Warehouse Receiving Full Time 1st Shift

Staples Retail • La Vergne, TN

19h

About The Position

Join Staples’ World Class Supply Chain Team to help deliver essential products to customers. This full-time warehouse role is scheduled 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Associates may be assigned to any of six warehouse areas, or to SC1 roles, as needed. In receiving, putaway, and returns, associates confirm product accuracy, work with colleagues to resolve discrepancies and damages, communicate professionally with internal and external contacts, manually unload trucks and palletize products, and use material handling equipment to move products. Depending on the assigned area, duties may also include operating material handling equipment to pick and move products, cleaning and basic facility maintenance, processing returned items, or organizing, wrapping, and loading customer orders. Work must follow safety procedures and maintain a clean and safe workspace. Associates are expected to support Staples Supply Chain’s customer delivery operations and embrace its safety culture.

Requirements

• At least three months of related warehouse experience, or an equivalent combination of acceptable training, education, and experience.
• Ability to pass a drug screen to the extent legally permissible.
• Basic English verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work additional hours beyond the scheduled shift; overtime is required based on business needs.
• Ability to work at heights up to 60 feet or more as needed.
• Ability to lift, push, or pull boxes or merchandise weighing 70 to 100 pounds by hand.
• Must wear safety composite shoes.
• Ability to walk and stand 100% of the time.
• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Ability to become certified as a material handling equipment operator and safely operate necessary equipment.
• Ability and willingness to keep the work area clean.
• Ability to work inclusively with colleagues and customers, build relationships, and collaborate to resolve issues.
• Ability to quickly adopt safety procedures and maintain safe work practices.
• Ability to work in a warehouse environment with seasonal temperature variations.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma/GED or equivalent work experience.
• Prior experience operating warehouse equipment such as a forklift, pallet jack, or cherry picker.

Responsibilities

• Confirm product accuracy and collaborate with colleagues to address discrepancies and damages.
• Communicate effectively and professionally with internal and external contacts to clarify and resolve issues.
• Manually unload trucks and palletize products.
• Operate material handling equipment, such as forklifts, cherry pickers, turrets, or electric pallet jacks, to move products within the warehouse while following safety procedures.
• Depending on assignment, pick products weighing up to 100 pounds, clean and perform basic maintenance inside and outside the facility, process and tag returned products, or organize, stack, shrink-wrap, and load customer orders.
• Maintain a safe and clean work area and follow safety practices.
• Be available to move among the listed warehouse roles or SC1 roles as needed.

Benefits

• Competitive pay rate of $19.75 per hour.
• Receive a pair of work shoes after 60 days.
• Inclusive culture with associate-led Business Resource Groups.
• 112 hours of PTO for full-time associates.
• Holiday schedule including seven observed paid holidays and one floating holiday for full-time associates.
• Online and retail discounts.
• Company match 401(k).
• Physical and mental health wellness programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed