Pay: $17 / hr. and up to $2,500 through our performance bonuses in the summer.
Location: HORIZON Aubrey, 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:
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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.
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Insures proper exchange of deposit cases according to sales invoice copy.
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Notifies supervisor or management whenever there is a discrepancy between a customer’s sales invoice and the actual exchange of products.
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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.
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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.
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Assists in loading customer vehicles either by hand or with the aid of a forklift.
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Receives shipments of UPS and FedEx. Notifies warehouse associates of all shipments received.
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Communicates positively with supervisors, sales staff, fellow workers and customers to coordinate deliveries/pick-up.
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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.
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Operates a forklift safely and efficiently, maintains required certification, performs vehicle safety checks and reports discrepancies to supervisor.
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Processes returns accurately.
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Attends product knowledge meetings as required by management.
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Assists in keeping facility secure. Ensures all equipment is stored at end of day and all doors and gates are secured.
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Maintains proficiency in computerized systems and other technologies as required.
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Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
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High school diploma or GED.
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Prior experience in distribution or warehousing preferred.
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Ability to maneuver heavy objects, some weighing up to 100 pounds.
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Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
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Follow and carry out instructions with minimal supervision.
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Good interpersonal skills.
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Prior forklift experience.
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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.
To apply, please email [email protected]
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What We Do
With more than 6,000 employees and over 420 locations worldwide, POOLCORP leads the pack as the world's largest wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies, equipment, and related leisure products.
With Sales Centers located across North America (US, Canada, and Mexico), Europe (France, UK, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Belgium, Germany, and Croatia), and Australia, we distribute a broad range of products to roughly 125,000 customers around the world, serving four principal markets:
- Remodelers and builders installing new swimming pools and refurbishing existing pools
- Independent specialty retail stores selling outdoor living products to consumers
- Service companies performing pool and hot tub maintenance and repair
- Contractors serving in the irrigation and landscape maintenance markets
POOLCORP’s Sales Center networks distribute non-discretionary pool maintenance products such as chemicals and replacement parts and discretionary products such as packaged pool kits, whole goods, irrigation, and landscape products. The product mix also includes a complete line of commercial and residential irrigation products and parts, power equipment for the professional landscape market, specialty products such as outdoor lighting, grills, and outdoor kitchen components, golf irrigation, and water management products.
We recognize our responsibility to contribute to the sustainability of our environment. POOLCORP is taking strides towards reducing our carbon footprint, providing product choices that allow our customers to reduce their environmental impact, and implementing health and wellness programs company-wide to improve the lives of our employees.
POOLCORP focuses on exceptional value and promoting growth for our customers' businesses, expanding opportunities for our employees, and increasing returns for our shareholders. We strive to locate products at the lowest possible cost while maximizing supply logistics to deliver the best value to our customers
