Freight Clerk

Wage Range:

$15.00 - $16.50 per hour

Part-time Clerk:

• Permanent Position
• 29 hours per week or less on average
• Paid Sick Leave
• 401(k) retirement with up to 4% employer match
• Training and Scholarships up to $1,000 per term
• Premium Pay increase of .50¢/hour for all eligible employees working any hours on Saturday-Sunday, and weekdays before 6 am, or after 7 pm

Position Overview:

Receive, store, and issue sales floor merchandise. Stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, and tables with merchandise and arrange merchandise displays to attract customers. May periodically take physical count of stock or check and mark merchandise.

Essential Job Functions:

• Answer customers' questions about merchandise and advise customers on merchandise selection.
• Stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, and tables with new or transferred merchandise.
• Receive, open, unpack, and issue sales floor merchandise.
• Clean display cases, shelves, and aisles.
• Compare merchandise invoices to items actually received to ensure that shipments are correct.

Non-essential Job Functions:

• Occasionally take inventory or examine merchandise to identify items to be reordered or replenished.
• Occasionally requisition merchandise from suppliers based on available space, merchandise on hand, customer demand, or advertised specials.
• Occasionally pack customer purchases in bags or cartons.
• Occasionally transport packages to customers' vehicles.

Requirements:

• Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Mathematics — Ability to read a sequence of numbers and knowledge of basic arithmetic and its applications.
• English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Other Skills/Abilities:

• Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Time Management — Managing one's own time.

Physical Requirements:

• Trunk Strength — The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.
• Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

NOTE:  This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.