Warehouse Freight Specialist

The Buckle, Inc.•Kearney, NE

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Distribution Center Specialist I unpacks, processes, picks, and ships new merchandise to retail stores, including merchandise transfers and related processing. The role emphasizes accuracy and thoroughness, quality improvement, applying feedback, and monitoring work to ensure quality. The Freight Specialist manually handles inbound and outbound freight and safely operates a transfer cart to move freight to processing areas. The role may also assist in other distribution center areas and perform projects or duties in distribution or online fulfillment warehouses. Depending on business needs, travel between warehouses during a shift may be required. This position has no supervisory responsibilities. Special hours are 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Requirements

High school diploma or general education degree (GED), or one to three months of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
When required to drive a company vehicle, a valid driver’s license and an insurable driving record are required.
When required to operate a forklift, forklift certification is required.
Ability to stand for up to 8 hours or more, walk, use hands to handle items, reach, and talk or hear.
Ability to occasionally climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
Ability to regularly lift and/or move up to 30 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 60 pounds.
Comfort working at heights on a multilevel mezzanine and ability to climb multiple levels of stairs daily.
Ability to regularly bend, twist, and turn at the waist.
Required vision abilities include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

Manually lift, load, and unload inbound or outbound freight boxes for up to 8 hours at a time.
Safely operate a transfer cart to move freight to processing areas.
Assist in other areas of the distribution center as needed.
Review new inbound products for quality assurance, including counts, box quantities, sub styles, discrepancies, order location, sample pieces, and other required information.
Resolve and document freight-carton mistakes, ticket errors, and vendor discrepancies to maintain inventory and accounting accuracy in the system.
Operate label printers, hand-held tagging guns, and radio frequency (RF) scanners.
Perform additional sorting, ticketing, or other required services for products being sent to stores.
Audit boxes traveling from the pick-to-light line to shipping.
Cross-train in other departments as assigned by the Director of Distribution.
Perform job duties with a high level of Guest service and contribute to a positive team spirit.
Complete special projects and other duties as assigned in distribution or online fulfillment warehouses.
Travel between warehouses during a shift when required by business needs.