Material Return Specialist

PARR•Pasco, WA

6h•$21 - $25•Onsite

About The Position

PARR is the total source for homebuilding supplies, solutions, and services. We focus on supplying building materials and solutions to professional home builders of all sizes including custom builders, large production builders, and multifamily builders. Our customers and community members know that they can rely on us for Legendary Service and quality products. Job title : Material Return Specialist The Material Return Coordinator safely and efficiently performs the process of receiving re-sellable materials back into yard inventory. The Coordinator is essential to help ensure that all material returns are received properly and in a timely order to meet our customer expectation of 5 business days from pickup to process. This position reports directly to the Yard Supervisor. They will work closely with the Receiving Coordinator and will interact daily with the Yard Supervisor, Load Builders, Customer Service Employees, Truck Drivers, and vendor delivery drivers.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED required
Load building and/or customer service experience
OSHA Certified Forklift license (training will be provided)
Ability to speak, write, and read English required
Ability to measure correct lineal footage totals on returns
Ability to make decisions whether or not materials qualify to be returned
Ability to load and unload materials from company fleet in a safe manner
Ability to read grades of lumber and other materials
Must be able to operate forklift, banding machine, tin snips, tape measure, power saws, hand truck, pallet jack, re-fueling stations, and any other equipment necessary for the job

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of receiving/inventory control principles, practices and protocols preferred
Two years of experience working with dimension lumber and panel products and other building materials preferred
Acceptable driving record preferred

Responsibilities

Ensures incoming material returns are properly staged with appropriate recognition tags
Ensures that special order and/or nonstock items are addressed immediately with Receiving coordinator/Yard Supervisor and properly tagged for vendor return
Maintains a neat organized material return transition location
Checks all paperwork for accuracy
Performs daily safety audit of forklift and promptly reports any malfunctioning equipment
Comes to work professionally attired
Helps in overall cleanliness of location
Strives for timely credits to customer/partners as per company guidelines
Ensures "cover sheets" and "bottom boards" are considered in the return
Requires all necessary vendor paperwork for material being picked up
Quality of work is focused on accuracy, not speed
Maintains a return area to company standards of cleanliness and organization
Ensures that all resalable material that is returned is placed in proper location as stock at completion of write up
Works with the Load builder in an efficient manner
Keeps and reviews file to assure credit is received
Represents the company in a positive and professional manner
Understands and follows company Material Returns policy
Identifies areas of opportunities for better practices pertaining to handling of products along with packaging for severe weather conditions
Demonstrates the ability to count and measure al returned products
Has basic Falcon knowledge, ability to look up skus
Basic understanding of return process, knows who to take documentation too once material is verified and MRF is properly fill out
Ability to navigate Falcon menus and knowledge of SKUs
Works with receiver or Management to ensure vendor return POs are created at time MRF is being processed with proper restock costing
Tag and places vendor returns in appropriate rack for vendor drivers pickup
Identifies dimensional lumber, panels and other basic building products
Ability to be selective and differentiate between cull and resalable material
Operates a forklift according to company standard
Assumes responsibility for vendor returns, creates the return PO and contacts the vendor for pickup
Processes returns from start to finish
Utilizes vendor tracking form to assist with improving vendor performance
Inspects materials for damage prior to unloading if applicable
Validates material matches the MRF and return PO
Identifies specialty products (EWP, Composite decking, etc.)
Works with receiver and/or inventory specialist to investigate and resolve situations where inventory counts are incorrect
Ensures proper labeling of all special orders/vendor returns and inter-yard transfers
Wears high visibility/proper uniform as needed
Performs daily lift inspections
Looks behind/honks horn when backing/rounding corners
Demonstrates consistency in following all company safety protocols, and encourages coworkers to do the same
Uses proper lifting techniques to reduce injury
Stacks and stores materials properly so they are stable, secure, and do not create a hazard
Proactively brings safety issues to the attention of the Manager
Participates on safety committee as needed
Follows through with team for corrections needed
Assists in maintaining a clean work environment utilizing continuous housekeeping

Benefits

Everyone starts earning 2 weeks of vacation per year on day 1, and gains an additional day every year worked up to 4 weeks off
Employee paid sick days
7 holidays
2 medical plan options, one with a high deductible that offers an HSA and our standard plan with a very low $1,000 deductible
Dental, Vision, EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
Massage, Chiropractic and Acupuncture coverage
FSA (Flexible Spending Account) and Childcare pretax spending programs
HSA (Health Savings Account)
Up to 50% match on the first 6% you contribute to your 401(k) after 1 year of employment and fully vested at the end of your 3rd year
In addition to the 401(k) match, there a 3% profit share contribution to the 401(k), with Board approval
Tuition reimbursement (up to $2,500/year)
Annual profit sharing (every full time employee who worked the full year earned a minimum of $525 for the 2024 year)
$1,000 referral bonus