Seasonal Peak Ecommerce Associate - Tuesday to Saturday 1st shift

Company Overview:

Ocean State Job Lot (“OSJL” and “Company”) is a leading $850 million general merchandise retailer operating over 150 stores in the Northeast and a $75 million shopping center business with OSJL as the anchor tenant in over 50% of its centers. At OSJL, we are committed to providing exceptional value to our customers while championing positive change in our communities and inspiring a more responsible model for retail.

Job Description:

The eCommerce Associate role within the Distribution Center (“DC”) at OSJL ensures timely, accurate, and efficient processing of customer outbound and return orders within the OSJL's DC. This role also supports inventory control activities like cycle counting and bin moves using a radio frequency (“RF”) scanner, adhering to established safety, quality, and productivity standards.

Key Responsibilities:

• Picking, sorting, and packing:
• Physically select customer orders (i.e., zone, reserve, and split reserve), consolidate orders onto pallets, and pack merchandise into appropriate boxes or bags.
• Ensure all goods are scanned to the order and staged by store for on-time delivery.
• Maintain and track customer order and in-store dates to ensure customer orders are received in a timely fashion.
• Inventory control: Support inventory management through cycle counts, verifying bin locations and stock keeping units (“SKU”), and assisting with team lifts for heavy items.
• Returns processing: Play a key part in the Buy Online Ship to Store Return To Warehouse process, validating returned merchandise condition and processing them for restocking or damage disposal.
• Quality and efficiency: Ensure order accuracy by inspecting both picked items and returned goods against customer orders, escalating any discrepancies (i.e., SKU mislabeling, damaged goods) to leadership. Validate that the orders are picked properly and that the goods are in pristine condition.
• Warehouse operations: Efficiently utilize DC equipment, including, but not limited to, stockpiler, pallet jack, pump jack, to support picking, sorting, and staging processes. Maintain a neat, orderly, and safe work environment, adhering to all standard operating procedures and OSHA requirements.
• Maintain Equipment: Inspect and sign out equipment daily.
• Performance: Meet or exceed area safety, quality, and productivity standards.

Qualifications:

• Attention to detail and results oriented.
• Ability to learn to use a RF scanner.
• Ability to operate powered industrial equipment and obtain any applicable license.
• Ability to meet area productivity, quality, safety, housekeeping, and attendance standards.
• Basic math and English reading skills, legible handwriting, and good verbal and written communication skills; bilingual in English and Spanish is preferred.

Work Environment:

• Work primarily in a distribution center environment. Must be able to remain stationary and/or continually move for up to 10 - 12 hours per day.
• Responsible for physical activities including using equipment, positioning self to properly complete tasks, ascending and descending to heights of 20 feet or more, moving and transporting merchandise on a frequent basis; should be able to lift and move 50 lbs of material on a regular basis.
• The warehouse environment is characterized by temperature extremes, noise, movement of conveyors and equipment, and other conditions associated with the operation of a high volume distribution center.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked by supervisors or managers to perform other job duties and tasks, some of which may be essential to the position. Leadership has the right to revise this job description at any time. The job description is not a contract, either express or implied. You are an at-will employee, meaning either you or the Company may terminate your employment at any time, with or without notice.

Behaviors

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Motivations

• Flexibility: Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals
• Job Security: Inspired to perform well by the knowledge that your job is safe
• Work-Life Balance: Inspired to perform well by having ample time to pursue work and interests outside of work