Book Sorter Warehouse Assistant

Full Time - Monday through Friday 8 AM to 4 PM
As a Warehouse Assistant responsible for sorting books, your primary role is to ensure that books are accurately received, organized, and prepared for shipment or shelving. You’ll work in a fast-paced environment where attention to detail, efficiency, and a commitment to quality are essential. This role involves handling incoming and outgoing inventory, maintaining a clean and organized workspace, and supporting overall warehouse operations. You may work closely with inventory systems and team members to ensure that books are sorted by category, condition, or destination, helping the warehouse run smoothly and meet customer expectations.

Purple Mountain Core ValuesCore ValuesThe core values Purple Mountain Solutions Inc. are fundamental beliefs and guiding principles. Adherence to the core values is an expectation of every employee. The values are as follows: Integrity, Quality, Professionalism, Teamwork and Safety.

Integrity: Honesty, reliability and doing what you say you will do. Acting ethically and transparently in all business dealings, prioritizing doing the right thing over personal gain.

Quality: Paying attention to details, pushing the boundaries, and delivering your best work.

Professionalism: Our appearance and conduct should always be ethical and present both the company and individual in an exemplary manner.

Teamwork: It takes all of us to do our jobs correctly to satisfy the customers’ expectations. Treat all our team members with respect and kindness and know that we rely on each other to serve our customers correctly.

Safety: We saved the most important core value for last. We need to always be thinking of operating our equipment in a safe manner. We drive large vehicles around our own neighborhoods, schools’ other public places. We need to think about the safety of ourselves and our family and friends.

Job Description SummaryThe warehouse associate is responsible for acting on behalf of warehouse lead to ensure customer requirements are met. This includes (but is not limited to) conducting cycle counts, pulling parts or inbounding products, receiving goods into the warehouse, assisting with linehaul operations. This role involves a variety of tasks to ensure smooth operation of the warehouse and property along with contributing to a positive customer experience.

Essential Functions/ Core ResponsibilitiesThe following duties ARE NOT intended to serve as a comprehensive list of all duties performed by all employees in this classification, only a representative summary of the primary duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, position-specific duties. Management and administration reserve the right to modify, add, or remove duties and assign other duties as necessary. Nothing contained in this job description creates an employment contract or in any way alters the employee's status as an employee at will.

Warehouse OperationsAssist with daily warehouse activities, including quality assurance, inventory control, space management, logistics, floor productivity, shipping, and customer service.Take steps to reduce costs (increase efficiency) within scope of your responsibilities and make suggestions to Regional Branch Manager and Operations LeadAssist with Inspecting equipment, tools, and machinery regularly, and oversee general maintenance when necessary

Leadership Dependability and Reliability Behave consistently and predictably.Diligently follow through on commitments and consistently meet deadlines.Demonstrate regular and punctual attendance.Be present for critical events within area of responsibilityResponse to requests for information from within the companyCommunication with your Manager and fellow coworkers on company priorities and local procedures.Equipment and OperationsInspect equipment, tools, and machinery regularly, and report any issues to Regional Branch Manger when necessaryAbility to learn and use technology in an efficient and efficient mannerPeople ManagementAssist with recruiting efforts to hire, train, & develop strong performing team players to cover all routes and services assigned to the branch’s region.Budget & Cost ReductionWork with the Regional Branch Manager to develop and control the expense and capital budgets.Assist with Monthly storage billingTake steps to reduce costs (increase efficiency) within your organization.Approve timecards for payroll, analyzing and managing overtime while taking ownership of overall process to ensure overall efficient scheduling to align with budget and business needs.Customer Service & Strategic ThinkingResponsible for Timely response to customers addressing their concernsRespond to the receivers' inquiries and concerns, and resolve delivery complaints immediatelyStrategizing profitability techniques and identifying related business opportunities

Safety & ComplianceSupport and enforce all aspects of company policies/procedures, create and maintain a high level of morale that encourages associate communication, and ensure equal opportunity for all.

Reporting issues: Must report any delivery or safety issues or concerns to their Regional Branch Manager immediately. Work with Manager to complete 1st Report of Injury / accident form on same day and notify Human Resources department and Purple Mountain owners department within 24 hours of incident. Notification should be made immediately to Owners and Human\ Resources and reporting done with 24 hours. Ensure employees complete their portion of reporting and additional reporting is done in a timely manner. Perform other duties as assigned

Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements Ability obtain and maintain Forklift certification is desired Ability to train and use pallet jack is required A Driver’s License is desired but not required. The ability to move fleet vehicles within warehouse requires a valid license, if there is no valid license, employee can NOT drive a vehicle at any time.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $15.00 - $20.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $15 - $20