Full Time Receiving and Freight Associate

Scheels All Sports • Springfield, IL

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About The Position

The Receiving and Freight Associate unloads, inspects, organizes, and distributes incoming shipments and inventory. The role works with specialty shop managers and merchandisers to ensure items reach the correct backstock or warehouse location, and may assist with attaching identification and price tags. The associate uses inventory and receiving systems and equipment to move freight safely and accurately.

The position averages 40 hours per week. The stated schedule is 7 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Monday and 7:30 a.m.–4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; some evening or weekend hours may be needed. Starting compensation is $16 per hour. Candidates should have a high school diploma or GED and/or 1–3 months of warehouse or freight receiving experience.

The role involves very heavy physical work, including lifting and moving objects, and requires following safety procedures. Scheels describes its employee-owner culture as focused on personalized customer experiences, teamwork, adaptability, ownership, honesty, and integrity.

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and/or 1–3 months of warehouse or freight receiving experience.
• Ability to navigate 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 some evening or weekend hours.
• 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.

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.
• Use a motorized or non-motorized pallet jack 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 and follow safety procedures to minimize injury risk.

Benefits

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• 401(k) with Roth options
• Associate discounts
• Full health coverage, including medical, HSA, dental, and vision
• Accident and hospital indemnity insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid time off, including holiday pay, maternity/parental leave, and bereavement leave

What This Job Offers

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