Full Time - Back End Clerk

Lowe's Companies, Inc. • South Lebanon, OH

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Back End Clerk position at Lowe's is a full-time role focused on providing excellent customer service, managing in-stock merchandise, and ensuring a clean and safe store environment. Key responsibilities include assisting customers with their needs, processing returns, managing vendor relationships, and handling various inventory tasks such as Centralized Return to Vendor (CRTV) and Return to Manufacturer (RTM) programs. The role also involves generating and monitoring reports, ordering missing parts, coordinating with drivers and receiving teams, and assisting with unloading trucks. A significant part of the position is dedicated to maintaining store safety and cleanliness, including validating items, handling hazardous materials, participating in recycling and safety training, securing store areas, and operating various store equipment.

Requirements

• Ability to obtain sales related licensure or registration as may be required by law

Nice To Haves

• 1 year of experience processing and filing merchandise receiving paperwork
• 1 year of experience with store inventory receiving and administration
• 6 months of experience in warehouse data entry/bookkeeping
• 6 months of experience communicating with vendors or customers regarding returns, payments, or contract fulfillment
• 6 months of retail experience accepting or processing returns

Responsibilities

• Provides SMART customer service at all times through the daily execution of Lowe’s customer service policies, procedures and programs
• Seeks out customers to understand his/her needs and assists in locating, demonstrating, selecting, carrying, and/or loading merchandise
• Listens to and responds knowledgeably and promptly to customer and employee questions by taking them to areas of the store and walking them through projects when necessary
• Demonstrates sincere appreciation to customers
• Communicates information to customers regarding all stock, special order merchandise, feature benefits, application, and warranty information related to Lowe’s programs
• Ensures to meet the customers’ needs during a return by properly refunding the return and helping find the correct product for replacement
• Works closely with Production Office team to ensure timely processing of RTMs for labor, product, and vendor/manufacturer reimbursements for installed projects
• Maintains positive vendor relationships while managing difficult conversations about performance of the vendor’s products and services
• Completes Centralized Return to Vendor (CRTV) program which includes all packaging, shipment creation and inventory transfers to the Reverse Logistics Center (RLC)
• Completes Return to Manufacturer (RTM) program which includes all paperwork, packaging, vendor contact, and credit
• Processes and returns damaged, discontinued, defective, out-for-repair, special order and vendor buy-back merchandise by CRTV and/or contacting appropriate vendors according to policies and procedures
• Returns refunded merchandise to the sales floor
• Generates and monitors reports including weekly cleared list, damaged on-hand list, and out-for- repair list
• Follows up on Store Inventory, RTVs/Buybacks, Weekly Cleared RTM Store Exception, and Out-For-Repair reports
• Orders parts of products that are missing and necessary for assembly
• Coordinates with drivers and receiving team to ensure merchandise is accessible quickly to customers and order pick-up
• Assists in unloading trucks and moves pallet jacks to proper place to help in receiving products efficiently
• Validates items being carried in and out of the store when appropriate
• Checks returned products against the Materials Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) to determine if they require placement in the hazmat cage and logs any hazardous materials/products into the hazmat cage
• Assures proper storage, clean-up, and disposal of all hazardous materials
• Participates in recycling programs and Hazmat, equipment, and safety training as required
• Ensures doors and gates are secured or monitored when open
• Uses box bailer to compress cardboard that is sent to receiving
• Detects common signs of shoplifting, theft, and other security risks, and promptly communicates them to management and/or Asset Protection
• Ensures compliance with housekeeping standards and programs (e.g., Zone Recovery) to maintain cleanliness and organization of store and working areas
• Maintains a safe and secure work environment, which may include conducting daily safety reviews, noting hazards, keeping aisles clear, and securing doors and gates
• Adheres to all safety requirements relevant to one’s regular job duties: top stock safety, reinstalling safety cables, use of aisle blockers, a tether line on power equipment, spotters, and safety devices
• Operates store equipment as needed depending on one specific role and department (e.g., Zebra phone, telephone, paging system, copiers, fax machines, computers, CCTV surveillance system, key cutter, panel saw, paint mixer, flooring cutters, compacter baler)
• In addition to the above responsibilities, this individual is held accountable for other duties as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees