Shipping & Warehouse Lead - IL

Essential Job Functions

• Ensures compliance with ATF Form 4473. Form 4473 experience desirable.
• Prepares and packs shipments while meeting company standards of excellence for safety, quality, productivity, and efficiency.
• Reviews packages and associated paperwork/labels for accuracy and completeness before shipment.
• Ships auction items timely to buyers post-auction while meeting company standards of excellence for customer service.
• Mentors and trains new employees to develop their understanding of compliance requirements as well as company standards of excellence for safety, quality, productivity, and efficiency.
• Performs general warehouse duties such as painting, cleaning, sweeping, trash removal and disposal, and inventory control by moving and handling auction items throughout facility.
• Assists with pick up, transport, and/or delivery of auction items, as business needs require.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability and willingness to learn ATF, FFL, and other regulatory compliance, and maintain high-level of such compliance. Experience with Form 4473 Highly preferred, but willing to train.
• Ability and willingness to learn, understand, and follow all company rules for firearm safety and general safety.
• Ability to apply advanced knowledge of internal standards and regulatory compliance requirements while mentoring and training new employees.
• Knowledge, skill, and ability to demonstrate professional conduct and positive attitude.
• Strong work ethic with standards of excellence for safety, quality, productivity, and efficiency.
• Ability to understand the importance for prioritizing customer service excellence, and skill to demonstrate such.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with employees at all levels within the organization, and skill to demonstrate such.
• Ability and willingness to take initiative without prompting while using attention to detail.
• Ability to understand the importance for using discretion and maintaining confidentiality while working with sensitive information and data, and skill to demonstrate such.
• Ability and willingness to handle all equipment, tools, and auction items with care, caution, consideration, and respect, and skill to demonstrate such.
• Ability and willingness to travel with minimal overnight requirements.
• Ability to use and operate devices, office equipment, and machinery such as computer, copier, scanner, and various printers.
• Ability and skill to operate hand tools safely and properly.

Education and Experience

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent required.
• Minimum two years’ warehouse/shipping/receiving or similar experience required.
• Previous firearm and/or 4473 experience highly preferred.
• Previous lead or training experience highly preferred.
• Basic proficiency using computers, including Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) required.
• Illinois residents must possess or obtain a FOID card.
• Valid driver’s license (non-CDL) required.

Physical Requirements

• Constant moving and transporting up to 50 pounds.
• Traversing and moving for prolonged periods up to 100% of the time with frequent ascending, descending, or positioning self to maintain moving and transporting weighted packages or shipments.
• Must be able to travel occasionally using various modes of transportation including airplane.
• Must be able to constantly communicate and exchange accurate information.
• Must be able to detect, identify, inspect, observe, perceive and assess shipping operations.
• Constantly operates and uses devices, tools, computer, and other relevant equipment and office machinery.
• Typically works in climate-controlled environment, but may be exposed to outdoor climate while performing pickup and delivery duties.
• Constantly works with and around firearms, bladed weaponry, militaria, historic relics, and valuable collectibles.