Regional Distribution Center - Warehouse Associate

As the nation's premier tire distributor, ATD’s coast-to-coast distribution network provides approximately 80,000 customers across the U.S. and Canada with rapid and frequent delivery of high-quality tires, custom wheels, and shop supplies.

About the role

The Regional Distribution Center (RDC) - Warehouse Person's primary duties include prioritizing and picking material to fill orders, loading and unloading product on delivery trailers/containers, and maintaining, handling, and moving the physical inventory within the RDC. This role also involves performing periodic facilities maintenance and custodial tasks.

Responsibilities

• Arrange RDC stock by product line and physical alignment, allowing sufficient space for overflow; may train and support new associates.
• Assist with administrative tasks, including handling and preparing paperwork as needed.
• Load and unload trailers/containers: physically move and lift products weighing up to 150 pounds; stage, count, and systematically put away inventory using powered industrial equipment.
• Perform maintenance and housekeeping tasks, such as cleaning the loading dock and surrounding area, and keeping floors clear of debris.
• Prioritize and pick materials to fill orders, stage products for outbound loading, and handle all units with care.
• Report overages and shortages to the Lead Person/Operations Supervisor; submit regular reports of damaged and defective products.
• Safely operate powered industrial equipment, including forklifts, pallet jacks, and order pickers, while adhering to safety standards.
• Verify all incoming and outgoing products for accuracy in quantity, size, and type; inform management of inventory and supply shortages and assist with periodic inventory counts.

Competencies

• Collaboration: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Communicates Effectively: Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Customer-Focused: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Drives Results: Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Ensures Accountability: Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Equipment Utilization: The ability and skill to ensure the optimum utilization of warehouse or production plant, equipment, and materials.
• Health and Safety: The ability and skill to manage and apply safe systems of work.
• Inventory Management: The ability and skill to design, implement, and manage inventory control systems.
• Logistics: The ability and skill to ensure the optimum movement and storage of warehouse & production plant, equipment, and materials.
• Optimizes Work Processes: Knowing the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Plans & Aligns: Planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
• Policy & Procedures: The ability and skill to monitor, interpret, and understand policies and procedures and ensure their alignment with organizational strategies and work objectives.
• Production Quality: The ability and skill to ensure that all production operations are carried out to ensure the required quality of outcomes.
• Self-Development: Actively seeking new ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels.
• Storage: The ability and skill to ensure the optimum storage of warehouse, plant, equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Verbal Communication: Ability to express ideas, request actions, formulate plans, & policies by means of clear and effective verbal communications.

Requirements

• High School or GED degree.
• 0-1 year of related experience preferred.

Physical Demands / Working Conditions

• 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 products weighing up to approximately 50 pounds. Handling of tires (e.g., rolling, destacking, team lifting) greater than approximately 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.
• Travel required: 5% of the time.

Pay

$20.00/hour.

Schedule

Monday - Friday with some required Saturdays and additional overtime. Start time: 8:00 AM.