Johnstone Supply, North Americas leading wholesale distributor of HVACR equipment, parts and supplies, has a great opportunity for a Warehouse Material Handlerto join our team. Over the last seven decades Johnstone has grown into an industry leader with over 450 store locations and 6 distribution centers throughout North America resulting in over $4 billion in annual sales. We work with some of the largest companies in the world, including Daikin/Goodman, Honeywell, Emerson, Johnson Controls, and Fujitsu, to provide our customers with world class products, technical expertise, and quality service.
As a member of the Operations team, the Warehouse Material Handleris responsible for Ensures the efficient operation of the store by accurately and safely receiving, processing, and storing incoming products. Prepares, packs, and scans products for pick-up and delivery.
Position responsibilities:
- Quickly and accurately receives, processes and stores incoming product shipments.
- Ensures shipments are inspected and damages or shortages are noted on trucking company delivery document. Initiates freight claim procedure when necessary.
- Checks incoming delivery contents against packing list to verify accurate and full delivery.
- Prepares receiving reports and notes any shortages, damages or overages. Promptly reports any discrepancies to supervisors.
- Verifies vendor part number and Johnstone stock number for all incoming products. Determines proper bin number and/or location of incoming products. Stores incoming products in proper location according to bin number or product sequence.
- Selects products from inventory to fill customer orders.
- Prepares, packs, and scans (as appropriate), and stages products for inter-store transfer and customer pick-up and delivery in accordance with established standards (e.g. hazardous materials). Ensures that packaging is sufficient to avoid damage.
- Processes documentation necessary to ship inter-store transfers and customer orders, including bills of lading, packing lists, small parcel manifests and other necessary documents.
- Loads delivery vehicles and assists customers with will call pickups.
- Processes customer returns. Ensures returns are in sellable condition per company policy.
- Performs periodic cycle counting on assigned items in order to keep accurate records of inventory. Verifies actual counts of stock against computerized records. Investigates and reports discrepancies.
Position requirements:
- High School Diploma / GED required OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 6 months experience in warehouse operations in a wholesale environment, experience driving a forklift, and experience with computer or barcode driven inventory management systems is preferred.
- Basic computer skills, including knowledge and skill in the use of inventory management systems and office software (e.g. Email programs, Internet browsers)
- Basic math skills sufficient to manage inventory, including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
- Adequate physical strength and stamina to repeatedly lift, carry, move, and set down up to 75 pounds.
- Skill in operation of heavy equipment, including delivery vehicles, forklift, pallet jack, and order picker.
- Maintains a professional personal appearance.
- Strong ability to multitask and skill in prioritizing work.
- Excellent communication and customer service skills.
- Ability to maintain a positive and friendly demeanor in a stressful and fast paced environment.
Johnstone Supply is strongly interested in hiring a great candidate that exhibits work behaviors & values that are conducive to building and maintaining a strong and effective company culture. These behaviors include:
Safety: Always prioritizes safety, both at work and at home, while ensuring those who work for you work safely.- Customer Focused: Take the perspective of those we serve, anticipate their needs, and responding quickly.
- One Team: We win together by collaborating with each other, focusing on the common goal, and leveraging the strengths of the team.
- Own It: Take the initiative, act with a sense of urgency and pride, do things right the first time, and always act with integrity.
- Innovate: Embrace and create change that drives continuous improvement and customer-valued solutions.
Visit our website https://www.johnstonesupply.com/our-history for more information about our growing company.
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