Warehouse I

About the role

Join our team at American Tire Distributors, the nation's premier tire distributor serving approximately 80,000 customers across the U.S. and Canada.

Key Responsibilities

• Operate equipment to assist in loading and unloading.
• Data entry of product number, use of hand-held devices and product placement for inventory accuracy.
• Aid in administrative tasks such as paperwork handling and warehouse closing procedures.
• Compile and submit reports on damaged, outdated stock, over/under shipments, and returns to vendors; segregate defective items from regular inventory flow.
• Load and unload delivery trucks, handling products up to approximately 50 pounds; manage tires and heavier items through rolling, destacking, or team lifting.
• Operate powered industrial vehicles (forklifts, pallet jacks, order pickers) safely, maintaining necessary licenses.
• Organize warehouse stock by product line and physical alignment, ensuring adequate space for overflow.
• Perform routine facility maintenance and housekeeping tasks, including cleaning parking lots, loading docks, and surrounding areas; maintain clear floors and tidy bathrooms.
• Prioritize and pick materials for order fulfillment, staging them for loading.
• Verify accuracy of incoming and outgoing products regarding quantity, size, and type; report inventory shortages to management and assist in periodic 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.
• Holds Self and Others Accountable: 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.

Qualifications

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

Skills

• Policy & Procedures
• Storage
• Verbal Communication

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.
• 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.