Stock Associate - IL - Roomplace

Make The RoomPlace your WorkPlace and be a part of our growing team of outstanding professionals.

This is a very exciting opportunity for someone to join our company and help area residents design the homes of their dreams. We are focused on delivering exceptional service and home furnishing products to our customers.

Our roots date back to 1912, when Sam Berman founded Harlem Furniture, bringing furniture directly to customers doors in Chicago. Now, with over 25 locations across Illinois and Indiana, The RoomPlace serves a much wider base of furniture shoppers with the same commitment to meeting personalized tastes. Over the course of these hundred plus years, we have always remained a family-owned and community-oriented businesses, bringing our customers exquisite furniture at affordable prices. This is who we are and what we do every day. Apart from offering great value and service, The RoomPlace has set itself apart by bringing a total-room concept to furniture shopping providing fully coordinated room sets curated by a team of experienced designers. With the continued support of our customers, we are looking into the future with marketing and development plans aimed at continued growth throughout the Midwest.

Essential Purpose of Position:

Responsible for the maintenance of logs, shipping and receiving of merchandise at the store in a manner that meets the company standards of safety, security and productivity. Also responsible for putting showroom displays neatly in place. Ensures a clean and orderly backroom, washrooms, entrance and windows.

Responsibilities:

1. Safety and Housekeeping:
2. Keeps backroom neat and orderly ensuring making sure receiving doors locks securities of the stock by making sure receiving doors when not in immediate use.
3. Ensures the stores touch-up kit is properly secured at the end of each shift
4. Responsible for the maintenance and up-keep of the store Visual Display:
5. Assists the Visual Display staff with floor moves, movement of merchandise and accessories.
6. Stores and inventories display materials and parts and ensure they are placed in the backroom.
7. Sets up merchandise and lighting for showroom displays in a safe and proper manner, follows guidelines of Visual Display Guidelines Handbook Incoming and Outbound materials and merchandise handling:
8. Maintains the stores signage and ensures as updates are needed they are made in a timely manner. Prepare signage for merchandise tags and maintains the stores signage Library.
9. Loads and unloads merchandise in a proper and safe manner. Ensures direct vendor and DC shipments are properly received and documented and paperwork is sent to the office staff.
10. Ensures pick-up of merchandise is labeled and organized in one area and transfer merchandise is wrapped, branded, tagged and organized in another area.
11. Assist with special events, new store openings, Tent and Warehouse sales.
12. Ensure the guidelines for Floor Sample Report (FSR) are maintained at all times.
13. Prepares and maintains proper logs of merchandise in stockroom and ensures proper handling and labeling of merchandise. Assisting at Other Locations:
14. Assisting in stock responsibilities at other stores as needed, such as store moves, expansion projects for existing stores. There may be other assistance needed at other stores. **Performs other duties as required or requested.

Qualifications:

1. High School diploma or equivalent GED – preferred
2. Basic arithmetic skills required.
3. Ability to read, communicate and understand English and write legibly - preferred.
4. Must be able to lift over 60 pounds, bending, stooping, climbing and reaching.
5. Ability to follow directions.
6. High Lift certification suggested, not a requirement.
7. Ability to assemble merchandise - required
8. Ability to safely use power tools, i.e., power drill
9. Basic deluxing skills – touch up of wood products
10. Stand and walk for extended periods of time
11. Basic computer skills, Microsoft Office
12. Ability to accurately key in product information and quantities on a PC
13. Valid drivers’ license
14. Ability to occasionally travel to other company locations as needed