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Distribution Clerk

General Mills, Inc
paid time off, paid holidays, 401(k)
United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Jun 04, 2025
Job Description

General Mills, Inc. manufactures some of the most beloved foods in the world, including Cheerios and Lucky Charms, Nature Valley granola bars, Totino's pizza rolls, and Yoplait yogurt. Blue Buffalo became part of General Mills in 2018, so even your pets love us too. We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best - bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one another and grow together.

Check out why General Mills Manufacturing is the place to grow a career:

Distribution Clerk Position - Milwaukee, WI:

Shift hours: *Currently hiring for night shift, but needs to be open to working off-shifts when needed *

      • *Currently hiring for 12 hour Night crew*

        • 12-hour shifts(7 pm to 7 am)
        • Schedule Pattern:
        • 2-2-3 Schedule - on-shift for 2 days, off-shift for 2 days, on-shift 3 for days, etc.
      • Ability and willingness to work overtime, and weekends and holidays
      • Plant operation is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Pay:

  • $25.16/per hour

Benefits:

  • 15 days (120 hours) of vacation annually and 11 paid holidays
  • Great paid time off benefits
  • 401(k) match
  • Health Insurance- Including medical, dental and life
  • And much more!

About our Location:

Our Milwaukee manufacturing cite is located in a big city, with big city amenities, but with a lower cost than most. Our site was originally owned by the Gardetto family, who created Gardetto's by using any broken breadsticks leftover in their plant combined with seasonings! If you ask what some of the things that employees value most at Milwaukee, you will hear about our employee appreciation events, family events, and all employee sporting events and watch events. We have the Chex Club that puts on events once a month for employees. At General Mills, we encourage growth for our employees. At our site, you will find that we have a lot of opportunities for job growth.

Our Products:

Gardettos, Bugels, Chex Mix, Muddy Buddys

What your day will look like:

  • Creating high quality foods that are eaten EVERYDAY, NATIONWIDE
  • Using TECHNOLOGY in an industry-leading facility
  • Working with HIGH-LEVEL operators on EXPERIENCED teams that are looking to pass down their knowledge to workers WILLING TO LEARN and get paid doing it
  • CHALLENGING yourself to get the JOB DONE RIGHT and gain skills to take with you to your next opportunity
  • Unload raw material components from a trailer into the ASRS and maintain the HAACP inspection procedure and documentation.
  • Receive spice and properly mark the date of manufacture on each pallet, then store each pallet using FIFO (first in, first out).
  • Inspect proper start-up, shutdown, and sampling procedures for receiving bulk oils. Ensure the completion of HAACP and GMP's procedures and documentation. Responsible for executing oil spill procedures.
  • Properly inspect outbound trailers using HAACP inspection procedure and documentation. Followed by loading finished cubes to a product to truck order. Knowledgeable in the completion of the outbound order and the staging of finished cubes into the proper bay roll.
  • Deliver materials to the Operations as needed to support production.
  • Off load finished stretched wrapped cubes from the end of the conveying system and staging on the floor or on top of the same SKU cube (double stack). Able to change ribbon, label stock and stretch film when necessary.
  • Verify, unload, stage, and store inbound packaging materials consisting of corrugated, film pouch and other miscellaneous items into their proper locations.
  • Properly stage-packaging materials for the production floor according to the daily production schedule.
  • Capable of troubleshooting issues associated with the ASRS, labelers, Lantech stretch wrapper, conveying systems and Red Prairie equipment.
  • Ensure the delivery of UPS packages to the proper personnel. Also, capable of setting up UPS outbound shipments.
  • Load recycled totes, wooden pallets, and bailed scrap plastic or corrugated into the predetermined supplier's trailers.
  • Repackage damaged goods, as directed by the Distribution lead person or team leader.
  • Follow all company safety policies and procedures to ensure a safe working environment.
    • Maintain a clean and organized work area. Responsible for the cleaning of forklifts, conveying and stretch wrapping systems, racking and warehouse floor and dock area. Proficient in the operation of a floor scrubber.
    • Maintain forklift Certification in current status with good safety record and successful completion of all initial and re-certification testing. Assure that all vehicles are inspected on a daily basis.
  • Assist in cycle counting and physical inventory as requested by inventory analysis.
  • Receive and issue packaging materials utilizing Red Prairie system.
  • Complete additional work assignments as assigned by Team Leader.

What you have to offer:

  • Minimum of a high school diploma or GED
  • 2 years of experience in a manufacturing/production environment is required

Physical requirements:

  • Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs
  • Must be able to perform physical tasks for extended periods of time including standing, walking, climbing, bending, pushing, pulling and twisting over surfaces
  • Ability to climb and/or work at heights while utilizing stairs, ladders, personnel lifts, or platforms
  • Ability to wear protective clothing and equipment such as safety shoes, face masks, safety glasses, hearing protection, a hard hat, a hair/beard net and gloves when required
  • Willing and able to adhere to all grooming requirements necessary for a food manufacturing environment
  • Ability to work in hot, cold, noisy, dusty, wet environmental working conditions
  • Willing to work around industrial high-speed moving machinery
  • Ability to work with allergens that might be present in a food environment
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