Warehouse Associate

Join Our Team at True Value

Are you ready to build a rewarding career and be part of a team committed to excellence? At True Value, we're more than just hardware. We're passionate about empowering our employees to grow their skills and reach their full potential. We offer a supportive work environment where innovation and teamwork are valued, and where your contribution has a direct impact on our success.

As a Merchandise Handler, you will experience a dynamic workplace where no two days are the same and where your efforts make a difference. Enjoy the benefits of a regular work schedule, competitive pay, premium shift rates, and a robust benefits package that supports your health and well-being. The Merchandise Handler performs a variety of distribution activities to receive, sort, store, distribute and manage the flow of product in a warehouse environment.

Scheduled Days: Sunday through Thursday

Hourly Rate: $16.90 plus $.50 shift premium. $1.50 additional bonus for Sundays worked

Benefits: True Value Company offers a competitive, total benefits package that acknowledges and rewards your contribution and performance. That's why we provide so many ways to help you be your healthiest self, physically, emotionally and financially. The benefits package include medical, prescription drug, dental care, 401K (4% matching), holiday and paid time off, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, employee assistance program and employee discounts.

Essential Functions / Responsibilities (May perform other duties and responsibilities, as assigned).

• Efficiently unload products and merchandise from trailers, lifting boxes and items as needed, and verify deliveries against purchase orders or invoices.
• Organize, stack, and load boxes and other items for outbound shipment, and replenish inventory on shelves with newly received goods.
• Keep accurate records of items received and shipped to ensure smooth operation within the distribution center.
• Operate material handling equipment with precision and safety, including the use of small hand tools, pallet handlers, and hand trucks.
• Accurately pick and prepare products for shipment based on computerized order requests, ensuring inventory matches the specified order numbers.
• Prepare and package merchandise for dispatch, utilizing tools like shrink wrap machines or other packaging equipment.
• Employ mobile handheld or hands-free RF devices for scanning and tracking inventory throughout the facility.
• Note: Tasks may vary in duration and frequency as required by operational needs.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum age requirement of 18 years.
• Possession of a high school diploma or GED.
• Up to one year of experience in Distribution, Warehouse, Supply Chain, or related fields is preferred.
• Strong commitment to following all safety guidelines and protocols.
• Capable of performing basic math to ensure precise inventory counts.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to follow detailed instructions.
• Keen awareness to identify moving objects and heed warning signals.
• Must meet established productivity standards, both qualitative and quantitative.
• Consistent and punctual attendance in line with company policies and ADA requirements.

Licenses & Certifications:

• Eligible for training and certification by True Value Company to operate material handling equipment.

Physical Requirements

• Capable of standing and walking for over 8 hours per day, covering distances of 5 to 10 miles.
• Able to occasionally lift and lower items weighing between 50 to 85 pounds.
• Frequently required to lift and lower items weighing 20 to 50 pounds.
• Must be able to perform tasks that may involve balancing, stair climbing, crouching, bending, twisting, kneeling, pulling, pushing, reaching, sitting, and stooping.
• Good visual acuity is necessary.
• Available to work all required overtime hours.
• Must possess normal physical agility to maneuver body while stationary.
• Normal physical mobility required, including moving from place to place within the job site, considering distances and speed.
• Able to work proficiently with hands and fingers for tasks such as typing, holding, grasping, and turning.

Work Environment:

• The role is based in a distribution warehouse setting, where temperatures can vary and may include exposure to both indoor and outdoor conditions.
• Exposure to chemicals commonly found in warehouse environments is possible.
• The position is physically demanding and typically requires full mobility to access all areas necessary for the job.
• Work may include extended hours, as well as night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
• Personal protective equipment such as safety shoes and high-visibility clothing must be worn as mandated.

Reasonable Accommodation:

True Value is committed to providing access and equal opportunity to all qualified individuals, with respect to employment. In keeping with this commitment, True Value will provide qualified individuals with reasonable accommodation(s), as required under applicable law. To qualify for Merchandise Handler, an individual must be able to perform all the essential functions of the job—with or without a reasonable accommodation—without creating a direct threat to the individual’s safety or the safety of others. Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, True Value reserves the right to deny an accommodation request if it creates an undue hardship on the Company.

For more information about the Company’s Reasonable Accommodation Policy or to initiate a request for an accommodation, please contact Human Resources.

True Value retains the exclusive right to change, add, or remove the essential job duties and/or essential functions of this position.