ensures inventory accuracy, proper product handling, and compliance with food safety, quality, and sanitation standards while assisting with shipping, receiving, and material movement to support continuous production.

• Stages and delivers materials to production lines, wraps finished product and positions them in the correct storage temperature in the warehouse.
• Utilizes our inventory system to ensure all movements are captured, keeping inventory accuracy and control.
• Organizes materials in warehouse according to vertical allergen stacking and rotates all stock to ensure first in, first out material movement and usage.
• Responsible for the condition of the raw materials and finished product by ensuring both remain undamaged, clean, free of contaminants, and stored at correct temperature.
• Executes Master Sanitation Schedule to maintain a clean and organized work environment in compliance with all Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Assists in all areas of warehouse including shipping and receiving, warehouse, and materials projects.
• Unloads/Loads trucks for all inbound, outbound, and bulk trucks, ensures all food safety and quality is met for each product being loaded/unloaded.
• Organizes and maintains all inventory and ensures product is put away in the correct location.
• Assists with cycle counting of inventory, in compliance with the cycle count program.
• Actively involved with the tempering and rework schedule.
• Ensures all safety rules are adhered too; communicating issues or concerns that cannot be resolved by crew or supervisors.
• Performs all other related duties as required.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Appropriate English language ability in order to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, bills of lading and other related shipping documents. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent, and ability to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

• OSHA Forklift Certifications- Class I, Class II, and Class III.

Why Join Us:

Irca Group offers career growth opportunities as well as competitive compensation and benefits: Medical, Dental, & Vision, 401(k) matching, Paid Vacation, and Holidays, Employee Education Tuition Reimbursement Program