Warehouse Order Picker and Packer

Job ID: 237060

Date posted: 02/05/2024

Who you are

• You have about 6 months’ work experience in a high-volume retail, supply chain or warehouse environment.
• You are totally cool working in a physically demanding, fast-paced, work environment
• You’ve worked with material handling equipment before (or are very open to learning!)
• You are computer savvy and generally comfortable with technology (and can easily learn new software and systems)
• You are a total people-person and can strike up a conversation easily with anyone you meet.
• You can prioritize, are disciplined, show initiative and have a flexible attitude
• You can effortlessly juggle multiple priorities while keeping a smile on your face.
• You love working with a team but don’t mind working solo too!
• You like having a flexible schedule
• A valid forklift license is an asset (but not necessary)

Your responsibilities

• Ensure that daily operations run smoothly with a focus on order fulfillment and inventory availability
• Maintain inventory accuracy and integrity
• Always aware of customers when on the shop floor, prioritizing their requests and needs, giving suggestions even when engaged in other tasks
• Performing sales space replenishment with flexibility and according to visual merchandising guidance
• Look for more effective ways of working to reduce costs
• Maintain Health & Safety compliance
• Support the team and with additional duties, as required

Together as a team

We’re the team behind the scenes that make the IKEA products available to the many people. As a diverse mix of co-workers we use our supply process expertise to balance range and space capacity with forecasting and ordering to provide customers with high availability while minimizing costs. If you’ve wonder who’s responsible for finding effective and efficient ways of picking up the products for our customers, that’s us. We’re passionate about working together to improve the customer experience at IKEA!

Why you will love us

Here at IKEA, we want to ensure that we are creating a better everyday life for the many people, including our co-workers. We also believe that a job should be so much more than a job. That’s why we focus on having an inclusive work environment where we celebrate your uniqueness, live our values, and ensure that we walk the talk when it comes to co-worker development. In addition, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package to all co-workers including:

• Wellness days (in addition to your vacation days!)
• Extended health, dental, and vision coverage (for you and your family)
• RRSP with IKEA contribution matching options
• Eligibility for our annual IKEA bonus incentive plan
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Merchandise and restaurant discounts (plus free drinks and different healthy meal options in the co-worker restaurant, where available)
• Parental leave
• Bereavement leave
• Employee assistance program (that helps you support your mental, physical, and financial wellbeing)

The starting hourly rate for this position is $ 17.30 and will be based on relevant work experience.

P.S. In the IKEA world, this position is officially referred to as: Goods Flow Co-worker