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Freight/Receiving

Home Depot • Allentown, PA 18103 • Posted 30+ days ago

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Associates in Freight/Receiving positions at Home Depot are responsible for ensuring the store is stocked and ready for business every day. They handle the loading and unloading of trucks, moving material throughout the store, may operate forklifts, and perform critical functions for maintaining proper on-hands and pricing for customers. Direct customer interaction is frequently required, necessitating excellent customer service skills.

Responsibilities

  • Load and unload trucks
  • Move material from the receiving area throughout the store
  • May operate forklifts
  • Perform critical functions for maintaining proper on-hands and pricing for customers
  • Direct customer interaction as required

Qualifications

Required

  • Excellent customer service skills

About Home Depot

The Home Depot, Inc., often simply referred to as Home Depot, is an American multinational home improvement retail corporation that sells tools, construction products, appliances, and services, including fuel and transportation rentals. Home Depot is the largest home improvement retailer in the United States. In 2021, the company had 490,600 employees and more than $151 billion in revenue. The company is headquartered in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, with an Atlanta mailing address. It operates many big-box format stores across the United States (including the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands); all 10 provinces of Canada; and all 32 Mexican states and Mexico City. MRO company Interline Brands (now The Home Depot Pro) is also owned by The Home Depot, with 70 distribution centers across the United States. It is the sixth largest United States–based employer globally.

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Job Description

**Position Purpose:**

Associates in Freight/Receiving positions ensure the store is stocked and ready for business every day. They load and unload trucks, move material from the receiving area throughout the store, may operate forklifts and may perform critical functions for maintaining proper on-hands and pricing for our customers. Direct customer interaction is frequently required for some positions and excellent customer service skills are required. The Freight/Receiving positions may include Freight Team Associate, Freight Team Lead, Receiving Associate and Receiving Support.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.