Warehouse Associate/material Handler

Full-time hours (40 hours/week)
- Opportunity for overtime
- Afternoon/Weekend shift premiums
- Generous employee discount
- Employee Appreciation Events (barbecues, raffles, draws, etc.)
- Fully air-conditioned facility
- Employee gym on-site
- DEI and Employee Resource Groups

OUTGROWN YOUR OWN BACKYARD? COME PLAY IN OURS.

At Columbia, we’re as passionate about the outdoors as you are. And while our gear is available worldwide, we’re proud to be founded and headquartered in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, where natural wonders are our playground.

Every product we make and every task we undertake is inspired by the famous words of our founder Gert Boyle: “It’s perfect. Now make it better.” As pioneers of relentless improvement, we are constantly evolving.

We believe the outdoors is ours to protect and strive to keep our planet healthy. We believe in empowering people to experience the outdoors to the fullest.

And we believe in you.

**Columbia Sportswear Canada LP is seeking positive, hard-working, reliable team players to join our team as Warehouse Associate/Material Handlers. **This is a temporary contract position running from May to November.**

As a Warehouse Associate/Material Handler, you will contribute to the distribution of product from Columbia Sportswear Company’s Distribution Centre by ensuring our product is received, labeled, inventoried, and shipped according to customer expectations and demands.

Your duties will vary as you may move between the DC departments as the work requires. In general, your duties could include:

- receiving and shipment of products to customers
- proper placement of cartons in correct storage locations
- pulling assigned cartons and placing on correct conveyer and sorting mechanisms
- making labels and attaching to goods
- loading and picking appropriate boxes
- packing and unpacking goods
- verifying accuracy of packing, sealing cartons, and loading cartons on trailers for shipment
- operating equipment to load, unload and move materials and products
- operating computerized inventory control systems.

**As a **Warehouse Associate/Material Handler**, you will operate manual or automated material handling equipment, such as forklifts, pallet jacks, and/or order pickers. Experience with these machines is an asset. In-house training will also be provided. Please note, that these positions are **not** solely a material handler position; you will still be required to perform other warehouse associate duties as listed above.**

Warehouse Associates must maintain positive open lines of communication with all Columbia Sportswear management, staff, and other departments to contribute to the smooth flow of information and efficient operation of the organization. They must also maintain accuracy and attention to detail while using the Warehouse Management System (WMS) to ensure accountability for all units.

This is a contract position that runs from May to November. We have three shifts available, please see below:
**Days**: Monday - Friday, 6am-2:30pm, $19/hour

**Afternoons**: Monday - Friday, 3pm-11:30pm, $20/hour

**Weekends**: Friday - Sunday, 7am-7:30pm, $20.50/hour

Columbia Sportswear Company and our portfolio of brands, including Columbia, SOREL, Mountain Hardwear and prAna, know a thing or two about adventures. After all, we've been on one since 1938, working to perfect the art of enjoying the outdoors. Behind everything we make is an employee who's found that the greatest adventure starts with joining a company that strives to do the right thing.
- This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position's scope and function in the company._