The Warehouse Associate plays a critical role in supporting Baldor Specialty Foods’ daily operations by ensuring the accurate selection, movement, and loading of fresh food products in a fast-paced distribution environment. This position requires strong attention to detail, consistent productivity, and adherence to food-safety and FDA compliance standards. Repetitive lifting, visual identification, and knowledge of proper labeling and product handling are essential. Team members must consistently select, scan, and stage products with speed, accuracy, and care.

Key Responsibilities

• Accurately select and pick products from designated warehouse locations (bins, racks, and shelves).

• Handle, pack, and stage all food products safely, carefully, and in accordance with sanitary and FDA-compliant standards.

• Build, stack, and organize pallets for loading while preventing damage and maintaining product integrity.

• Shrink-wrap completed pallets for final loading and outbound delivery.

• Complete all required documentation, including pick sheets, productivity forms, order tags, and customer-specific labels.

• Maintain proper housekeeping and cleanliness throughout all work areas to ensure compliance with OSHA, FDA, and Baldor safety guidelines.

• Safely operate warehouse equipment such as electric pallet jacks, forklifts, and manual pallet jacks (training provided).

• Report any damaged, missing, or incorrect items to the supervisor immediately.

• Receive and pick orders accurately from order sheets or RF scanners.

• Assist with unloading inbound OTR trucks, breaking down pallets, and replenishing stock.

• Pack, unpack, and stock items in an organized and efficient manner to support workflow and delivery readiness.

• Inspect products and packaging for quality, defects, or damage; notify supervisors of any issues.

• Support general warehouse tasks including sorting, staging, inventory movement, and cleanup.

Performance Expectations

• Speed: Ability to work efficiently in a high-volume warehouse environment.

• Accuracy: Consistently pick correct items, quantities, and customer-specific requirements.

• Safety: Follow all warehouse, machinery, and food-safety protocols at all times.

Requirements:

• Great attention to detail.
• Diligent and punctual.
• Work at an acceptable speed to deliver proper sanitation as needed and required.
• Food safety and safety awareness, and strong work ethic.
• Ability to physically lift, push pull and stand for long periods of time without reasonable accommodations.
• Knowledge of the field's policies, procedures, and practices.

Education and Experience:

• 1+ years of proven work experience working in a warehouse or similar role.
• Ability to read English Language at High School 9th grade level.
• Prior warehousing experience in a food environment preferred.
• Familiarity with inventory management systems and procedures.
• Ability to operate warehouse equipment, such as forklifts, pallet jacks, and hand trucks.
• Knowledge of safety regulations and practices in a warehouse setting.
• Strong mathematical and analytical skills for inventory tracking and record-keeping.

Technology Skills:

• RF Scanner

Work Environment:

• Ability to lift over 50lbs and stand and maintain active for long periods of time without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to work extended hours as needed.
• Ability to work weekends and holidays as needed.
• Comfortable working in refrigerated/freezer warehouse environment.

When Louis Balducci rented a pushcart for $5.00 a week in 1918, little did he know that he was laying the foundations for Baldor Specialty Foods. In 1946, Louis opened a fruit stand called Balducci’s Produce in Greenwich Village that flourished into a beloved specialty food shop. Food writer James Beard was a regular customer and noted that Balducci’s always sold “the best of the best, at the right price.”

A family business from the start, the company employed numerous family members including son-in-law, Kevin Murphy. Murphy ran Balducci’s wholesale division, Baldor, so passionately that the Balducci family encouraged him to establish the business as an independent entity in 1991. Over the next decade, Baldor sustained continuous growth while maintaining the standard of excellence that made Balducci’s a success. The company cemented its reputation for sourcing expertise after introducing blanched frisee to the American market. Murphy named it “Circus Frisee” after famed restaurant Le Cirque.

Today, Baldor is the leading importer and distributor of fresh produce and specialty foods in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. The company is headed by Kevin’s son, T.J. Murphy, C.E.O. Under his leadership, Baldor remains committed to customer service, quality and innovation.

Baldor Specialty Foods has a long legacy of quality, consistency and service. Under the leadership of the former Owner and Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Murphy, President Mike Muzyk joined Baldor in 1996 and today works closely with Kevin’s son, TJ Murphy, who has been the Owner and Chief Executive Office since 2013. Under the leadership and partnership of TJ and Mike, in the last seven years, Baldor has achieved consistent double-digit growth in addition to geographic, category, product and channel expansion.

As Baldor moves into a new chapter of growth including geographic and channel expansion, Baldor has recognized the need for a Warehouse Associate at our newest location!