Warehouse Associate

American Freight Furniture & Mattress; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading furniture retailer in Jacksonville is seeking a Warehouse Associate to manage inventory movement and ensure efficient operations. Responsibilities include filling order requests, assisting customers, maintaining a clean workspace, and ensuring safety protocols. Candidates must be able to lift at least 50 pounds. This role offers a dynamic work environment with a strong focus on teamwork and customer service.

Qualifications

• Ability to lift and move at least fifty (50) pounds in weight.

Responsibilities

• Fill order requests and stage merchandise for timely shipments.
• Move merchandise between dock, stockroom, sales floor, and customer pickup.
• Maintain a safe and clean receiving area.

Skills

Lifting and moving 50 lbs

Job description

Overview

The Warehouse Associate position exists to ensure effective movement and management of inventory between the dock, sales floor, product repair, customer pickup and delivery. This role ensures the proper evaluation and shipping of merchandise and managing inventory flow. The Warehouse Associate is also responsible to unload trailers (Receiving). Individual contributor within a designated unit.

Responsibilities

• Fills order requests, stage merchandise and load for timely shipments (Shipping).
• Evaluates products and moves to designated zones for processing (Receiving).
• Moves merchandise between dock, stockroom staging area, sales floor, customer pick-up or delivery, and removal of \'sold\' merchandise from sales floor.
• Audits and maintains accuracy of HFM (Hold for Merchandise) staging area.
• Responsible for the assembly merchandise.
• Assembles and disassembles fixtures for seasonal flexes or floor plan changes.
• Processes receipts and ensures inventories are controlled, monitored, and logged.
• Creates required documentation to log all shipments and deliveries to customers.
• Ensures customer service through timely, attentive and friendly service during all customer pick-ups and inquiries.
• Reports and responds to Store Management about unsafe and/or unethical conditions.
• Develops a "team" environment with the sales floor, providing timely movement of merchandise setting floor to presentation standards.
• Protects Company assets by following company policies and direction for customer pick-up procedures.
• Performs daily housekeeping, including cleaning and straightening, etc.
• Miscellaneous duties as required, including as extra sales help as needed once cross trained.
• Moves merchandise between dock, sales floor, customer pick-up or delivery and removal of \'sold\' merchandise from sales floor in a timely manner.
• Maintains safe/clean receiving area.
• Assists customers by delivering items to their car, assisting them in loading and securing of merchandise.

Requirements

• Must be able to lift and move at least fifty (50) pounds in weight to maintain flow and replenishment of merchandise.

Equal Employment Opportunity

American Freight is an equal opportunity employer. We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Our management is dedicated to ensuring the fulfillment of this policy with respect to hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, separation, recruitment, pay and other forms of compensation, access to facilities and programs, training and general treatment during employment. The Company maintains an internal complaint procedure to address any concerns regarding the hiring process.