Stores Clerk Michigan Technological University - Excellent Benefits Package

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Department: Dining Services To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Michigan Technological University is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution/Equal Opportunity Employer that provides equal opportunity for all, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.   If you require any auxiliary aids, services, or other accommodations to apply for employment, or for an interview, at Michigan Technological University, please notify the Human Resources office at View phone number on main.hercjobs.org or  View email address on main.hercjobs.org .
Job Description Summary
Perform a variety of duties involving ordering, receiving, inventory, and distribution of products, and delivery of raw and prepared items as required, assist with catering and other deliveries as needed.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities (other duties may be assigned)
• Assist with as needed, completion of a weekly physical count of inventories on hand.
• Assist with as needed and/or coordinate ordering inventory items with supervisor
• Assist with as needed, work with the computer based electronic ordering and menu management systems.
• Receive vendor deliveries, inspect shipments, and ensure quality and condition of products received.
• Review invoices and record discrepancies.
• Assist with as needed, request vendor credit memos.
• Store received goods in an orderly fashion, rotate stock and break down cases.
• Operate university vehicles including car, pickup truck, and delivery van and truck.
• Assist with as needed the purchasing of inventory items from approved vendors as directed.
• Fill kitchen requests for food and supplies to be pulled from storage locations.
• Prepare, organize, deliver, and set up food and associated items, per customer requests.
• Pick up equipment.
• Prepare special reports.
• Maintain safe, clean, sanitary storage and work areas including loading dock and vehicles.
• Compare invoice pricing with pricing in computer database and update.
• Interact with customers in a friendly and courteous manner.
• Other duties may be assigned.
Required Education, Certifications, Licensures (minimum requirements)
High School diploma, or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and abilities can be acquired.
Required Experience (minimum requirements)
Two years experience in a food service operation. One year experience ordering and maintaining inventories in retail environment. Six months experience serving customers. Desirable Education and/or Experience
Required Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities (minimum requirements)
• Excellent communication, customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated familiarity with food items, product descriptions, packaging, and storage practices.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and follow instructions.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively across cultural boundaries and work harmoniously with diverse groups of students, faculty, and staff. 
• Possess a valid Michigan driver's license and meet Michigan Tech University's vehicle use requirements.
• Demonstrated familiarity with computers to include the use of computerized menu management systems, and electronic order entry systems.
Desirable Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities
Language, Mathematics and/or Reasoning Skills
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one on one situations to customers.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
REASONING ABILITY:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out basic written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems in standardized situations.
Work Environment and/or Physical Demands
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here 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.
While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and taste or smell. The employee is frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; talk or hear; use hands to finger, handle or feel an object; and reach with hands and arms.
The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, occasionally lifting and/or moving up to 100 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision; depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee is occasionally exposed to wet, humid conditions; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold (non-weather); and extreme heat (non-weather). The employee is occasionally required to work near moving mechanical parts; and work in high, precarious places. The employee is frequently exposed to outdoor weather conditions.
The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
Required Training and Other Conditions of Employment
Every employee at Michigan Technological University will receive the following 4 required trainings; additional training may be required by the department.
Required University Training:
Employee Safety Overview
Anti-Harassment, Discrimination, Retaliation Training
Annual Data Security Training 
Annual Title IX Training Background Check: Offers of employment are contingent upon and not considered finalized until the required background check has been performed and the results received and assessed.
Other Conditions of Employment: The successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring eligibility for employment in the United States on or before the effective date of the appointment. Visa sponsorship is unavailable at this time. This is not an E-Verified Position.
Michigan Technological University is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution/Equal Opportunity Employer that provides equal opportunity for all, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities

Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) % (1=100%)1
FLSA Status
Non-Exempt
Appointment Term
12 months
Shift
1st Shift
Pay Rate/Salary
Contractual. External candidates will receive the minimum amount ($17.25/hr)
Title of Position Supervisor
Director, Retail Dining Services
Posting Type
Internal & External
Dependent on Funding
No
Special Instructions to Applicants (if applicable)
AFSCME Posting 09/12/2023 - 09/18/2023
External applicants are encouraged to apply, however internal AFSCME applicants are given first consideration if they apply during the internal AFSCME posting dates.
Additional Information

Required Education, Certifications, Licensures* (minimum requirements)
About Michigan Technological University
Our scope is international. Our approach interdisciplinary. We work at the intersections of communication, composition, literature, modern languages, philosophy, rhetoric, visual studies, linguistics, gender studies, and technical communication. Our students develop the communicative, analytic, and cultural knowledge to thrive in all aspects of their future lives.Applications from women and BIPOC scholars are highly encouraged by both the department and the institution. Michigan Tech is building a culturally diverse faculty committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications from all individuals.
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