Sears Holding Work Values

Daily Duties at Sears Holding:

• Schedules receiving of materials to ensure the smooth flow of merchandise. • Coordinates and manages the receipt of merchandise including unloading and checking. • Monitors loads to ensure merchandise is unloaded according to priority designations and to ensure merchandise is delivered to stores in a timely and efficient manner. • Establishes and monitors the daily shipping and receiving schedule and priorities. • Ensures priorities are adhered to and those resources are utilized appropriately in order to control costs. • Supervises daily activities of clerical and warehouse staff and is held accountable for their performance. • Allocates work, monitors productivity, and procures resources to facilitate staff performance, ensuring high standards of quality, accuracy, housekeeping, merchandise damage minimization and safety. • Hires, orients, trains, evaluate, recommends pay increases and develops associates. In conjunction with Operations Manager carries out disciplinary actions or recommends termination of employment as appropriate. • Coordinates with inbound carriers to ensure smooth flow of merchandise into the distribution center. Monitors status of merchandise and informs vendors and carriers of that status. Respond to in quires regarding freight movement from transportation personnel to ensure smooth merchandise flow. • Determines appropriate procedures for the receiving and checking of merchandise. Implements procedures and monitors adherence to, efficiency and cost effectiveness of the procedures. Recommends changes, revisions, additions or deletions as necessary. • Shares and provides appropriate information and anticipates information needs of all distribution center associates in accordance with company quality and communication time schedule requirements.

What they like about Sears Holding:

You highly value a work environment built on a formal structure, rules, and regulations. You do not enjoy the unpredictability of shifting priorities and deadlines that upset your routine. You require and enjoy direction, input and accountability as part of your work environment. You have a strong need to participate in making key decisions and feel left out if your superiors or co-workers do not seek your input when making decisions. You thrive on providing good customer service to both internal or external customers, and doing so makes you feel good.

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Skills

Business Development, Strategic Planning, Technology Solutions, Requirements Analysis & Specification, Leadership

These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with Sears Holding: