External Job Description
Build a better career with MSC.
Serving customer and community starts with the very best people doing their very best work. That is precisely what we have at MSC Industrial Supply Co., a leading North American distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) products and services.
Requisition ID : 5109
Employment Type : Full Time
Job Category :
Supply Chain Operations
Work Location :
Columbus, OH (Whse)
State or Province : Ohio (US-OH)
Potential Work Location : United States : Ohio : Columbus
Receiving Clerk
MSC is growing—and going—strong. We seek a team player who thrives in a fast-moving environment to perform daily receiving tasks, inspect shipments and verify correct items and quantities.
HOW YOU’LL CONTRIBUTE
You will have a hands-on role in our warehouse to ensure delivery of our vast product line to our valued customers.
- Verify products and match packing slips to P.O. using item and vendor numbers, descriptions, and quantity through visual inspections, counting, reference manuals or measuring instruments.
- Inspect boxes for damage or improper packaging, and perform research to resolve item or purchase discrepancies.
- Create and apply bar code labels using item numbers or purchase orders, and scan labels into warehouse computer system.
- Handle all incoming inter-warehouse transfers.
- Operate basic powered equipment (pallet jack, forklift); load, unload and move product by hand or skid; and move totes/skids for re-use.
- Stage product and form/seal boxes for put-away bins, overstock and racks.
- Train cross-functionally in other departments and functions in order to support business requirements.
- Follow safety guidelines at all times, meet specified productivity and quality expectations, and participate in Work Clean program.
WHAT IT TAKES
- The motivated individual we seek should have these qualifications.
- Basic computer skills
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Valid state driver’s license, in some instances
- Willingness to work overtime to meet customer’s needs
- Internal certification to drive powered equipment within specified time requirements
- Internal certification to pick DOT-regulated items, if required
- Physical demands to successfully perform essential job functions (reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities): standing, walking, lifting materials up to 75 pounds (individual or team), carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing stairs, climbing using legs and arms, balancing, stooping, kneeling, repeated bends, reaching high and low, repetitive twisting or pressure involving wrist and hands, hearing, seeing (depth perception and peripheral vision), mental coordination, mental alertness for entire shift, ability to wear personal protective equipment as required, and ability to operate at heights up to 50 feet
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
A career at MSC includes generous benefits, rewards and recognition.
- Training and growth opportunities
- Weekends off
- Paid time off including holidays
- Incentive bonuses and shift differential
- Medical, dental, vision, and company-matched 401(k)


