Seasonal Yard Associate

POOLCORP•Naples, FL

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Seasonal Yard Associate is responsible for the maintenance of storage yards and related facilities, including such duties as manually loading and unloading materials, operating mechanical loading equipment, and preparing materials. This role involves pulling and filling customer orders, ensuring proper exchange of deposit cases, and maintaining the yard area by stocking products, managing trash, and separating chemicals according to safety requirements. The associate will assist in loading customer vehicles, receive shipments, and communicate with various stakeholders to coordinate deliveries and pick-ups. Additionally, the role requires moving inventory, operating a forklift safely, processing returns, attending product knowledge meetings, and assisting in keeping the facility secure by storing equipment and securing doors and gates. Proficiency in computerized systems and other required technologies is also necessary, along with performing other assigned duties.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
Ability to maneuver heavy objects, some weighing up to 100 pounds.
Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
Follow and carry out instructions with minimal supervision.
Good interpersonal skills.
Prior forklift experience.
To be 18 years of age or older to apply.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in distribution or warehousing preferred.

Responsibilities

Pulls, fills and sets up orders for customer pickup according to customer sales invoice.
Ensures proper exchange of deposit cases according to sales invoice copy.
Notifies supervisor or management whenever there is a discrepancy between a customer’s sales invoice and the actual exchange of products.
Prohibits customers from pulling their own order of items staged in the yard area or inside the warehouse regardless of convenience.
Maintains yard area by keeping all products stocked in their assigned area, picks up and empties trash as needed and keeps chemicals separated as specified by class to safety and fire authority requirements.
Assists in loading customer vehicles either by hand or with the aid of a forklift.
Receives shipments of UPS and FedEx. Notifies warehouse associates of all shipments received.
Communicates positively with supervisors, sales staff, fellow workers and customers to coordinate deliveries/pick-up.
Moves all inventory into allocated spaces in the yard area at the start of the work day and back into the warehouse at the end of the work day.
Operates a forklift safely and efficiently, maintains required certification, performs vehicle safety checks and reports discrepancies to supervisor.
Processes returns accurately.
Attends product knowledge meetings as required by management.
Assists in keeping facility secure. Ensures all equipment is stored at end of day and all doors and gates are secured.
Maintains proficiency in computerized systems and other technologies as required.
Other duties as assigned.