Location: Prosper,TX, USA
Pay: $17 / hr. and up to $2,500 through our performance bonuses in the summer.
Location: HORIZONAubrey, TX - 250; 2171 FM 2931, Aubrey, Texas - 76227.
The Company
Horizon Distributors, Inc. (Horizon) is a wholly owned subsidiary of POOLCORP - the world's largest publicly traded distributor of swimming pool, landscaping and outdoor living products - which employs over 6,000 team members in more than 420 sales centers worldwide.
Horizon operates 70 of those sales centers across the US, and is a leading distributor of landscape and irrigation products with a focus on serving the needs of professional landscape contractors. With more than 60 years of industry experience, Horizon prides itself in offering the convenience and buying power of a national company with the personalized service and attention to detail of a local store!
Why Horizon? At Horizon, our people ARE our priority and there are so many reasons to join our team!
The Job
The Yard Associate is responsible for the maintenance of storage yards and related facilities, including such duties as manually loading and unloading materials, operating mechanical loading equipment, preparing materials, etc.
Responsibilities:
Pulls, fills and sets up orders for customer pickup according to customer sales invoice. No exchange of items is permitted without customer invoice as proof of purchase.
Insures proper exchange of deposit cases according to sales invoice copy.
Notifies supervisor or management whenever there is a discrepancy between a customer's sales invoice and the actual exchange of products.
Prohibits customers from pulling their own order of items staged in the yard area or inside the warehouse regardless of convenience. All customers must wait to be helped by yard attendant.
Maintains yard area by keeping all products stocked in their assigned area, picks up and empties trash as needed and keeps chemicals separated as specified by class according safety and fire authority requirements.
Assists in loading customer vehicles either by hand or with the aid of a forklift.
Receives shipments of UPS and FedEx. Notifies warehouse associates of all shipments received.
Communicates positively with supervisors, sales staff, fellow workers and customers to coordinate deliveries/pick-up.
Moves all inventory into allocated spaces in the yard area at the start of the work day and back into the warehouse at the end of the work day.
Operates a forklift safely and efficiently, maintains required certification, performs vehicle safety checks and reports discrepancies to supervisor.
Processes returns accurately.
Attends product knowledge meetings as required by management.
Assists in keeping facility secure. Ensures all equipment is stored at end of day and all doors and gates are secured.
Maintains proficiency in computerized systems and other technologies as required.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
High school diploma or GED.
Prior experience in distribution or warehousing preferred.
Ability to maneuver heavy objects, some weighing up to 100 pounds.
Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
Follow and carry out instructions with minimal supervision.
Good interpersonal skills.
Prior forklift experience.
To be 18 years of age or older to apply.
Horizon Distributors, Inc. / POOLCORP is a drug-free company.
Horizon Distributors, Inc. / POOLCORP is an Equal Opportunity Employer - By Choice. The Company understands, respects, and values diversity - unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas, and opinions - while striving to be inclusive of all people. This commitment is critical to our success as a global company as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Hiring and promotional decisions are based solely on the qualifications required for the job to be filled.