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SUMMARYMahoney's is a family-owned and operated independent garden center with 7 retail locations in the Greater Boston Area and Cape Cod. For over 60 years, we have taken pride in offering the highest selection of quality plants, yard products, and gardening accessories - with outstanding customer service to match!We employ customer-driven people that are dedicated to creating a refreshing and helpful shopping experience. For our employees, we offer a fun, fast-paced, and challenging workplace with the opportunity for growth. We are committed to maintaining a work environment that encourages trust, hard work, efficiency, self-motivation, initiative, continuous improvement, and teamwork. We provide an opportunity for personal and professional growth and a great employee discount, as well!OBJECTIVEThe responsibility of the Receiving Laborer is to support the Receiving Manager in executing all aspects of the receiving process. Support the movement and validation process for all incoming inventory, reviewing associated order documents to ensure the accurate quantity, quality and coding of items, correctly splitting items based on order requests and maintaining a well-organized receiving area. Communication with the Receiving Manager to highlight any process issues, item damage or order discrepancies is required.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONSReasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.Support the Receiving Manager in the unloading of trucks and the movement of inventory to the proper receiving areasUtilize order spreadsheets and documents to check and validate orders for correct quantities, quality and codingEnsure all products with incorrect or missing codes are properly stored and corrected before being sent to floor displays or department associatesIdentify, document and communicate any order discrepancies, issues or damages with the Receiving Manager in an accurate and timely mannerAssist in the maintenance and organization of both the receiving dock and storage areas, correctly labeling and coding inventory in accordance with department proceduresSupport the Receiving Manager in the accurate and timely completion of inventory transfers, splitting inventory in accordance with order requestsDevelop a working knowledge of all receiving policies and procedures, correctly checking and signing all documents as neededOperate forklifts and machinery as needed to support the movement of inventory across the propertyCommunicate with store management to complete all other tasks as assignedCOMPETENCIESCommunicationWell Organized/Attention to detailStrong Work EthicAbility to Work IndependentlyMaintain a productive working relationship with colleagues inside and outside of the organizationPREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCEExperience working in a garden shop or retail store environment or personal experience in a horticulture setting. Working knowledge of spreadsheet applications, Microsoft Excel preferred or a POS system, Counterpoint preferred. Forklift certification preferred, not required. High School Diploma or GED preferred.WORK ENVIRONMENTThis job operates in an active retail store environment. This job may be either indoors or outdoors or both.PHYSICAL DEMANDSThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.This position requires frequent standing, walking, climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching and / or crawling. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.POSITION TYPE / EXPECTED HOURS OF WORKFlexible hours. Days and hours of work vary by schedule and season. Must be available to work evenings, weekends, and holidays.EEO STATEMENTMahoney's provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, pregnancy, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.**Our office uses job application software to track all of our job openings and resumes. If you don't hear from us after you apply online, please check the spam and junk folders in your email account. What we send out from our software is not always recognized as regular email.**