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Job Description

Fill customers' mail and telephone orders from stored merchandise in accordance with specifications on sales slips or order forms. Duties include computing prices of items, completing order receipts, keeping records of out-going orders, and requisitioning additional materials, supplies, and equipment.

Job Details

• The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 43-5081.04

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Order Fillers, Wholesale and Retail Sales”.

Also Known As…

• Order Fillers, Wholesale and Retail Sales
• Puller
• Picker/Puller
• Parts Technician
• Parts Processor
• Packer
• Order Puller
• Order Picker
• Order Filler
• Inventory Specialist
• Fulfillment Representative
• Stock Selector
• Stamp Analyst
• Parts Puller
• Order Selector
• Order Runner
• Order Builder Loader
• Order Builder

Tasks for “Inventory Specialist”

• Place merchandise on conveyors leading to wrapping areas.
• Obtain merchandise from bins or shelves.
• Complete order receipts.
• Keep records of out-going orders.
• Read orders to ascertain catalog numbers, sizes, colors, and quantities of merchandise.
• Compute prices of items or groups of items.
• Requisition additional materials, supplies, and equipment.

Related Technology & Tools

• Staple guns
• Warehouse dollies
• Measuring tapes
• Cherry pickers
• Warehouse forklifts
• Computer laser printers
• Manual pallet jacks
• Barcode scanners
• Shipping scales
• Pallet tipper
• Stand-up forklifts
• Tape guns
• Handheld radio frequency RF scanners
• Strapping machines
• Nailing hammers
• Wrapping equipment
• Conveyor belts
• Remote data terminals
• Multiline telephone systems
• Convertible hand trucks
• Electric pallet jacks
• Personal computers

• Microsoft Office
• Voice picking software
• Inventory tracking software
• Microsoft Word
• SAP
• Email software
• Data entry software
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Excel