Warehouse Associate

Job Title: : Warehouse Associate

Education: High school diploma or GED preferred but not required

Experience: Prior work experience sufficient to work under general supervision

Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Company, in its discretion, may find appropriate and acceptable.

Key Competencies:

Ability to start, control and maintain a complete process or procedure, while keeping safety and compliance at the forefront

Excellent time management and organizational skills

Ability to carry out oral and written instructions

Communicate Effectively: Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing

Ability to establish and maintain cooperative relationships with those contacted during the course of work

Demonstrate Respect: Handle all business matters ethically and in full compliance with American Tire Distributors "Code of Conduct"

Be Accountable for Results: Assume full responsibility for the consequences of one's behaviors, decisions and results.

Physical Demands/Work Environment/Travel Requirements:

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk, hear, taste and/or smell; the employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The Warehouse I position will prioritize and pick product to fill orders and staging product for loading, physically moving and lifting product weighing as much as 50 pounds, organizing the warehouse stock, assisting in daily closing down of warehouse, compiling and submitting regular reports of damaged, outdated stock or supplies, over- and under-shipments, return of products to vendor, etc., assisting in periodic inventory counts, operating powered industrial vehicles (forklifts, pallet jacks, order pickers, etc.) in safe manner and maintaining an operator license, if required. Load and unload delivery trucks requiring frequent physical moving and lifting of product weighing as much as 50 pounds.

Operate powered industrial vehicles (forklifts, pallet jacks, order pickers, etc.) in a safe manner and maintain an operator license, if required.

Prioritize and pick material to fill orders and stage product for loading

Assist in verifying all incoming and outgoing products for accuracy in terms of amount, size and type, informing management of inventory and supply shortages as well as assisting in actual periodic inventory counts

Designate and organize the warehouse stock by product line and by physical alignment, allowing sufficient space for overflow

Perform periodic facilities maintenance and/or custodial / housekeeping tasks, such as cleaning parking lot, loading dock and area surrounding building; keeping floors clear of debris, maintaining bathrooms and assisting in daily closing down of warehouse