Material Return Specialist

About the role

The Material Return Coordinator at PARR is responsible for safely and efficiently managing the process of receiving re-sellable materials back into yard inventory. This role is crucial for ensuring that all material returns are handled correctly and in a timely manner.

Responsibilities

• Ensures incoming material returns are properly staged with appropriate recognition tags
• Maintains a neat organized material return transition location
• Performs daily safety audit of forklift and promptly reports any malfunctioning equipment
• Helps in overall cleanliness of location
• Strives for timely credits to customer/partners as per company guidelines
• Ensures "cover sheets" and "bottom boards" are considered in the return
• Requires all necessary vendor paperwork for material being picked up
• Ensures quality of work is focused on accuracy, not speed
• Maintains a return area to company standards of cleanliness and organization
• Ensures that all resalable material that is returned is placed in proper location as stock at completion of write up
• Works with the Load builder in an efficient manner
• Keeps and reviews file to assure credit is received
• Represents the company in a positive and professional manner
• Understands and follows company Material Returns policy
• Identifies areas of opportunities for better practices pertaining to handling of products along with packaging for severe weather conditions
• Demonstrates the ability to count and measure all returned products
• Has basic Falcon knowledge, ability to look up SKUs
• Works with receiver or Management to ensure vendor return POs are created at time MRF is being processed with proper restock costing
• Tags and places vendor returns in appropriate rack for vendor drivers pickup
• Identifies dimensional lumber, panels and other basic building products
• To be selective and differentiate between cull and resalable material
• Operates a forklift according to company standard
• Assumes responsibility for vendor returns, creates the return PO and contacts the vendor for pickup
• Processes returns from start to finish
• Utilizes vendor tracking form to assist with improving vendor performance
• Inspects materials for damage prior to unloading if applicable
• Validates material matches the MRF and return PO
• Identifies specialty products (EWP, Composite decking, etc.)
• Works with receiver and/or inventory specialist to investigate and resolve situations where inventory counts are incorrect
• Ensures proper labeling of all special orders/vendor returns and inter-yard transfers
• Wears high visibility/proper uniform as needed
• Performs daily lift inspections
• Looks behind/honks horn when backing/rounding corners
• Demonstrates consistency in following all company safety protocols, and encourages coworkers to do the same
• Uses proper lifting techniques to reduce injury
• Stacks and stores materials properly so they are stable, secure, and do not create a hazard
• Proactively brings safety issues to the attention of the Manager
• Participates on safety committee as needed
• Works with receiver to maintain and replace unreadable labels for easy identification by yard employees

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required
• Load building and/or customer service experience
• OSHA Certified Forklift license (training will be provided)
• Ability to speak, write, and read English required
• Ability to measure correct lineal footage totals on returns
• Ability to make decisions whether or not materials qualify to be returned
• Ability to load and unload materials from company fleet in a safe manner
• Ability to read grades of lumber and other materials
• Must be able to operate forklift, banding machine, tin snips, tape measure, power saws, hand truck, pallet jack, re-fueling stations, and any other equipment necessary for the job
• Knowledge of receiving/inventory control principles, practices and protocols preferred
• Two years of experience working with dimension lumber and panel products and other building materials preferred
• Acceptable driving record preferred

Skills

• Knowledge of receiving/inventory control principles, practices and protocols
• Ability to measure correct lineal footage totals on returns
• Ability to make decisions whether or not materials qualify to be returned
• Ability to load and unload materials from company fleet in a safe manner
• Ability to read grades of lumber and other materials
• Ability to operate forklift, banding machine, tin snips, tape measure, power saws, hand truck, pallet jack, re-fueling stations, and any other equipment necessary for the job
• Knowledge of receiving/inventory control principles, practices and protocols preferred
• Two years of experience working with dimension lumber and panel products and other building materials preferred

Benefits

• Everyone starts earning 2 weeks of vacation per year on day 1, and gains an additional day every year worked up to 4 weeks off
• Employee paid sick days
• 7 holidays
• Standard medical plan with a very low $1,000 deductible
• Dental, Vision, EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Massage, Chiropractic and Acupuncture coverage
• FSA (Flexible Spending Account) and Childcare pretax spending programs
• Footwear subsidy through boot vendor after 90 days of employment
• Up to 50% match on the first 6% you contribute to your 401(k) after 1 year of employment and fully vested at the end of your 3rd year
• In addition to the 401(k) match, there a 3% profit share contribution to the 401(k), with Board approval
• Tuition reimbursement (up to $2,500/year)
• Annual profit sharing (every full time employee who worked the full year earned a minimum of $525 for the 2024 year)
• $1,000 referral bonus