Warehouse Lead - Distribution Prep (1ST SHIFT)

About the role

At Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM), we’ve been hiring friends since 1937—people who share our passion for helping customers feel right at home. Your work in the warehouse will directly impact our ability to help people create a lifestyle they love, for the people they love—because that’s what we love.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all staff have completed required safety and service trainings
• Work with management to maintain departmental policies, procedures, training material, and communications
• Track attendance and time off requests for staff; assign tasks to the team and monitor progress
• Act as back-up to department manager/supervisor in their absence
• Train new and current staff on department-specific equipment, policy updates, and process improvements
• Complete various departmental projects as assigned, ensuring they are tracked and completed in a timely manner
• Monitor safety of teammates by ensuring equipment is being used properly
• Interact and maintain relationships with internal and external customers

Requirements

• Must be 18 years of age
• Positive, upbeat attitude
• 3 years warehouse experience
• 3 years customer contact experience
• Lead experience preferred
• Ability to lift, push, pull required weights per established department requirements
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Applications
• Ability to operate scanning equipment preferred
• Ability to work night, weekend, and/or early morning hours based on warehouse business needs

Pre-employment screening includes, but isn’t limited to, criminal background check.

Pay

$22.10 - $27.40 hourly

Schedule

Monday, Tuesday, and Friday through Sunday from 4:00am–1:00pm, with Wednesdays and Thursdays off.

Benefits

• Same-day pay: access to your earned pay on-demand, when you need it the most
• Competitive pay with generous annual increases up to 7%
• Inclusive culture where everyone who works or shops at NFM should feel right at home
• Health, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability
• Paid holidays (upon hire) and paid time off (after 90 days)
• Staff discount on merchandise (collectively, NFM staff have saved almost $2 million on purchases in the last 12 months)
• Virtual and in-person career development opportunities at all levels
• Paid community volunteer opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement
• 401(k) with company match after one year and Berkshire Stock as an investment option