Warehouse Runner

Our Opportunity

GPJ is hiring a Warehouse Runner to join our growing team!

This role is on-site, requiring you to report to our Smyrna, TN location a minimum of 5 days per week.

Your Role

You are a self-starter, adept at managing your daily workloads while remaining composed under pressure, and skillfully balancing competing priorities. Building positive and productive relationships with our vendors is a core aspect of your responsibilities, and you will collaborate closely with GPJ office personnel to ensure our deliveries consistently meet or exceed expectations.

One of your primary tasks involves making runs to our vendors to pick up essential supplies. Additionally, you are responsible for operating a range of GPJ vehicles, which includes vans, 16’ box trucks, 24’ box trucks, 24’ flatbed trucks.

Beyond these specific duties, you are always ready to take on any other assigned responsibilities that contribute to the smooth functioning of our warehouse operations. This role is dynamic, requiring adaptability and a proactive approach. You thrive in this fast-paced environment, always eager to take initiative and contribute to the team's success.

Your Impact

In your role, you will have influence and responsibility over:

• Coordinating pick-ups from local vendors with the GPJ Purchasing and Logistics department.
• Verifying the accurate pick-up and delivery of items.
• Assisting warehouse/shop personnel with unloading and staging supplies.
• Assisting the shipping/receiving department in distributing small packages throughout the warehouse and front office.
• Maintaining precise records of vehicle miles and maintenance.
• Fulfilling assignments as directed by the Purchasing department.

Your Experience

Experience & Education

• CDL Licensed driver
• Certified Forklift operator; not required, but helpful.

Travel & Mobility

• No travel required

Your Skills

• Clean driving record
• Proficient in G Suite
• Familiar with the Nashville and surrounding areas
• Frequent lifting of weight in excess of 25 lbs.
• Ability to work long hours, multiple days in a row
• Reliable transportation

Your Competencies

Solution Oriented - Even with tight project budget management practices, you focus on the desired outcome and are ready with multiple solutions in order to reach the end goal.

Thoroughness - Ensure your work (and if applicable, the work of others) is complete and accurate. You can spot when details were overlooked, and take the initiative to complete the project, following up to ensure agreements / commitments are on track or have been fulfilled. When details are ambiguous, you ask questions to confirm you understand the expectations. Team members can easily follow your work, understand where you left off, and what comes next. You are prepared and organized for meetings and presentations.

Urgency - Decisive, responsive, and fast acting you achieve goals quickly both when working on your own and in collaboration with others. You demonstrate adaptability and agility when making on-the-spot decisions never sacrificing quality or work interactions. Cool under pressure. For the sake of time, you are able to eliminate unnecessary steps and use network resources to aid in project completion.

Who We Are

GPJ is the world leader in experiential marketing. Our 29 global offices are filled with fearless people dreaming up ideas that are transforming industries and bringing the most respected brands to life in powerfully, exciting ways. We are a part of the Project Worldwide family. An independent, employee-owned global network of complementary, wholly owned agencies.

You read that “employee-owned” part, right? You heard us correctly. You work hard, she works hard, we all work hard… we all succeed and reap the rewards. We have an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – providing our employees with an ownership interest. We thought you would want to know that. In fact, there is a lot more you would want to know about us, like our FTO policy (no more “accruing” time off), our employer matching 401(k) plan (no vesting period), our “no employee contribution” healthcare option. But we are getting ahead of ourselves here, let’s talk about this exciting opportunity first and we can fill you in on our perks & benefits later.

GPJ is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), national origin, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected class. In addition to federal law requirements, GPJ complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. GPJ expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on any protected class.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $23.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)
• CDL (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Smyrna, TN 37167: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $23