About the Role
Join our World Class Supply Chain Team and deliver essential products to our customers. You will be essential to the success of Staples Supply Chain as we deliver to our customers. Safety is our utmost priority, so in this role, we will look to you to ensure safe work practices and embrace our safety culture.
Responsibilities
- Operate material handling equipment such as forklifts, cherry pickers, turrets, or electric pallet jacks to pick product up to 100 lbs and move product within the warehouse while adhering to safety procedures.
- Perform general cleaning and basic maintenance duties both inside and outside of the facility.
- Confirm accuracy of product and work with colleagues to address discrepancies and damages.
- Communicate effectively and professionally with internal and external contacts to clarify and resolve issues.
- Manually unload trucks and palletize products.
- Match item quantities and descriptions to packing slips on returned items, check in returned product and tag it appropriately.
- Organize, stack, and shrink-wrap customer orders on pallets.
- Manually load trucks, lift, lower, and carry product in a fast-paced environment and stack empty pallets while maintaining a safe and clean workspace.
Requirements
- Ability to be Material Handling Equipment Operator certified and safely operate necessary material handling equipment.
- Ability and willingness to keep work area clean.
- Inclusive approach with colleagues and customers to forge strong relationships and foster collaboration to resolve issues.
- Ability to adopt safety procedures quickly and ensure safe work practices.
- Ability to work in a warehouse environment with seasonal temperature variations.
- Minimum three (3) months related experience in a warehouse environment; or any equivalent combination of acceptable training, education, and experience.
- Ability to pass a drug screen to the extent permissible legally.
- Basic English language skills (both verbal and written communications).
- Ability to work additional hours beyond scheduled shift; additional overtime hours will be required based on business need (for Full-Time associates).
- Ability to work at heights up to 60 feet or more as needed.
- Ability to lift, push or pull boxes/merchandise weighing between 70 pounds and 100 pounds by hand.
- Must wear safety composite shoes.
- Ability to walk and stand 100% of the time.
- Must be at least 18 years old.
Skills
- Material handling equipment operation
- Cleaning
- Basic maintenance
- Product verification
- Communication
- Unloading trucks
- Palletizing
- Organizing
- Stacking
- Shrink-wrapping
- Loading trucks
- Lifting
- Lowering
- Carrying
- Forklift operation
- Pallet jack operation
- Cherry picker operation
Location
- Warehouse
Work Type
- Full-Time
- Part-Time
Experience Level
- Entry Level
Education Level
- High School Diploma/GED or equivalent work experience
Salary/Compensations
- $23.40/hour
Benefits
- Pay for performance with potential for additional compensation
- Receive a pair of work shoes after 60 days
- Inclusive culture with associate-led Business Resource Groups
- Full-Time benefits include: 112 Hours of PTO and Holiday Schedule (7 observed paid holidays + 1 floating holiday), Online and Retail Discounts, Company Match 401(k), Physical and Mental Health Wellness programs
About the Company
- Staples is a company with a World Class Supply Chain that delivers essential products to customers.
Equal Opportunity
- Staples is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.
