Forklift Operator/Furniture Warehouse, Full time, 7:30am-4pm

Staples Canada; Port Coquitlam; On-site; CAD 28,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee discount in store and online

Health and Dental benefits

Learning & Development programs

RRSP Matching, Paid Vacation

Job summary

Staples Canada in Port Coquitlam seeks a Warehouse Associate to support inbound and outbound furniture operations. You will perform manual and system tasks, receive and stock goods, pick and stage orders, and ensure accurate packing and labeling.

Full-time hours Mon-Fri, 7:30am–4:00pm, with a wage of $20.20–$21.00 per hour. The role emphasizes safety, teamwork and equipment operation capabilities.

Qualifications

• Proficient in warehouse operations and furniture product knowledge.
• Must be a team player.
• Certification in warehouse equipment operation preferred.
• Experience with forklifts, pallet jacks and cherry pickers preferred.
• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Good PC, math, writing and reading skills.

Responsibilities

• Performs inbound and outbound warehouse tasks for furniture operations.
• Receives orders, conducts inventory counts, and processes discrepancies.
• Picks, stages, labels, and packs customer orders with accuracy.
• Sorts and loads orders by route and delivery order.
• May schedule vendor shipments and participate in inventories.
• Adheres to safety procedures and performs housekeeping.

Skills

Warehouse operations

Team player

Equipment certification

Forklift experience

PC skills

Math skills

Written communication

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Forklift operation

Job description

Some important details:

• Warehouse Address: 1845 Kingsway Ave, Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 0H3, Canada
• Shift Time: Full Time, Mon to Fri, 7:30am - 4:00pm
• Wage: $20.20 - $21.00 per hour

Some of what you will do:

Performs manual and system tasks to support inbound and outbound furniture operations. Identifies and resolves issues in various functional areas; put away, staging, loading, shipping. Supports and assembles “make ready” furniture to support efficient warehouse processing and maximize warehouse space usage. Performs work under the direction of warehouse supervisor or manager

Specifically, you will:

Performs the following processes to support inbound and outbound furniture operations generated from Central Furniture System (CFS).

• Receives vendor purchase orders, regular lines, special orders, or customer returns.
• Performs inventory counts and location lookups.
• Follows processes to report common daily discrepancies or issues (i.e., shortages, damage) to supervisor or order management.
• Monitors and ensures CFS task completion within shift.
• Picks and stages outbound orders as necessary on day shift.
• Performs a variety of lookups and research to support functional areas.
• Communicates non-routine CFS system issues to Application Support and/or management.

Performs the following non-system inbound and outbound tasks.

• Separates and labels product received, stocks product into identified locations verifying SKU and quantity accuracy.
• Assembles make-ready furniture and stages for delivery.
• Coordinates with Furniture Sales Support to resolve items received that are not on purchase order.
• Completes Receiving Discrepancy Tickets when vendor shipment is inaccurate. Informs Furniture Sales Support and Accounts Payable.
• Picks and stocks product to complete replenishment tasks.
• Picks product for customer orders ensuring quantity and unit-of-measure (UOM) picked is equal to quantity and UOM ordered.
• Checks SKU and quantities picked for customer orders to ensure accuracy, and re-packages or wraps orders as needed.
• Sorts and loads customer orders by route and delivery order.
• May schedule vendor shipments.

Participates in all scheduled physical inventories.

Performs basic housekeeping in assigned areas of warehouse.

Adheres to all safety procedures in the performance of job duties.

Some of what you will get:

• Employee discount in store and online
• Health and Dental benefits
• Learning & Development programs
• RRSP Matching, Paid Vacation
• And more...

Some of what you need:

• Proficient in warehouse operations and furniture product knowledge
• Must be a team player
• The job requires the ability to become certified in the operation of warehouse equipment.
• Prior experience operating warehouse equipment, such as forklifts, pallet jacks and cherry pickers preferred.
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred
• Need to have good PC, math, writing and reading skills.

Additional Requirements Information:

• Work requires moderate physical effort and use of motor skills requiring manual dexterity to perform the essential duties of the job
• The employee must frequently lift, move, and/or carry between 50 to 70 pounds.
• The employee may operate warehouse equipment. Using proper safety procedures will eliminate any potential hazards.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

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