Freight Associate

Scheels All Sports•Eden Prairie, MN

About The Position

The Freight Associate unloads and unpacks shipping trucks, receives and organizes incoming inventory, and helps ensure merchandise is accurately routed to backstock or the warehouse. The role also involves inspecting shipments, documenting shortages or overages, processing claims for mis-shipped or defective products, and assisting with product identification and pricing. Associates use pallet jacks and computer and phone systems to move and process freight. The assigned schedule is typically Monday through Friday during daytime hours, with some evening or weekend hours as needed. The role requires performing a range of physical activities and handling very heavy loads, while following safety procedures and minimizing the risk of injury. The ideal candidate has a high school diploma or GED and/or 1–3 months of warehouse or freight receiving experience.

Requirements

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and/or 1–3 months of warehouse or freight receiving experience.
Ability to organize and prioritize incoming freight accurately and efficiently.
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, typically Monday through Friday daytime hours, with some evening or weekend hours as needed.
Ability, with or without reasonable accommodation, to sit, stand, bend at the waist, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, walk, push or pull, lift, talk, and hear.
Ability to perform very heavy work: exert more than 100 pounds of force occasionally, more than 50 pounds frequently, and/or more than 20 pounds constantly to move objects.
Follow safety procedures and perform work in a manner that minimizes the risk of injury.

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 location.
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, receiving, and related tasks.
Work the assigned schedule, which typically includes Monday through Friday daytime hours and may include some evening or weekend hours as needed.
Follow safety procedures and perform job duties in a manner that minimizes the risk of injury.