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Warehouse Worker/Shipping And Receiving Clerk

The Warehouse Worker/Shipping and Receiving Clerk ensures our customers get what they need for their landscape jobs, when they need it - through disciplined inventory management, exceptional service and teamwork and a positive attitude. The Warehouse Associate supports the team and our customers by accurately and safely receiving/pulling orders in a fast-paced environment. Many of our employees started in this role and went on to become managers at the sales center and even region level, so the opportunity for advancement is huge!

Responsibilities:

• Eagerly greets walk-in and phone customers, helps them locate product, and guides them to an appropriate team member for additional assistance.
• Accurately pulls, fills and packs orders for delivery or pickup, and communicates effectively with team members and customers throughout the order fulfillment process.
• Coordinating product shipments.
• Assists in loading the delivery truck.
• Receives shipments, logs into inventory, processes returns accurately, and maintains inventory through audits.
• Operates a forklift safely and efficiently, maintains required certification, performs vehicle safety checks, and reports discrepancies to supervisor.
• Assists in keeping shelves and yard stocked and organized.
• Performs housekeeping duties to maintain a clean, safe and secure facility, with attention on end-of-day equipment storage and closing procedure.
• Helps with customer service and order entry when necessary.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Follows and carries out instructions with minimal supervision.
• Maintains composure in a fast-paced environment focused on serving business owners with urgent needs.
• Ability to recognize patterns and discrepancies, and make decisions to meet set criteria or procedure.
• A cooperative, dependable team player.
• Keen awareness of how actions behind-the-scenes can impact customer service.
• Aptitude to learn ever-evolving computer systems, programs, handheld technology and processes.
• Ability to frequently lift and move items that weigh up to 20 pounds and occasionally up to 75 pounds.
• Possess or obtain forklift certification.
• Must be 18 years of age or older to apply.

Preferred:

• High school diploma or GED.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) a plus.
• Prior experience in distribution or warehousing is helpful.

Horizon Distributors, Inc. / POOLCORP is a drug-free company.

Horizon Distributors, Inc. / POOLCORP is an Equal Opportunity Employer By Choice. The Company understands, respects, and values diversity unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas, and opinions while striving to be inclusive of all people. This commitment is critical to our success as a global company as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Hiring and promotional decisions are based solely on the qualifications required for the job to be filled.

Bilingual, Military, Military Spouses and Veteran applicants are strongly encouraged to apply! We understand the uniqueness of hiring military personnel and veterans and will support him/her in the time of duty or with the transition into new civilian professions.

All offers to external candidates for employment are contingent upon the successful completion of pre-employment drug testing and background verifications before employment is finalized. This position is considered "safety-sensitive" and includes tasks or duties which could affect the safety and health of the employee performing the tasks or others.