Freight Associate

Scheels All Sports • Overland Park, KS

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About The Position

The Freight Associate receives and processes incoming shipments, organizes freight, and helps distribute merchandise to the appropriate backstock locations or warehouse. The role involves examining shipments, recording shortages or overages, handling claims for mis-shipped or defective products, and supporting merchandisers with identification and price tagging. Associates use pallet jacks and computer and phone systems for inventory, pricing, and receiving tasks. The position requires following safety procedures and performing duties in a way that minimizes injury risk.

The assigned schedule is generally Monday through Friday during daytime hours, between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m., with evenings, weekends, or holidays possible as needed. The average schedule is 40 hours per week. Compensation is $20.00 per hour, with an associate discount on in-store purchases.

Requirements

• Ability to organize and prioritize incoming freight efficiently and accurately.
• Ability to use a personal computer, including Google Suite and AS400, and a phone for inventory, pricing, and receiving tasks.
• Ability to work the assigned schedule, which may include evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Ability to sit, stand, bend at the waist, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, walk, push or pull, lift, talk, and hear, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to perform very heavy work: exerting more than 100 pounds of force occasionally, more than 50 pounds frequently, and/or more than 20 pounds constantly to move objects.
• Expected to follow safety procedures and minimize injury risk.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or general education degree.
• 1–3 months of warehouse or freight receiving experience.

Responsibilities

• Unload and unpack shipping trucks.
• Organize and prioritize incoming freight to receive inventory efficiently and accurately.
• Examine shipments, reject damaged items, and record shortages or overages.
• Develop and execute claims for mis-shipped and defective products.
• Work with specialty shop managers and merchandisers to distribute items to the correct backstock or warehouse.
• Assist merchandisers by attaching identification and price tags.
• Operate motorized or non-motorized pallet jacks to move shipments between platforms, backstock, or the warehouse.
• Use a personal computer and phone for inventory, pricing, and receiving tasks.
• Work the assigned schedule.
• Follow safety procedures and perform job duties in a manner that minimizes injury risk.

Benefits

• Associate discount on in-store purchases.
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
• 401(k) with Roth options.
• Full health coverage, including medical, HSA, dental, and vision.
• Accident and hospital indemnity insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Paid time off.
• Holiday pay.
• Maternity leave.
• Bereavement leave.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED