2000 Agriculture Procurement Clerk-Day Shift in Mt Olive, North Carolina at Mt Olive Pickle Company

Summary

Provides administrative support to Agriculture Procurement and Outside Production management. Provides back up support to the Agriculture Procurement Utility Clerk and the Scale House Attendants. Maintains various spreadsheets and reports.

Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Functions

Oversees end-of-shift inventories and the inputting of this data into Fresh Cucumber Inventory.

Uses personal computer to create and maintain various computerized reports and spreadsheets. Enters data concerning intake of cucumbers, peppers, and other items. Maintains spreadsheets regarding deliveries of cucumbers shipped to remote tank farms, and other information relating to the intake or sales of products. Completes production transactions to add or relieve cucumbers from inventory. Prepares and enters inventory data. Maintains inventories of bins. Maintains inventory of movement of macro bins and other containers for each station and supplier. Maintains inventory of bin tags and various printed forms. Lifts and carries boxes of forms when needed.

Maintains various spreadsheets regarding the scheduling and delivery of incoming containers. Uses the FIFO method in regards to placement of received container loads. Inventories these barrels.

Maintains accurate and orderly files of intake information regarding physical inventory. Including but not limited to: newly received loads, loaded drop trailers, etc.

Assist in product movement and FIFO rotation.

Interacts with non-employees including but not limited to truck drivers, truck brokers, station managers, and barrel brokers.

Conducts various shrink tests and researched reasoning for shrink/loss.

Tank Yard Management

Gather, enter and monitor all information required for the Brine yard Management System. This includes but is not limited to: the date the tank was filled, recording the product used to fill the tank, all quality inspections, when the fermentation was completed, all processing information, when tanks are emptied, when special brine tanks are used, and where used brine tanks are located.

RMDS – Raw Material Data Sheet

As a fill-in for the agriculture procurement utility clerk, receives information from Inside Production relating to raw product utilization. Reviews the information verifying accuracy. Enters information into BPCS relating to the quantity of product in the jar, the quantity of product available for relish and the quantity lost as shrinkage.

Month-End Reporting

Gathers information from reports regarding physical inventory of green stock, brine stock, salt, etc.to perform fiscal month end accounting transactions.

All jobs

Uses personal computer for many job tasks. Maintains accurate and orderly computer and/or paper files.

Maintains workplace in neat and orderly fashion.

Follows safety rules and company policies.

Other Duties

Cleans scales as needed.

Participates in training, employee meetings, committees, project teams, etc. as appropriate.

Receives written and verbal instructions on the above tasks and performs other work as directed by supervisor.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

High school graduate required, some college a plus. Ability to speak, read, and write in English required, conversational Spanish skills a plus. Intermediate level computer skills and knowledge of standard business software required. Math requirements include addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and fractions.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Machines, Equipment, Tools Used

Personal computer, 2-way radio, remote control for gate, standard office equipment.

Physical Demands

Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerate degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.

Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady forces in order to thrust forward, downward, or outward.

Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion.

Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.

Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling.

Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.

Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontal from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.

Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discriminations in sound.

Repetitive Motions: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands and/or fingers.

Light Work: Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 5 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform and activity such as: preparing and analyzing data figures: transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.

Work Environment

Works primarily around others in workstation. Works outside approximately 50-75% of working hours, subject to wide seasonal temperature variations and intermittent wetting from rain. Lifts and carries up to 15 pounds. On occasion may be asked to work either day or night shift. Vacation usage is limited during peak intake season.