Receiving Associate - Winchester
About The Position
Mahoney's is a family-owned and operated independent garden center with 7 retail locations in the Greater Boston Area and Cape Cod. For over 60 years, we have taken pride in offering the highest selection of quality plants, yard products, and gardening accessories - with outstanding customer service to match! We employ customer-driven people that are dedicated to creating a refreshing and helpful shopping experience. For our employees, we offer a fun, fast-paced, and challenging workplace with the opportunity for growth. We are committed to maintaining a work environment that encourages trust, hard work, efficiency, self-motivation, initiative, continuous improvement, and teamwork. We provide an opportunity for personal and professional growth and a great employee discount, as well!
Requirements
- Support the movement and validation process for all incoming inventory, reviewing associated order documents to ensure the accurate quantity, quality and coding of items, correctly splitting items based on order requests and maintaining a well-organized receiving area.
- Communication with the Receiving Manager to highlight any process issues, item damage or order discrepancies is required.
- Frequent standing, walking, climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching and / or crawling.
- Regularly required to talk and hear.
- Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in a garden shop or retail store environment or personal experience in a horticulture setting.
- Working knowledge of spreadsheet applications, Microsoft Excel preferred or a POS system, Counterpoint preferred.
- Forklift certification preferred, not required.
- High School Diploma or GED preferred.
Responsibilities
- Support the Receiving Manager in the unloading of trucks and the movement of inventory to the proper receiving areas
- Utilize order spreadsheets and documents to check and validate orders for correct quantities, quality and coding
- Ensure all products with incorrect or missing codes are properly stored and corrected before being sent to floor displays or department associates
- Identify, document and communicate any order discrepancies, issues or damages with the Receiving Manager in an accurate and timely manner
- Assist in the maintenance and organization of both the receiving dock and storage areas, correctly labeling and coding inventory in accordance with department procedures
- Support the Receiving Manager in the accurate and timely completion of inventory transfers, splitting inventory in accordance with order requests
- Develop a working knowledge of all receiving policies and procedures, correctly checking and signing all documents as needed
- Operate forklifts and machinery as needed to support the movement of inventory across the property
- Communicate with store management to complete all other tasks as assigned
Benefits
- Great employee discount
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
