About Us

Baker Distributing Company is one of the largest distributors of HVAC, refrigeration and food service equipment that has been in business for nearly 75 years;

we are disruptors! We are disrupting the distribution industry every single day as we transform our company into a world-class supply chain.

Our 1,400 employees and 200+ locations serve 50,000 active customers. Our corporate headquarters is in Jacksonville, Fla.

Baker Distributing Company is a subsidiary of Watsco (NYSE : WSO).

At Baker, we are utilizing emerging technologies and innovations to diversify our portfolio and our service offerings to deliver a best-in-class customer experience.

People are the core of our business those who work for us (our employees), those who work with us (our suppliers and vendors) and those we work for (our customers).

While some of our employees are the most experienced in the industry, we are always seeking new talent with fresh ideas.

If you have a keen sense of respect for yourself and others; an unfaltering devotion to integrity; the drive to provide consistency;

the tenacity to strive for excellence; and embody the spirit of teamwork, we would love to talk with you.

Job Description

Summary

The Warehouse Associate is responsible for the inventory of the Warehouse and the daily transfer of HVAC freight and materials in a fast-paced environment.

The ultimate goal of this role is to procure, pick, process, and dispatch products to customers and vendors for one of our established wholesale HVAC distributorships that carries multiple brands of equipment, parts and supplies.

Essential Duties / Accountabilities

Duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to :

Pick and verify orders for customers. NOTE : Baker has set Production Standards the employee will be required to meet on a weekly basis.

The employee will receive additional information about Production Standards requirements during the interview process and after hire.

• Conduct Quality Inspections to verify / ensure the products being received, picked and shipped are accurate.
• Daily loading and unloading of products in truck for delivery to customers and / or other Sales Centers.
• Receive, inspect, and stock all merchandise.
• Prepare orders for shipment as needed.
• Responsible for daily checklist of truck and forklift maintenance.
• Assist management with inventory counts and provide daily upkeep of the Warehouse.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Compensation Data

Starting Pay : $18.00 / hour

Description

Start a Career Not a Job!

If you are looking for a full time career with a respected International Company - we want to talk to you! We are hiring newly experienced and seasoned warehouse associates.

Job Responsibilities

In this friendly work environment you will be responsible for operating forklifts to move and stack tires. Our operators are also responsible for safe and efficient forklift operations, maintaining a clean and orderly work area, and inspecting trailers for proper loading procedures.

This position is an entry level position with career growth opportunities.

Qualifications

Requirements :

• Ability to lift up to 50lbs. repetitively while bending and twisting and occasionally lift more than 75lbs
• Forklift certification preferred
• Experience with RF scanners preferred
• Criminal Background Check and Pre-Employment Drug Screen
• Must be 18 years or older

Benefits

TBC offers competitive starting pay and excellent benefits, including all insurances within 90 days, a generous 401K match with immediate vesting.

We encourage a healthy work / family lifestyle and offer paid time off, paid sick days, tuition reimbursement and an awesome employee discount on tires, batteries and service through our wholesale and retail network.

Company Overview

National Tire Wholesale (NTW) operates more than 125 wholesale and distribution locations nationally and is experiencing rapid growth which presents advancement opportunities for our associates.

NTW is a TBC Corporation company. For 60 years, TBC Corporation (TBC), one of North America’s largest marketers of automotive replacement tires, has been a tire company ahead of the curve.

Through worldwide operations spanning wholesale, retail, and franchise, TBC also provides automotive maintenance and repair services with best-in-class brands.

TBC meets the needs of consumers in search of total car care at more than 3,200 franchised and company-operated tire and automotive service centers under the brands NTW , NTB®, Tire Kingdom®, Merchant's Tire®, Big O Tires® and Midas®.

TBC serves wholesale customers in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Mexico and the Middle East through NTW , TBC Brands, TBC Dealer Group, TBC International and TBC de Mexico.

TBC Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains a Drug-Free Work Environment.

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Job Responsibilities

• Live the Safety stand, adhere to the safety responsibilities.
• Training and developing employees to safely perform their jobs
• Leading and supporting safety initiatives and processes to drive towards zero recordable injuries
• Effectively communicating Owens Corning’s stand on safety throughout the Warehouse Department to ensure employees believe in and behave in a manner that supports our stand that all accidents are preventable, safety is everyone’s responsibility, and that working safely is a condition of employment at Owens Corning

2. Knowing our Customers

• Understanding and communicating customer expectations throughout the Warehouse Department where appropriate.
• Ensuring the reliability of processes and controls to meet customer orders.
• Interacting with customers as needed to ensure our customers’ delivery and service expectations are exceeded.

