Mailroom Associate
Norwood Sawmills, Canada
Job Description
Norwood Sawmills, a global leader in mobile sawmill technology, is seeking a Mailroom Associate to join their team. The Mailroom Associate will have a variety of hands of tasks, that include the daily processing of all courier shipments as well as processing stock transfers between Norwood sites. This role will also act as a back-up for the Senior Mailroom Associates, in maintaining order inquiries from our Sales Team and External Customers.
Get to Know Norwood
Find a career you love in a dynamic, fulfilling, and supportive environment that offers incredible opportunities for personal and career growth.
Norwood Industries Inc. is an outdoor equipment lifestyle brand company and leading designer and manufacturer of portable sawmills sold throughout North America and in over 100 countries worldwide. Our mission is to empower resourceful people everywhere to build their best futures through wood and their natural environment.
We have been growing exponentially for many years. As we do, we are welcoming talented, passionate and driven team members who are excited to be part of this remarkable journey. We are at an incredible time in our evolution, and this is just the beginning just like our customers are creating theirs when they use a Norwood or Frontier sawmill to bring their dreams to life. Make your mark with Norwood Sawmills. For more information, visit https://www.norwoodsawmills.com.
- Always work in a safe manner and consistently be mindful of safety owed to yourself, fellow team-members and to visitors.
- Efficiently and accurately place parts in bags and/or boxes, bags into bins, and boxes onto pallets.
- Keep warehouse organized and consolidate parts to ensure optimum use of bins and racking.
- Pick parts for the production lines in an orderly and timely fashion to keep the lines fed. Put parts away in correct location when production runs are complete.
- Ensure all bins and skids are labelled correctly.
- Ensure all skids are wrapped and secure prior to putting away up in the racking.
- Pay attention to detail to consistently ensure the correct parts, and quantity of parts, are packaged.
- Always handle parts and finished goods carefully to ensure they suffer no damage.
- Look for new ways to improve efficiency, packaging quality, inspections/quality-control, preservation of part quality and improve safety, and to communicate to superiors your suggestions.
- Keep clean and tidy your workspace, and contribute to keeping clean all common areas including production, storage and corridor/movement areas, shipping office.
- Learn, respect and follow instructions, procedures and guidelines.
- Interact with fellow Norwood team members, customers and supplies in a positive, constructive, courteous, timely and professional manner.
- Perform such other duties that may be assigned as required.
Requirements
- Experience working in packaging and distribution environments.
- Grade 12 high school diploma, or equivalent
- Microsoft office proficient (Excel, Outlook specifically)
- Able to work under time constraints in order to meet daily courier pick up times.
- Experience working in environments that actively practice LEAN manufacturing, an asset.
- Organization and attention to detail when performing repetitive tasks.
- Able to manage multiple deadlines and multitask in a busy environment.
- Able to handle heavy and awkward items.
- Previous use of ERP and courier pickup software
- Knowledge of Norwood products and parts, an asset
- Committed to working in a safe manner
Benefits
What's in it for YOU!
- Competitive compensation package Certified Living Wage Employer (Champion)
- 3 weeks of Paid Time Off (PTO) for full-time team members
- Norwood RRSP program
- Comprehensive health and dental benefits plan including a commitment to mental wellness and a flexible Health Care Spending Account
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
- Employee Excellence Program recognition amp; rewards
- Employee merchandise store
- Employee referral program
- Social committee events
- Perkopolis membership
We thank you for your interest in our position! If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. If you are passionate, collaborative, and resourceful, you may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Only those applicants who are selected for interviews will be contacted.
At Norwood we are dedicated to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace