Warehouse Associate

You’re the best and you want to join a team that appreciates you, where you can create your own opportunities.

Who We Are

We keep on growing because we only hire the best, and our customers love us for it. We’ve been at this a long time here in Arlington Heights. You’ve probably seen our trucks and our ads. What you don’t know is what it’s like to be a part of a team like this. How much you feel appreciated when you don’t cut corners. How much we inspire ongoing training and education. How much you can earn when you truly are the best. People often come to us looking for a job. They stay with us because they find a fulfilling career, room to grow, and opportunities to excel.

Why Choose S and J Plumbing

• Competitive pay – $20-30/hr

• Medical Insurance – we pay 80% for you and your family's insurance premiums for health, dental, and vision.

• Work life balance – up to 2 weeks of PTO and holiday pay.

• 401k Plan with a 5% match.

• Paid training – Nexstar training, Service Titan training

• Relaxed and fun atmosphere

• Growth opportunities

Our Core Values

-Integrity, we are honest, ethical, and trustworthy.

-Professionalism, we prepare, present, and execute at an elite level.

-Accountability, we accept full responsibility for our decisions, actions, and results.

-Family, we nurture our team members and customers.

The Role

You will be contributing to the company’s plan by always looking for ways to improve technician efficiency by having the proper truck stock, limited warehouse stock outs, accurate inventory counts, and efficient part runner dispatching. You will ensure that we are able to accomplish our growth plans by having new vehicles onsite and ready for new staff as they come onboard. You will ensure that our vendor relationships are strong and a win for both parties. You will maintain a safe and accountable workplace.

Responsibilities

• Strong understanding of Service Titan for inventory management

• Negotiate vendor pricing

• Buyback program for excess inventory, as needed

• Maintain process for accountability of techs for truck inventory

• Maintain the truck stocking/bin layout mapping

• Optimize parts request process

• Asset tracking (tools and vehicles) – tying to depreciation schedule

• Maintain up to date material pricing in Service Titan

• Maintain the vehicle procurement and disposal process

• Use knowledge of supply house product offering, best price, strengths and locations to maximize efficiency and save the company money

• Meet individual goals and KPI’s

• Maintain annual budget, control expenses and meet or exceed plan

• Meet performance requirements to ensure that accuracy and safety goals are met

• Participate in weekly 1 v 1 meetings

• Participate in 100-day plans, including follow up during weekly 1 v 1

Purchasing

• Maintain material return process

• Maintain warranty return process

• Maintain process to return excess materials from jobs

• Maintain purchase order process and material receiving process

• Assist in product and material research for technicians

• Manage next day installs and installs in general, with regards to material and equipment staging and materials fulfillment

Fleet/Truck Stock

• Maintain truck inventory cycle count and full count process

• Maintain new truck inventory set up process

• Maintain truck replenishment process

• Manage staff fielding calls from tech/install crews on materials needed for jobs. Facilitating the best place to source and use warehouse staff to deliver. Then coordinate deliveries to and from job sites

• Vehicle maintenance – tracking, scheduling, maintenance, and repairs

Tools

• Manage tool maintenance and repairs

• Maintain tool and equipment check in/out process

Warehouse/Safety

• Maintain warehouse maximize efficiency to streamline operations

• Ensures warehouse is neat & clean

• Maintain warehouse inventory process for full and cycle counts

• Maintain warehouse replenishment process

• Conduct regular safety inspections. Maintain tech PPE, and overall safety within the warehouse

Competencies for Success

• You should have experience in supply chain, operations, and inventory management

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Products, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

• Self-starter/resourceful - able to independently work, learn and plan with minimal guidance to drive tasks to conclusion

• Experience with inventory management software

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills for interacting with different company departments

• The ability to understand and drive key performance indicators

• Capable of learning on the fly with a focus on problem-solving

• Self-motivated who is accountable for one’s work

• Strong attention to detail, especially when dealing with data

• High degree of action orientation and strong negotiation skills