3. Executing Strategy and Directing Operations

• Determining organizational objectives and priorities in support of the Plant’s strategy and vision, and for developing teams to deliver results in support of these objectives and priorities
• Living the values and vision of the Company; establish an engaged workforce characterized by mutual trust, open communications, teamwork, and recognition
• Implementing and executing the company’s cycle count policy, maintaining finished goods inventory accuracy of at least 99%.
• Ensure that all SAP control reporting is complete in required time intervals.
• Organizing warehouse to facilitate an efficient and accurate storage strategy, that fully utilizes SAP and handling unit requirements.

This includes ensuring that slow moving and obsolete inventory is segregated and ensuring that all inventoried items are properly labeled.

• Driving consistency in warehouse inventory control procedures, labeling, organization and inventory movement management.
• Leading scanning solutions for use at warehouse to support efficiency and waste elimination in material movements and physical inventory counts.
• Supporting transportation planning process as needed.

4. Leading and Developing Talent

• Creating and sustaining a culture where talent is developed through effective performance management and talent evaluation
• Effectively staffing the organization, providing competent people and the appropriate mix of internal and external talent to satisfy both near-term and long-term succession needs
• Investing in the growth and development of individuals identified as high potential talent
• Establishing clear and measurable expectations of performance and review commitments to ensure goals are achieved; completing first line leader performance appraisals and coaching employees to develop and execute growth and development plans
• Monitoring and enforcing plant policies in a consistent manner to ensure a positive labor environment
• Maintaining documentation, tracking, counseling and executing coaching and corrective action when performance issues occur
• Actively leading and building effective work teams and committees to increase plant performance and drive continuous improvement initiatives

Job Requirements : Experience :

Experience : Required

Required

4-Year College / University Degree Preferred

Some Manufacturing experience, preferably in a warehouse and / or supply chain leadership position

Knowledge and Skills :

Required

Ability to effectively communicate to all levels of management and all hourly employees

Preferred

Abilities and Personal Characteristics :

• Engages and cares for others, starting with safety
• Achieves results fast, individually and through teams
• Likes people and working in teams
• Takes business risks, grows from failures, celebrates successes
• Makes self and others better
• Thrives in ambiguous environments
• Open to new ideas
• Demonstrates strategic planning and thinking

Why Choose Suddath to Move your Career to the Next Level?

At Suddath, you can be part of something special and inclusive! Join a team that has a 100+ year reputation for excellence as an innovative, growing and financially stable company that is dedicated to promoting a culture that thrives on inclusion and diversity.

From numerous awards to being recognized as one of the best places to work, Suddath offers a caring, family environment while providing relocation and logistics services to people and companies all around the world.

What We Offer!

• A competitive wage with a comprehensive benefits package, including a 401(k) plan with company matching
• Weekly pay for hourly-paid employees. Biweekly pay for salaried employees.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid company holidays
• A tuition reimbursement plan where employees are encouraged to continue their education and development
• For more information on our benefit offerings, please visit and scroll down to view our employee benefits.

Position Summary

This position will manage all aspects of the Warehouse Operation, including staffing, managing, planning, scheduling, training, customer walkthroughs and other duties necessary to the business.

Overall responsibility to manage the P&L and control costs.

Company Values

Must understand and support the company’s written Mission Statement, Philosophy Statement, Value Statement, Vision, and Strategy.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage all Warehouse personnel
• Attend Department Meetings to remain aware of business plans and their effect on warehouse operations
• Hold weekly chalk talks
• Responsible for following and ensuring local security practices are enforced in order to deter theft
• Review scheduling needs and ensure that proper staffing levels are maintained
• Keep track of daily inbounds.
• Research and classify product once received into warehouse.
• Report any damaged appliances or overages / shortages to appliance manufacturer.
• Check-in drivers’ previous day’s routes.
• Complete Damage and Defective Tool daily, including taking pictures of all damaged product.
• Label all products with MS#.
• Ensure daily routes are ready for driver pickup.
• Print out Ins Receipts daily.
• Fill out Ins Adjustment Forms as needed.
• Perform condition change on Ins Receipts as needed.
• Update local stock information in CICS daily via LCLI screen.
• Build / stage AS-IS Loads.
• Create weekly backhauls for appliance manufacturers.
• Perform monthly cycle counts.
• Perform annual physical inventories.
• Manage inventory appropriately.
• Ensure proper trash / waste / scrap disposal.
• Scan in returns, will call and cancelled tickets at the end of each day.
• Other duties and tasks as assigned.

