Cooler Guard- 1st Shift Shipping/Inventory Acorn

Job Details 

This role is responsible for ensuring 100% inspection, verification, and accurate recording of all products entering and exiting the coolers. The position supports cooler organization, inventory accuracy, product rotation, and operational readiness by maintaining proper SKU placement, comparing physical inventory to the PI system, and following food safety, quality, and housekeeping expectations. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Ensure 100% inspection of product entering and exiting the coolers and record all activity with proper verification. 

• Operate a power jack safely to maintain cooler organization and support product movement. 

• Perform inventory once per hour and compare physical counts against the PI system to ensure accuracy. 

• Place SKUs in proper locations, ensuring the oldest dates are positioned in front of newer dates to support correct product rotation. 

• Communicate verbally with supervisors and associates regarding cooler activity, inventory accuracy, and product movement. 

• Maintain a clean, neat, and orderly work area. 

• Perform other job duties as needed or assigned by the supervisor. 

Qualifications 

• Ability to work in cold and wet environments.  

• Basic inventory knowledge, including the ability to compare physical inventory counts against system records. 

• Ability to communicate verbally with supervisors and associates. 

• Prior warehouse, shipping, receiving, production, food processing, poultry processing, or inventory experience. 

• Ability to work weekends and overtime as needed. 

• Must be able to perform the essential functions of the role with or without reasonable accommodation. 

New team members must be able to pass a drug and alcohol post-offer and prior to the start of their employment. Must be authorized to work in the United States. The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires that verification of employment eligibility be documented for all new employees by the end of their third day of work. 

Work Environment, Physical Demands, and Travel 

Work is performed in a damp and extremely cold cooler environment. The role requires bending, standing, pushing, pulling, and twisting on occasion. Team members must be able to occasionally lift up to 50 lbs. This position requires working weekends and overtime as needed. Travel is not expected for this role. 

This position does not have an application deadline. Farmer Focus will recruit until the role is filled.  

Unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles submitted by staffing agencies, recruiters, or search firms to any Farmer Focus employee without a current written agreement and an active, role-specific request from the Recruiting team will be considered the property of Farmer Focus. Farmer Focus will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume or candidate profile. 

All external recruiters and agency partners supporting Farmer Focus searches must comply with applicable federal, state, and local employment laws, including compensation transparency requirements and restrictions on seeking salary history where applicable. 

About Farmer Focus 

Farmer Focus exists to promote and protect generational family farms by shifting farm-level decision-making and chicken ownership back to farmers and empowering them to farm the way they know is best. We are committed to producing 100% organic and humanely raised chicken that is better for people, the planet, and animals. Our culture is grounded in servant leadership and guided by our CARES values: Community, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Stewardship. Our top priorities are people, safety, and quality. At Farmer Focus, our vision is to disrupt the status quo by creating bold opportunities for people who demand more and deserve better.