Warehouse Specialist

Nutrien; Kelowna; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Nutrien seeks a Warehouse Specialist in Kelowna, BC, to support sales and ensure efficient operations while maintaining safety standards. Candidates should have a positive customer service attitude, a valid Class A driver’s license, and be capable of handling physical tasks. The role includes order processing, inventory management, and acting as the Site Safety Coordinator.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage

Generous retirement plan with employer contributions

Paid vacation, sick days, and holidays

Paid parental leaves and Employee Assistance Program

Annual and long-term incentive plans

Qualifications

• Must be able to lift over 50 lbs safely.
• Required to drive and operate a forklift.

Responsibilities

• Support Inside Sales and provide exemplary customer service.
• Process customer orders and payments accurately.
• Manage inventory and assist in order fulfillment.

Skills

Customer Service

Teamwork

Safety Awareness

Education

Valid Class A driver's license

Tools

Computer systems

Job description

At Nutrien, our purpose is Feeding the Future and we do so with safety, inclusion, integrity and results as our core values. Nothing is more important than sending our people home safe, every day.

Nutrien Ag Solutions is the retail division of Nutrien, the largest crop inputs company in the world. As part of our collective mission of Feeding the Future, Nutrien Ag Solutions provides full-acre solutions through our trusted crop consultants at more than 2,000 locations in North America, South America, Europe and Australia. For more than 150 years, we have been helping growers achieve the highest yields with a wide selection of products, including our proprietary brands : Loveland Products, Inc.; ProvenSeed and Dyna-GroSeed; as well as financial, custom application and precision ag services.

We harvest the best. Diverse views and experience make us strong. We look for people who have a safety-first mindset, who are collaborative team players, who deliver on their commitments, act with integrity, and who support inclusion.

Working at Nutrien Ag Solutions will provide you an opportunity to help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company canbe, andgrow your career.

Reporting to the Branch Manager, this position is ideal for a person with a positive customer service attitude who has the ability and willingness to perform a variety of tasks from interacting directly with customers, to being hands-on in the warehouse.

What you will do :

• Support Inside Sales by answering questions, promoting our products, and providing exemplary customer service
• Process customer orders and payments using a computerized system
• Assist with managing inventory, ordering products, and forecasting
• Customer order fulfillment. This position involves the picking and preparing of orders and will require strenuous lifting, turning and torsion, and, in some cases, short distance carrying of packaged / bagged product weighing up to, and occasionally over, 50 lbs. if forklift access is not possible. During the busy season, the loading and unloading of customer vehicles will be necessary.
• The successful candidate must be able to drive and safely operate a forklift. In the loading of outgoing carriers and unloading of incoming containers, there will be instances where product must be manually restacked or repalletized to ensure product is safely contained for racking storage or shipping. Class 3 Drivers License would be considered an asset
• The maintaining of warehouse safety standards, general administrative duties, and the ability to work as part of a team are also required.
• This role will also act as the Site Safety Coordinator

Reporting to the Branch Manager, this position is ideal for a person with a positive customer service attitude who has the ability and willingness to perform a variety of tasks from interacting directly with customers, to being hands-on in the warehouse.

Specific Responsibilities Include :

• Support Inside Sales by answering questions, promoting our products, and providing exemplary customer service
• Process customer orders and payments using a computerized system
• Assist with managing inventory, ordering products, and forecasting
• Customer order fulfillment. This position involves the picking and preparing of orders and will require strenuous lifting, turning and torsion, and, in some cases, short distance carrying of packaged / bagged product weighing up to, and occasionally over, 50 lbs. if forklift access is not possible. During the busy season, the loading and unloading of customer vehicles will be necessary.
• The successful candidate must be able to drive and safely operate a forklift. In the loading of outgoing carriers and unloading of incoming containers, there will be instances where product must be manually restacked or repalletized to ensure product is safely contained for racking storage or shipping. Class 3 Drivers License would be considered an asset
• The maintaining of warehouse safety standards, general administrative duties, and the ability to work as part of a team are also required.
• This role will also act as the Site Safety Coordinator

What you will bring :

Valid Class A driver’s license

Basic computer skills

Compensation & Benefits :

The estimated salary that Indeed, Glassdoor and LinkedIn suggested does not represent Nutrien's compensation structure.

The salary range for this role is $25 - $30 per hour. This range is estimated for Warehouse Specialist in Kelowna, BC. Actual salary and benefits may differ based upon location.

We provide an attractive benefits package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage, and life insurance and well as disability coverage for positions working more than 30 hours per week. In addition, we have a retirement program that encourages our employees to save for the longer term, with generous matching employer contributions. Our benefit package also demonstrates our culture of care with paid vacation, sick days and holidays as well as paid personal and maternity / parental leaves and an Employee and Family Assistance Program. Details of the benefits package will be shared in the application process.

In addition to base pay, this role is also eligible to participate in our annual incentive planand long-term incentive plan, consistent with the terms of our program(s) where discretionary pay out of awards is reflecting components such as performance of the company and the employee. Details will be discussed through the application process.

This information is provided in compliance with applicable state equal pay and pay equity legislation and is the company's good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation range and benefits offered for this position. The compensation offered to the successful applicant may vary based on factors including experience, skills, education, location, and other job-related reasons. Nutrien also makes internal equity a consideration in all pay decisions.

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