Driver - Grand Rapids, United States - Leggett & Platt

Leggett & Platt

Verified Company

Grand Rapids, United States

1 week ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

We make life more comfortable.

Leggett & Platt's overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives - by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platt's inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years.

As _The Components People_, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.

From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products.

Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, têxtile, and geo components industries.

Furniture
A Leader in the Upholstered Furniture Industry

In our Furniture Components business, we design, manufacture, and distribute a wide range of components and finished products that enhance comfort, motion, and style in upholstered furniture, including recliner mechanisms, seating support systems, and sofa sleeper units.

With a global footprint that includes international manufacturing, product development, distribution and sales, we are strategically positioned to support upholstered furniture manufacturers around the world.

Workplace Furniture Solutions

Leggett & Platt is North America's leading independent manufacturer of office furniture components and mechanism. Our Work Furniture business produces task and finished components, as well as select lines of private label finished seating.

From surface-critical bent tube assemblies and molded plywood components to chair mechanisms, bases, arms, seats, and backs, Work Furniture brings diverse world-class manufacturing capabilities together in the production and assembly of high-quality contract furniture products.

Learn more about Furniture components:
Furniture

Learn more about Work Furniture:
Work Furniture

Driver

REPORTS TO:

Buyer

SUMMARY:

Transports miscellaneous materials and supplies between suppliers and Genesis Seating.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES:
Includes the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Drives Genesis Seating truck to locations defined by the buyer to pick up scheduled purchased components from local suppliers.

Delivers unfinished components to service suppliers for completion.

Delivers final products to customers as required.

Handles other material handling related duties as required.

Operates the truck in a safe manner abiding by all laws and speed limits.

Presents a positive image to outside suppliers and customers.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
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.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months of related experience and/or training: or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Must have a current, unrestricted Chauffeurs license.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to read and interpret documents such as bills of lading, maps, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from other employees, or outside shipping & receiving personnel.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
Ability to add and subtract using whole numbers.

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 frequently required to sit, see, and talk or hear.

The employee is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, color vision, 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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts. The noise level in