Furniture Warehouse, Lead Hand, 7am-3:30pm

Who we are: 

As the Working and Learning Company, we at Staples Canada, are dynamic, inspiring partners to our customers and the communities in which we live.  At Staples, we inspire people to work smarter, learn more and grow every day.  We look for people who are curious, approachable, and passionate, and who enjoy finding solutions. 

If that’s you, let’s work, learn, and grow together. 

We are building an inclusive and diverse team:  

Staples Canada is creating an inclusive and diverse work environment. We welcome, value and thrive on perspectives and contributions from backgrounds that vary by race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion or physical ability. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. 

Some important details:

• Location: 25 Aero Drive NE, Calgary

• Shift Time:  Full-time, 7am-3:30pm

• Wage: $18.70 per hour Minimum

Some of what you will do:  

Responsible for daily warehouse activities, which includes the direction of warehouse employees to ensure that all job tasks are performed as effectively and efficiently as possible in a manner that meets customer service standards, productivity and quality goals. 

 Specifically, you will: 

• Provides work direction in assigned area while performing the same tasks as those directing.  Trains less experienced furniture warehouse associates in assigned area on proper methods and procedures.

• Performs the following processes to support inbound and outbound furniture operations generated from Central Furniture System (CFS).  
  •    Receives vendor purchase orders, regular lines, special orders, or customer returns.  
  •    Performs inventory counts and location lookups. 
  •    Follows processes to report common daily discrepancies or issues (i.e., shortages, damage) to supervisor or order management. 
  •    Monitors and ensures CFS task completion within shift.
  •    Picks and stages outbound orders as necessary on day shift. 
  •    Performs a variety of lookups and research to support functional areas. 
  •    Communicates non-routine CFS system issues to Application Support and/or management.
   

• Performs the following non-system inbound and outbound tasks. 
  •    Separates and labels product received, stocks product into identified locations verifying SKU and quantity accuracy.
  •    Assembles make-ready furniture and stages for delivery.
  •    Coordinates with Furniture Sales Support to resolve items received that are not on purchase order.
  •    Completes Receiving Discrepancy Tickets when vendor shipment is inaccurate. Informs Furniture Sales Support and Accounts Payable. 
  •    Picks and stocks product to complete replenishment tasks. 
  •    Picks product for customer orders ensuring quantity and unit-of-measure (UOM) picked is equal to quantity and UOM ordered. 
  •    Checks SKU and quantities picked for customer orders to ensure accuracy, and re-packages or wraps orders as needed. 
  •    Sorts and loads customer orders by route and delivery order.
  •    May schedule vendor shipments.

• Participates in all scheduled physical inventories.

• Performs basic housekeeping in assigned areas of warehouse.

• Adheres to all safety procedures in the performance of job duties.

• Daily interaction with furniture warehouse co-workers and warehouse management, Application Support, Inventory Control, Furniture Sales Support, vendors/suppliers for scheduling deliveries and obtaining return authorizations for vendor returns.

Qualifications:

Some of what you need: 

Experience:

• A minimum of twelve (12) months related experience in a warehouse environment; or any equivalent combination of acceptable training, education, and experience.

• Need to have good PC, math, writing and reading.

• Job requires the ability to become certified in the operation of warehouse equipment.

• CFS knowledge desired. 

• Furniture product knowledge desired.

• Prior experience operating warehouse equipment, such as forklift, pallet jack and cherry picker preferred. 

Education: 

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) require

Additional Requirements Information: 

Work requires moderate physical effort and use of motor skills requiring manual dexterity is needed to perform the essential duties of the job:  

• The employee will regularly sit, stand, walk, stoop, kneel and crouch. The employee may lift, lower, or carry products up to a maximum of 50 pounds by hand.  

• The employee may operate warehouse equipment. Using proper safety procedures will eliminate any potential hazards.  

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. 

Some of what you will get:   

• Employee discount in store and online 

• Health and Dental benefits 

• Learning & Development programs 

• RRSP Matching, Paid Vacation 

• And more... 

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