Warehouse Associate

Colliflower has been in business since 1951 and has an excellent reputation for giving exceptional customer service and selling high quality hose conveyance products. Colliflower fabricates and sells a wide variety of fluid connector products including: hydraulic & pneumatic hoses, metric, tube, & brass fittings, quick couplings, adapters and accessories. Colliflower has 33 stores on the east coast with plans to expand.

The Warehouse Associate position is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is looking for advancement, is dedicated, has a mechanical aptitude, likes to work with their hands, has great customer service skills, initiative to learn the product and business, and work in a team environment. To be a good fit for this opportunity, the candidate should have some customer service experience and/or warehouse experience. While it is not necessary to have knowledge about hoses and fittings the candidate will need a strong desire to learn about the products and have aptitude to understand applications of the product. We are looking for someone who has a friendly personality, with a desire to learn new things, has great problem solving skills, and motivation to help out wherever needed. This position leads to advancement opportunities in Counter/Store Management.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that orders are completed accurately and shipped promptly
• Pull orders from printer or document bin, determine items to be gathered, and accurately pull product from storage
• Identify and locate hose product if it is part of an order; measure and safely cut to designated length
• Follow quality control procedures to verify and check all orders picked against customer invoices prior to shipping.
• Prepare and expedite shipments – Assemble & pack product, affix shipping labels, and prepare all shipping documents  
• Stage finished product order for shipping, delivery, or customer pick up
• Assist with receiving products, unloading trucks, and stocking product
• Ensure that inventory records accurately reflect physical inventory
• Provides exceptional customer service and assists in areas of the store, as needed
• Respond positively to customer needs and resolve them efficiently
• Produce high quality fitting & hose assemblies
• Organize warehouse and work areas  
• Ensure that the warehouse is clean, safe, accessible, and organized always

Essential Knowledge and Experience:

• Attention to detail - can identify product by size, type, style, or code
• Solid reading skills – must be able to read and interpret documents such as product manuals, purchase orders, and procedure manuals
• Basic math skills and the ability to learn metrics & metric equivalents
• Good oral & written communication skills
• Proficient computer skills and data entry experience
• Ability to understand and execute instructions furnished in a written, oral and/or diagram form
• Have a mechanical aptitude
• Reliable transportation
• 1-2 years of direct experience required

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to lift, push and pull a minimum of 150lbs
• Regularly required to stand, walk, bend, stop, kneel, reach, push, pull and climb
• Manual dexterity required for operating machinery

Work Environment

• Work performed in a shop/warehouse environment, with occasional outdoor exposure during the workday
• Routinely uses standard office equipment
• Exposed to several elements but with none present to the extent of being disagreeable (i.e., noise from equipment and temperature fluctuations depending on the season)
• May work at different workstations as production and shipping needs require

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None