Job Description
Higginbotham Brothers dates to 1881, when the company opened its first general store in Texas. Today, Higginbotham Brothers supplies professional builders, remodelers and do-it-yourselfers with lumber and a deep catalog of specialty building products, including hardware, windows, doors, plumbing materials and interior/exterior paint, from its 40 locations across Texas and Oklahoma.
A Brief Overview The Operations Lead assists management by directing the daily work activities of associates in an assigned area as they receive, stock, pull, load and deliver merchandise.
What you will do - Unload or oversee the unloading and storage of incoming merchandise. Ensure that the merchandise received matches orders.
- May schedule and dispatch customer deliveries to job sites.
- Provide customer service for retail, contractor, or professional builder customers.
- Evaluate returned merchandise for proper disposition (resale, salvage, etc.).
- Direct and train personnel in assigned work area which may include, Yard/Warehouse Workers, Forklift Operators and Truck Drivers.
- Maintain a clean yard environment including warehouses, fences, and open areas.
- Organize yard layout according to merchandise needs. May complete requisition for replacement of stock merchandise.
- Complete required inspections and forms. Ensures maintenance is performed.
- Oversee cut lumber and notifies supervisor so that inventory may be adjusted.
- Train associates; plan, assign, and direct work; address complaints and resolves problems.
- Maintain accurate inventory counts.
- Assume the duties and responsibilities of Forklift Operator as needed.
- Assume the duties and responsibilities of Truck Driver as needed.
- Attend and participates in all company-sponsored training programs as required.
- Direct work activities for 1-5 Associates in a small yard, 5-15 in a medium yard and 15 or more in large yard.
- Ensure compliance with operational safety and security policies and procedures.
- Comply with Company's attendance policy by maintaining regular and predictable attendance.
Required For All Jobs - Perform other duties as assigned.
- Comply with all policies and standards.
- Adheres to Company's commitment to workplace safety.
Education Qualifications - High School Diploma or GED required.
Experience Qualifications - 1-3 years of related experience and/or training required.
Skills and Abilities - Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
- Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
- Ability to deal with problems involving concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Good interpersonal, communication and Customer Service skills.
- Knowledge of building materials products and lumber required.
- Other-Ability to lift up to 100 lbs or more on a repetitive basis, also duties may include constant movement, squatting stooping and twisting.
Higginbotham Brothers (HBC) , a Division of US LBM Holdings, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, order of protection status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.
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