Receiving Specialist
Macmillan
- Location
- Gordonsville, VA
- Posted
- July 31, 2026
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Compensation and Benefits
- $1,000 Retention Bonus (after 1 year)
- Paid Time Off
- 11 Paid Holidays
- Eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan
- Competitive Benefits
- Hourly Rate: $18.8500 to $23.0500
Role overview
MPS, a division of Macmillan Publishers, a leading US publisher of Trade and Academic titles, has a job opening for a Receiving Specialist in our Gordonsville facility. MPS provides back office support, warehousing, and fulfillment for Macmillan US, and is their primary distribution facility for North America.
The purpose of this role is to operate ground level equipment including the Pacer and Walkie/Rider, and to be responsible for the systemic receipts of inventories with other duties as assigned.
Responsibilities
- Utilize Pacer and/or Walkie Riders to move inventories (stack, load, unload, pallets as needed). Certification on this equipment will be required.
- Verify receipt of appropriate documentation, labeling, packaging, and product quantities.
- Accurately enter data into the MRP system to process receipt of inventories. Attention to detail will be critical to ensure the accurate identification, labelling, and quantity as compared to the BOL details.
- Identify, document, and report inventory variances and damage.
- Support Cubi-Scan and Pallet Stripping functions as needed (Height – Weight – Length – Weight).
- Maintain a clean and safe work area, including cleaning/maintaining equipment and work areas and performing safety inspections of areas.
- Required to work in other areas and other locations as assigned based on workload.
Qualifications
- High School diploma or equivalent
- Rolling Equipment Operator (Pacer, Walkie Rider) certification
- Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, correspondences, and memos.
- Ability to write legibly and effectively present information one-on-one and to employees and management.
- Ability to count, add, subtract, multiply, and divide.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple instructions, and to deal with standardized structure with only occasional or no variables.
- Computer skills to include basic knowledge of PCs and keyboarding and a working knowledge of our MPS system.
Physical requirements/job attributes
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 regularly required to bend; stoop; walk; stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
- The employee is occasionally required to sit.
- The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Hours of work
- 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., with mandatory overtime as needed.