Warehouse Yard Driver

Warehouse Yard Driver Day Shift – Kenny's Candy & Confections Hours: 6:45am to 3:00pm (Monday - Friday)

Compensation:

• All in hourly compensation: $23.60/hr
• Base Pay: $22.48hr
• Sign on Bonus: $1.22/hr worked
• Profit Sharing Eligibility: Begins after completing 1 year of employment ($7.7 Million in Profits Paid to Profit Sharing Pool in 2025)

Our Coolest Benefit - Profit Sharing! In our most recent fiscal year, KLN Family Brands paid out over $7.7 million in profit-sharing to our employees!!! Our Story KLN Family Brands is a 3rd generation family-owned business that started in 1964 with its corporate headquarters located in Perham, MN, in the heart of MN lakes country. Together, our companies manufacture a diverse and expanding range of high-quality human and pet food products. At KLN Family Brands, our vision is that “We are a proud people-first company. We are successful because of trust-based relationships and first-rate products for our families and friends. We better the world by caring for others. We challenge. We grow. We inspire.” Some companies have to “fudge the story” a little. Some need the extra “spin” to shine a positive light on themselves. That’s not who we are at KLN Family Brands, and that’s not what we do. We tell the story of our brand – our people, the quality of our products, our spirit & moxie, our tradition, and the way we treat our community & beyond. We do it in a genuine way because we genuinely believe we’re a pretty amazing company. What We Are Looking For We’re now hiring a Day Shift Yard Driver position to to define the responsibilities and provide instructions for tasks performed by warehouse yard truck drivers.

Essential Duties:

• Perform accurate and timely shipping, receiving, and movements of products.
• Keep finished products organized and located properly in warehouses.
• Rotate ingredients and packaging in their proper locations after receiving.
• Proper and accurate loading and unloading of trucks.
• Drive the shuttle truck to deliver and pickup product and supplies as necessary.
• Perform daily yard truck inspections and maintain overall yard truck cleanliness.
• Shuttling and moving storage trailers in a timely fashion.
• Keep storage trailer lot organized.
• Reconcile inventory discrepancies as discovered.
• Forklift, shuttle truck operation and being certified and licensed to drive such vehicles.
• Operate the shrink wrapper, box crusher, etc. as necessary.
• Perform physical and cycle counts of inventory as necessary.
• Backup or substitute material handler positions when necessary.
• Identify opportunities for efficiency and productivity gains.
• Place raw materials, packaging and finished goods on hold and release as necessary.
• Report any safety issues, unsafe conditions.

QUALIFICATIONS

• General math skills
• Self-motivation
• Learning and memorizing a sequence of procedures
• Willing to work well with others
• Good judgement and reasoning abilities.
• Ability to drive forklift and pass certification exam
• Average computer skills.
• Must have current CDL License and updated Health Card

Benefits

• Health, Dental, & Vision
• Wellness program discounts - up to $150 discounted towards health insurance monthly
• 80 Hours of PTO Accrued in First Year of Employment
• 7 Paid Holidays
• KLN Clinic - Free doctor visits & more than 300 free prescriptions
• 401k Match Opportunity
• Opportunity to meet with our onsite financial advisors
• $10,000 Forgivable Home Grant Program
• Tuition Assistance

*All hires are contingent on a clean background check and a successful drug test (UA), this means that a job offer is not final until both the background check and drug test results are satisfactory to the employer*