What Do Sales Order Fillers Do (including Their Typical Day At Work)

Job Description

Sales Order Fillers 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. They also complete order receipts.

Other tasks include:

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

We asked Sales Order Fillers how satisfied they are with their job. Here is what they said.

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56% of them said they were satisfied with their job and 36% said they find that their job makes the world a better place or helps to make someone else’s life better.

Typical Day At Work

On a daily basis, Sales Order Fillers complete order receipts. They place merchandise on conveyors leading to wrapping areas.

A typical day for a Wholesale and Retail Sales Order Filler will also include:

• Obtain merchandise from bins or shelves.
• Read orders to ascertain catalog numbers, sizes, colors, and quantities of merchandise.
• Keep records of out-going orders.
• Compute prices of items or groups of items.
• Requisition additional materials, supplies, and equipment.

We asked some Sales Order Fillers a few questions to find out what else does their work day look like. Here is what we found.

	Do you have telephone conversations everyday in this job?	52% said yes
	How important is it to work in a team in this job?	57% said very important
	Do you have group discussions everyday in this job?	91% said yes
	Do you talk or work with customers everyday in this job?	60% said yes
	Do you have to deal with angry customers everyday in this job?	22% said yes
	Do you have to make decisions everyday in this job?	55% said yes

Other responsibilities

Besides their typical day, Sales Order Fillers also requisition additional materials, supplies, and equipment. They may also place merchandise on conveyors leading to wrapping areas.

On a weekly to monthly basis, Sales Order Fillers Read orders to ascertain catalog numbers, sizes, colors, and quantities of merchandise. They might also Obtain merchandise from bins or shelves.

In addition, they Compute prices of items or groups of items.

Although specific duties may vary, many of them Keep records of out-going orders.

To some Sales Order Fillers, it is also their responsibility to Complete order receipts.

Working life

Standard 40 hour work week

Regular schedule like a 9 to 5

In a typical work week as a Wholesale and Retail Sales Order Filler, you can expect to work 40 hour work week.

Is this right for me

People who are suitable for this job tends to like following set procedures and routines. They like working with data and details more than with ideas..

They also like work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They like working with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery.

You can read more about these career personality types here.

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