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Who We Are/ B&T Values Statement

At Baker & Taylor, we are passionate about changing the world through literacy. We believe that education, access to content, and the freedom to explore are essential. We are dedicated to supporting our library partners across the world who tirelessly provide resources to foster the imagination of future generations and improve outcomes in their communities. Librarians are our heroes and championing and supporting their work is our purpose.

Baker & Taylor is committed to embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion to create an environment that both celebrates and evolves through the unique experiences and contributions of all team members.

Who You Are

• You are able to work efficiently independent and become a strong team player

• You are organized and detail oriented.

What You'll Do/ A Day In The Life Typically Includes

As work is pulled in to the department from sortation by the front auditor you will sort the work into the individual orders within one batch. Identify what needs to happen whether its printing labels, sending it to RFID or stamping. Once the work has been prepped it is ready to be pushed in to individual stations for the processing to start. Work will go in to two paths in VAS jackets or kits and in CLS goes to kits.

MOM CLS: Material handlers are responsible for multiple areas within the CLS Department. There are times they will match order numbers within a batch which requires them to match and lift boxes. They provide the work to the processors at their stations and scan the work to the area they move the work to. Once the work is complete and ready to leave the department, they are responsible for matching the order numbers back up and sending the work out of the department physically and systematically.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• For Books: Matches products (kits) with appropriate ATS and breaks down kits by title to container.

• Maintains smooth flow of work to appropriate area(s) (Kit Matcher) and where appropriate, routes work directly to appropriate area(s) (Jacket Selectors) on in-bound line.

Work Environment

The employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles and occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk; use hands and fingers; and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently must stand and lift/move up to 50 lbs and occasionally must stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk; hear; and lift/move up to 25 lbs. Specific vision requirements include close vision.

Benefits

• Participation in company health (medical, dental) insurance plans on the 1st of the month following your hire date

• Company short-term and long-term disability benefits

• Career development and advancement opportunities

• Climate controlled facility

Career Path

• Material Handler, Processing Lead

Required Skills & Experience

• High school education and three to twelve months experience.

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence and effectively present information to customers or employees.

• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's and perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions and deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.