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:

Working for a company with an emphasis on social values and helping society is a clear and important priority for you - a critical factor in who you choose to work for. In contrast to other factors, you place an organization's reputation for fairness and concern for the community above most other aspects of the company. As you search for a new job opportunity, it is usually possible to find out if the company is involved in the community and/or if it is addressing problems and issues in society. Pay special attention to non-profit organizations and those specifically involved in social action. Moreover, speaking with current and former employees should enlighten you to perceptions of the fairness of the company's leaders and the treatment of employees.

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

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