WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATE
About the Company
At Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (SBH), our purpose is to inspire a more colorful, confident, and welcoming world. We are the leader in professional hair color, selling and distributing professional beauty supplies across 11 countries through our Sally Beauty and Beauty Systems Group businesses. Sally Beauty offers products for hair color, hair care, nails, and skin care to retail customers looking for salon-quality products at a value price. Beauty Systems Group, branded as Cosmo Prof or Armstrong McCall stores, along with its direct sales consultants, sell professionally branded products intended for use and resale by salons to retail consumers.
About the Role
This role involves one or more duties focused on the efficient picking, packing, handling, and timely movement of product. The primary goal is to move product safely while maximizing productivity. Detailed Standard Operating Procedures exist for tasks performed in the following areas: Breakdown, Ecom Full Service, Ecom Indirect, Happy Beauty, Key In, Loading, Packing, Picking, Returns, Stores, Cleaning, and Batching.
Responsibilities
- Package and ship products to stores, salons, or direct to customers.
- Work within various warehouse lanes, including Hospital QA Lane, Packing Lane, Store Sorting, UPS Line, Wrap Stage, and loading.
- Complete Special Projects, such as the deal break process or breaking down product deal packages into components.
- Process returns through the warehouse, inspecting returned product for piece count, damage, and comparing it to accompanying paperwork.
- Ensure all work is done accurately to maintain optimal customer service.
- Maintain a safe work environment, perform job functions safely, and report potential hazards or property damage to leadership.
- Maintain good housekeeping and productivity standards based on assigned tasks.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Prior distribution/warehouse experience preferred.
- Basic computer skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with adaptability to change and interruptions.
- Ability to work with limited supervision.
Skills & Competencies
- Passionate Learner: Actively seeks to learn, asks questions, applies feedback, and completes assigned learning.
- Flexible & Agile Adapter: Open to change, works well with minimal direction, remains calm under pressure.
- Talent Builder: Shares knowledge, includes others in problem-solving, and motivates teammates.
- Effective Communicator: Articulates information clearly, engages others, and listens actively.
- Team Builder: Collaborates well, acts humbly, and understands the importance of teamwork.
- Customer-Focused Partner: Values the customer, shares insights, and strives for positive impact.
- Strategic Thinker: Brings new ideas to the team and supports strategic plans.
- Big Picture Thinker: Understands team operations and how decisions impact other teams.
- Results Driver: Holds self to high standards, manages time, and focuses on priorities.
- Problem Solver & Decision Maker: Uses information to make decisions, solves problems, and exercises good judgment.
Working Conditions & Physical Requirements
The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts typical of a warehouse, including safe work practices with light to heavy equipment, forklifts, and pallet jacks. Exposure to occasional fumes, odors, and temperature fluctuations (25°F to 105°F) is possible. The role requires:
- Repetitive lifting of cartons weighing 10 to 55 pounds.
- Standing/walking for 6 to 12 hours a day.
- Climbing up and down stairs and ladders.
Pay
$17.00 per hour.