Warehouse Transportation Handler

Warehouse Transportation Handler Career Opportunity

Dufresne Furniture and Appliances is currently seeking a **Warehouse Transportation Handler** for our** Kenora **store located at **1077 Railway St.**

As a Warehouse Transportation Handler, you will be responsible for the efficient and accurate compliance with teams and provide support related to visual presentation, warehousing, customer service, pick-ups, movement of goods & merchandising. You will be responsible for store maintenance and all product movement. You will work as part of a team to provide exceptional delivery service to our customers.

**Dufresne Furniture and Appliances is committed to investing in our team members; we offer**:

- Market competitive wages;
- Comprehensive benefits plan and excellent employee discounts;
- Employer Sponsored Retirement Savings Plan;
- Career growth and continuous development;
- Respectful and family-oriented working environment with strong company values.

As the Warehouse Transportation Handler you will:

- Receive product, product returns, accessories and supplies, prepares outbound shipments
- Prepare product for delivery or floor placement
- Maintain and provide accurate inventory documentation for warehouse and sales floor
- General store internal maintenance (i.e. light bulbs, putty of walls, general handy-person duties, garbage).
- Safely and efficiently perform loading and unloading activities related to the Company’s delivery service
- Maintain routines needed to ensure the efficient operation of the vehicle
- Safely and efficiently drive the scheduled route, keeping to schedule and while providing exceptional customer service
- Deliver product to customer’s home following Company’s policies and procedures
- Assemble product in customer’s home when required
- Conduct all activities in a safe, courteous manner with every effort put forward to minimize damage to product and to the customers’ home
- Understand and follow all safe work practices and rules
- Ability to communicate with DCD (Delivery Completion Data) personnel upon completion of each delivery that communication is required
- Abide by all Federal, Provincial and Municipal regulations as it pertains to commercial truck Drivers
- Ability to communicate any issues (mechanical or otherwise) regarding the delivery truck
- Perform daily pre and post-trip inspections
- Keep warehouse area and sales floor organized and clean
- Maintenance and housekeeping of exterior (i.e. grass cutting, shoveling, cleanliness)
- High school diploma, GED or equivalent skills and experience
- Experience with hand tools an asset
- Ability to speak with customers and co-workers at a conversational level
- Must be able to read item numbers and product descriptions on delivery paperwork
- Perform simple written paperwork recording
- 6 months to 1 year of Delivery Driver experience
- Able to work during retail hours (days, evenings, weekends and holidays)
- Physically fit, able to lift and move objects greater than 100 lbs
- Able to work in extreme temperatures
- Safety footwear required
- Valid Class 5 Driver’s license with clean Driver’s abstract
- Criminal Record Check required

**The Dufresne “Better Experience” is for everyone. Our guests, our team members - **what about you**?