Warehouse Associate

Vanguard Truck Centers•Houston, TX

21d•Onsite

About The Position

Vanguard Truck Centers is seeking a full-time Warehouse Associate, identified in the description as a Parts Warehouse Clerk, for its Highway 90 location in Houston, Texas. The role stocks incoming parts orders, ships outgoing parts, and supports the Parts Manager and counter personnel in maintaining an efficient parts delivery system. The associate helps load delivery vehicles and maintains an organized warehouse in accordance with company practices and policies. The position involves inventory and stock maintenance, warranty-parts handling, and coordinating or making parts and equipment deliveries. The primary work location is the parts warehouse, with substantial time spent in both hot and cold environments and, when required, outdoors. Work may involve exposure to dust, exhaust fumes, other materials, loud noise, moving vehicles and machinery, chemicals, and other workplace hazards. Safety shoes are required from the first day of employment, and approved safety footwear must be worn in designated shop and service areas. Background screening is a mandatory prerequisite for employment consideration.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Two years of experience in a parts and/or service environment.
Fluency in English, including effective written and verbal communication.
General mathematics skills, including reconciling stock orders and making quantity adjustments.
Ability to multitask, quickly assess situations, and make accurate decisions based on available information.
Ability to perform the listed physical activities, including climbing, balancing, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, stooping, and ascending or descending ladders and stairs.
Close visual acuity for tasks such as preparing and analyzing figures, viewing a computer terminal, reading, inspecting small parts, using measurement devices, and assembling or fabricating parts.
Wear safety shoes from the first day of employment and approved safety footwear at all times in designated shop and service areas.
Pass the mandatory background screening prerequisite for employment consideration.

Nice To Haves

Ability to communicate in Spanish.

Responsibilities

Assist with annual physical inventory and maintain a perpetual inventory bin-maintenance system.
Stock and post incoming orders, including orders for shop technicians and wholesale accounts.
Assist with preparing for and performing annual parts inventory and with monthly parts returns.
Help maintain the professional appearance and proper stocking of the parts department.
Keep the parts area clean and uncluttered by disposing of boxes and trash, sweeping floors, and dusting parts bins daily.
Assist with crating and accounting for core shipments returned to the manufacturer.
Maintain a system for receiving and storing warranty parts for future shipment or scrap, and ship warranty parts weekly.
Assist in coordinating parts and equipment pick-ups and deliveries to customers, satellite stores, wholesale accounts, and vendors; make deliveries when needed if drivers are unavailable.
Verify that each delivery invoice matches its purchase order.
Keep and file accurate logs of daily deliveries and pick-ups and ensure each delivery entry has the recipient's signature.
Deliver parts to the shop and distribute them to the appropriate technicians when needed.
Ensure delivery trucks are unloaded each night and paperwork is turned in for undelivered parts.
Coordinate pick-ups and deliveries to designated accounts as instructed by the parts or service departments.
Check with relevant parts and service personnel before leaving to coordinate last-minute pick-ups or deliveries.
Advise the Parts Manager when delivery trucks need major repairs or maintenance.
Maintain a professional appearance.