Education and Experience

High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent required. Minimum of three (3) years’ experience working in a warehouse environment in the transportation, logistics, or related industry required.

Must have previous experience managing employees. Experience controlling equipment inventory preferred but not required.

Valid state driver’s license required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and Word. Operates with a customer service mentality. Ability to manage time effectively and consistently meet deadlines.

Ability to work in a team environment and demonstrate flexibility and patience. Excellent organization, communication and problem-solving skills.

Ability to work under minimal supervision and with a strong sense of self-motivation. Ability to lead and manage a team.

Ability to sufficiently read, speak, and write English in order to understand and give directions, and to complete paperwork accurately.

Ability to operate a variety of standard office equipment as dictated by the duties of the job and perform data entry and typing functions.

Physical Demands

Work is primarily performed in a climate-controlled environment. Occasionally requires work performed in a non-climate-controlled warehouse or outside environment.

Requires sitting, walking, and standing. Occasionally requires bending and stooping. Occasionally requires standing and walking for long periods of time.

Ability to lift and stack items weighing up to 30 pounds over head, and lift and stack items weighing up to 65 pounds to chest height and carry them a distance of fifty feet.

Occasional ability to lift items weighing up to 150 pounds to a height of ten inches. Occasional ability to climb ladders, stairs, and ramps and perform generally heavy labor in various weather conditions and temperatures.

Work performed requires the use of hands to control or feel objects and will utilize repetitive movements when entering data.

Requires the use of clear speech communicated to others and understanding the speech of another person. Requires the ability to see details of objects within close range.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

Reasonable accommodation may be made available to individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position.

These physical demands include, but are not necessarily limited to : standing, sitting, walking, typing, hearing and talking for prolonged periods of time.

Job description statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this job title.

They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel. Employees may be required to perform other duties as assigned.

The Suddath Companies is a multifaceted group of companies that specialize in worldwide corporate employee relocations, household moving, warehouse and logistics management and specialized transportation services.

The Suddath Companies provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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ROLE PROFILE To ensure warehousing, shipping and receiving targets are met or exceeded by training and developing workers, managing employee scheduling, managing inventories and inbound and outbound trucks.

Conduct plant audits and reviews of warehouse assuring company standards are maintained and work with other departments to resolve quality, production, and efficiency problems.

Identify and help to implement improvements. Function as an information source to various departments to continuously improve operations.

Support customer service during customer visits and audits. Support the Plant Manager on special department projects. Ensure workers are following safety and GMP guidelines.

RESPONSIBILITIES Safety Management Ensure all personnel work safely Ensure workplace is clean, organized, and safe Conduct safety discussions with all personnel Overall shift management Coordination of all warehouse functions on shift Work collaboratively with all departments to ensure smooth operations Employee scheduling Ensure effective equipment operation and warehouse efficiencies are met Manage material receiving / finished goods shipping, documentation and execution so that product quality is maintained Work with customers to ensure their goals for shipping and receiving are met Manage organization of the warehouse Drive food safety and quality of materials through worker training, development and ensure warehouse equipment is properly functioning and operated Generate work orders for equipment issues and improvements Responsible for Inventory Management Work with operations to ensure proper inventory levels are maintained per production schedule Ensure inventory systems Bill of Materials are setup for proper relief of inventories during production Effectively manage finished goods levels Work with external warehouses to effectively manage inventory levels Manage the scheduling of deliveries with suppliers and manage exceptions Manage and perform inventory cycle counts Continuous Improvement of Operations Understand Warehouse processes, including shipping and receiving Review warehouse efficiencies and work with all departments to improve throughput Work with management to improve efficiencies and reduce cost Track improvement ideas to understand effectiveness of changes Support personnel training and development Ensure warehouse personnel (forklift operators, shipping and receiving) are trained on following SOPs, performing the tasks on the equipment checklists, performing quality inspections, and monitoring and documenting materials entering and leaving the facility Ensure warehouse personnel are trained on warehousing, general operations, food safety and quality SOPs Assess employee performance (both MSI and Staffing), develop improvement plans, and implement training to increase employee skills and performance Provide regular, documented feedback to employees to improve performance SOP implementation and review in areas of responsibility Understand SOPs and provide improvement ideas and upgrades Ensure employees are properly trained on SOPs Ensure SOP training is properly documented Other duties as assigned