DC Materials Handler - Returns

O'Reilly Auto Parts•Puyallup, WA
•$24 - $28

About The Position

Perform one or more warehouse duties involved in processing inbound returns and outbound merchandise to vendors, including unloading, reboxing, and checking merchandise. The role processes store returns, warranty and recall merchandise, batteries, and other inventory, and prepares products and paperwork for shipment. It also involves maintaining work areas and safety standards, and experienced team members may serve as trainers for the DC target training program.

Requirements

  • Ability to read and match numerical and alphabetical characters quickly and accurately.
  • Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
  • Basic computer skills.

Nice To Haves

  • High school diploma or equivalent (GED).
  • Working knowledge of the automotive warehouse and/or store industry.
  • Familiarity with automotive parts.
  • Advanced computer skills.
  • Fluency in multiple languages; Spanish is highly desired.

Responsibilities

  • Unload merchandise from route trucks, place it in designated staging areas, and verify it against the drivers’ manifests.
  • Assist with wrapping, loading, and shipping outbound merchandise.
  • Verify store manifests; scan and inspect returned merchandise; sort returns into appropriate staging areas; and process exceptions correctly.
  • Sort and stack rebuilt core and rebuilt warranty merchandise in designated areas.
  • Follow procedures for staging, cut-offs, auditing, and preparing products for shipment.
  • Sort and prepare new merchandise for shipment to the proper zones; maintain and rebox new merchandise received.
  • Maintain inventory of boxes and order boxes used for specific product lines.
  • Add reboxed parts to inventory while following correct cut-off procedures.
  • Sort warranty merchandise into vendor bins; coordinate paperwork and product processing with vendor representatives; maintain vendor files and a warranty schedule.
  • Move merchandise and paperwork to the RGS clerk in a timely manner.
  • Dispose of hazardous-material chemicals and oil according to company policy.
  • Process recall, changeover, stocklift, non-stock, and unsaleable merchandise from main and remote distribution centers.
  • Maintain the tag shelf where applicable.
  • Work with O’Reilly sales on demo, used, and loaner equipment, including credits, billing, and RGS shipments.
  • Test warranty batteries and process the required paperwork; process new and rotation batteries from stores, recondition batteries as needed, and send them to stock.
  • Perform monthly rotations on distribution center stock, process the required paperwork, and complete monthly battery reports.
  • Prepare or match paperwork for RGS merchandise, contact truck lines, and prepare shipments; ensure merchandise is properly packed, weighed, loaded, and shipped to vendors, then complete and submit disposition paperwork.
  • Keep work areas neat and clean, follow safety standards, and identify unsafe practices and situations.
  • When designated as a trainer, own the DC target training program, conduct training according to schedule, complete documentation, explain job duties and functions to new team members, and communicate departmental or procedural changes to existing team members.
  • Perform all other duties as assigned.

Benefits

  • Competitive wages and paid time off.
  • Stock purchase plan and 401(k) with employer contributions starting day one.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with an optional flexible spending account (FSA).
  • Team member health and wellbeing programs.
  • Tuition educational assistance programs.
  • Opportunities for career growth.
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