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Overnight Freight Associate Full Time - 7268 Windermere
- AB, Canada
- Edmonton, AB, Canada
Full-time
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- Job type
- Full-time
- Closing date
- Experience
- 1 to 2 years Retail or Distribution experience an asset
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
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Are you someone who thrives on helping others succeed, enjoys making an impact, and takes pride in guiding customers to the right solutions for their projects? If you’re also naturally curious and eager to keep learning, consider starting or growing your career with us at The Home Depot.
Position Overview
Freight Team Associates are responsible for stocking merchandise, organizing the sales floor to create a pleasant and safe shopping environment, and providing customer service as required by customer demand. In addition, most Freight Team Associates operate reach trucks, forklifts and order picker machines to bring down merchandise to the sales floor. Freight Team associates are required to pick orders when assigned and carefully packing them to ensure that products are not get damaged, and accurately labelling and placing orders into specified holding areas.
Key Responsibilities
Handling Merchandise
Position Overview
Freight Team Associates are responsible for stocking merchandise, organizing the sales floor to create a pleasant and safe shopping environment, and providing customer service as required by customer demand. In addition, most Freight Team Associates operate reach trucks, forklifts and order picker machines to bring down merchandise to the sales floor. Freight Team associates are required to pick orders when assigned and carefully packing them to ensure that products are not get damaged, and accurately labelling and placing orders into specified holding areas.
Key Responsibilities
Handling Merchandise
- Stocking merchandise onto shelves to achieve 100% in stock.
- Packing-out and packing-down merchandise as directed.
- Merchandising new items and promotions.
- Maintaining aisle cleanliness and shoppability to ensure merchandise Is accessible and presented in a visually appealing manner.
- Maintaining and organizing overheads (E.G., striping overheads).
- Communicating with other freight team members to ensure all product is stocked in the proper area.
- Following Home Depot’s Get Model of Customer Service including Greeting, Engaging, and Thanking the Customer.
- When required, ask open ended questions about the customer’s projects in order to determine their needs and level of expertise.
- Moving freight safely from designated staging areas to overheads or bringing merchandise down from overheads using the appropriate equipment.
- Ensure customers are able to move through the aisles easily and safely.
- Follows all Safety and Loss Prevention Policies and Procedures.
- Action Oriented
- Communicates Effectively
- Customer Focus
- Drives Results
- Interpersonal skills
- Organizational skills
- Freight Team Supervisor
- None
- Bending, stooping, reaching, twisting, lifting, pushing, pulling, and moving items
- Climbing Ladders - ability to climb a ladder, up to the height of 12 - 16 feet, to obtain or stock merchandise
- Working within a flexible schedule that includes overnight shift and may include evening and weekends.
- Warehouse environment that can be dusty and noisy.
- Passing forklifts emit gas fumes.
- Doors are frequently open, causing drafts and interior temperature changes.
- Highschool Diploma or Equivalent
- 1 to 2 years Retail or Distribution experience an asset
- NA
- NA
- Knowledge of operating reach trucks, forklifts and order picker machines an asset
More about this job
Responsibilities
Stock, organize, and merchandise products; maintain clean, accessible aisles and organized overhead storage; and pick, pack, label, and stage customer orders when assigned. Provide customer service and safely move merchandise using appropriate equipment while following safety and loss-prevention procedures.
Requirements
A high school diploma or equivalent is required, along with 1 to 2 years of retail or distribution experience listed as an asset. Experience operating reach trucks, forklifts, and order picker machines is also an asset; the role requires physical work, ladder climbing, and availability for overnight shifts that may include evenings and weekends.
Skills
- Merchandise Stocking
- Order Picking and Packing
- Inventory Organization
- Customer Service
- Interpersonal Skills
- Organizational Skills
- Communication
- Safety Procedures
- Loss Prevention
- Reach Truck Operation
- Forklift Operation
- Order Picker Operation
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Categories
- Retail
- Logistics
- Customer Service & Support
- Security & Safety
Keywords
- Freight Team
- Retail
- Distribution
- Merchandise Stocking
- Packing Out
- Packing Down
- Order Picking
- Order Packing
- Order Labeling
- Overhead Storage
- Aisle Maintenance
- Customer Service
- Get Model of Customer Service
- Reach Trucks
- Forklifts
- Order Picker Machines
- Safety Policies
- Loss Prevention
- Overnight Shift
- Warehouse Environment