Shipping Receiving Lead - Cambridge

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Posted Date
05-03-2022
Job ID
24506
Job Function
Retail Operations
REI City
Cambridge
REI State
Massachusetts
REI Location
Cambridge
Remote Eligible
No
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What's cool about this job

Our Shipping and Receiving Leads are in charge of making sure merchandise is safely and properly received and shipped out. You serve as a role model as you help direct the work of Shipping and Receiving Specialist team. Specific responsibilities include:

  • Directs and/or trains Shipping and Receiving Specialists in any or all of the shipping and receiving functions as required while being capable in all required shipping and receiving job functions
  • Receives vendor and internal shipments in accordance to REI policy and procedure
  • Prices, organizes, evaluates or ships customer and product quality returns according to stated REI policies and procedures
  • Finds opportunities to return product back into inventory that can be restocked and sold in-store
  • Processes and tracks customer mail-outs, inventory transfers, vendor or quality returns in a timely and accurate fashion according to REI procedures
  • Creates the needed flow of merchandise to the selling floor or stock as required
  • Performs recurring cycle counts and audits of targeted inventory as requested
  • Provides warehouse support, stocking or inventory functions
  • Follows loss prevention and safety procedures as directed by store management
  • Assumes responsibility for other functions as requested such as recycling, trash removal or simple maintenance tasks
  • Assists with sale preparation or damage and Garage Sale set up as requested
Bring your passion and expertise

You’re an effective communicator. You’re a master-mover of merchandise. You thrive in warehouse and shipping/receiving environments. Our Shipping and Receiving Specialists are dedicated to quality control and continually seek methods to improve processes and decrease defects. Here are some skills we believe make for a great addition to our team:

  • 3-7 years prior shipping and receiving experience or equivalent (preferred)
  • Ability to lift up to 35 pounds periodically for up to two hours
  • Ability to safely operate power material handling equipment as necessary
  • Basic computer skills which include Microsoft Word and Outlook Email.
  • Previous experience in a warehouse, retail or shipping/receiving environment (preferred)
  • Detail-orientation in performing accurate transactions
  • Adherence to REI policies and procedures
  • Self-motivated and multi-tasks with minimal supervision
  • Proactively meets both internal and external customer needs
  • Effective work methods and consistently meets commitments
  • Uses good judgment and decision-making skills
  • Effective communication skills-- clear, concise and positive
At REI we offer an enviable work environment that Fortune Magazine has recognized on the "100 Best Places to Work" list since the award's inception – 23 years in a row! Sure, we work hard, but it’s balanced with time off to play—a strategy that works for us as we continue to grow and thrive. Want to enjoy a workplace where you can be yourself, be heard and be respected while having a job that challenges you? This is the place.

With more than 160 retail locations (and growing), REI offers unique competitive benefits to its more than 15,000 employees, including healthcare, gear and apparel discounts, free equipment rentals and challenge grants to help employees reach personal outdoor goals, generous retirement plan contributions, public transit subsidy, adoptions assistance, paid sabbaticals, and more.

REI is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Retail Posting Range
$20.20 - $26.69 per hour
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ARTICLE 23-A, Section 753
LICENSURE AND EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONS PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF ONE OR MORE CRIMINAL OFFENSES

§753. Factors to be considered concerning a previous criminal conviction; presumption.

1. In making a determination pursuant to section seven hundred fifty-two of this chapter, the public agency or private employer shall consider the following factors:

(a) The public policy of this state, as expressed in this act, to encourage the licensure and employment of persons previously convicted of one or more criminal offenses.

(b) The specific duties and responsibilities necessarily related to the license or employment sought or held by the person.

(c) The bearing, if any, the criminal offense or offenses for which the person was previously convicted will have on his fitness or ability to perform one or more such duties or responsibilities.

(d) The time which has elapsed since the occurrence of the criminal offense or offenses.

(e) The age of the person at the time of occurrence of the criminal offense or offenses.

(f) The seriousness of the offense or offenses.

(g) Any information produced by the person, or produced on his behalf, in regard to his rehabilitation and good conduct.

(h) The legitimate interest of the public agency or private employer in protecting property, and the safety and welfare of specific individuals or the general public.

2. In making a determination pursuant to section seven hundred fifty-two of this chapter, the public agency or private employer shall also give consideration to a certificate of relief from disabilities or a certificate of good conduct issued to the applicant, which certificate shall create a presumption of rehabilitation in regard to the offense or offenses specified therein.

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