What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Warehouse Associate position at Colony Hardware Corporation?
Major Responsibilities
- Receives and inspects incoming merchandise to ensure that delivery matches packing slip.
- Examines incoming stock items for wear or defects, reporting any damage to supervisor or vendor.
- Sorts, organizes, and labels merchandise with appropriate stock/inventory control codes.
- Performs scheduled cycle counts of product for inventory and enters data manually in computer to ensure information is updated.
- Loads truck with packed orders in an organized and specified sequence.
- Reads pick tickets, prioritizing most critical orders, and verifies item picked matches the pick tickets.
- Packs and unpacks items to be stocked on shelves following a set of specific instructions or procedures.
- Sends picked orders to the packing department after verifying item is free of defects or damage.
- Moves completed orders to appropriate shipment locations.
- Operates forklift to lift or place merchandise in their appropriate locations on shelves.
- Ensures that warehouse is kept orderly, organized, and clean during production and at the end of the shift.
- Acts as backup and support for the customer service team, helping customers both in person and on the phone.
- Occasionally moves company vehicles and motorized equipment.
- Communicates issues to supervisor for resolution.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Hardware packs and Kit making involved with position.
Minimum Requirements:
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a warehouse or distribution center.
- Minimum of 1 year experience in a lead warehouse, supervisory, or managerial role.
Physical Requirements:
Lifting up to 100 pounds while demonstrating safety techniques
Moving about the warehouse and loading dock area majority of the day
Exiting and entering vehicles several times per day
Must be able to climb stairs, crouch, bend, stoop, kneel, and work in small spaces
and various climates.
Equipment Used:
Desktop computer and mouse/tablet.
Telephone, cellphone, fax machine, GPS.
Forklift and motorized pallet jack.
Scanning equipment, such as RF scanners
Motor vehicles, such as vans and trucks.
Colony’s Commitment to Equal Opportunity
Colony Hardware Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, religion, marital status, victim of domestic violence, familial status, genetic predisposition or information, disability, Family and Medical Leave, military or veteran status, citizenship, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances. Our management is dedicated to ensuring the fulfillment of this policy with respect to hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruitment advertising, pay, and other forms of compensation, training, and general treatment during employment.
