Material Return Specialist

PARR is the total source for homebuilding supplies, solutions, and services. We focus on supplying building materials and solutions to professional home builders of all sizes including custom builders, large production builders, and multifamily builders. Our customers and community members know that they can rely on us for Legendary Service and quality products.

Pay: $22.14 - $26.62

The Material Return Specialist safely and efficiently performs the process of receiving re-sellable materials back into yard inventory. The Specialist is essential to help ensure that all material returns are received properly and in a timely order to meet our customer expectation of 5 business days from pickup through completion of process. The process includes tallying, inspection, and sorting of material, creating farm packs, vendor return PO’s, scheduling material returns to the vendor, and writing and invoicing credit notes in the system.

This full-time position reports directly to the Assistant Manager or Location Supervisor, works closely with and is a backup for the Receiving Coordinator, Salespeople, Vendor partners and will interact daily with the Load Builders, Lumberyard Associates, Drivers, Dispatchers, and vendor delivery truck drivers.

Duties and Responsibilities Quality of Work Ensures incoming material returns are properly staged with appropriate recognition tags Ensures that special order and/or nonstock items are addressed immediately with Receiving coordinator/Yard Supervisor and properly tagged for vendor return

Maintains a neat organized material return transition location

Checks all paperwork for accuracy

Promptly reports any malfunctioning equipment

Comes to work professionally attired

Helps in overall cleanliness of location

Strives for timely credits to customer/partners as per company guidelines

Ensures “cover sheets” and “bottom boards” are considered in the return

Requires all necessary vendor paperwork for material being picked up Quality of work is focused on accuracy, not speed

Maintains a return area to company standards of cleanliness and organization

Ensures that all resalable material that is returned is placed in proper location as stock at completion of tallying, inspection, and sorting of material

Works with the Load Builder in an efficient manner

Reviews open PO report to assure credit PO’s are received

Represents the company in a positive and professional manner

Perform other related duties as assigned

Job Knowledge Understands and follows company Material Returns policy

Identifies areas of opportunities for better practices pertaining to handling of products along with packaging for severe weather conditions

Demonstrates the ability to count and measure all returned products

Ability to gain in-depth ERP knowledge, write Credit Notes and create Supplier Returns Basic understanding of return process, knows who to process documentation once material is verified and MRF is properly fill out Ensures Supplier Return PO’s are created at the time the Credit Note is process with proper restock costing

Identifies dimensional lumber, panels, #1 vs #2, and other basic building products

Ability to be selective and differentiate between cull and resalable material

Operates a forklift according to company standard

Responsible for Supplier Returns, creates SRPO, contacts vendor for pickup and tracks product until completion of pick-up Processes returns from start to finish

Utilizes Supplier Return report to assist with improving vendor performance

Inspects materials for damage prior to unloading customer vehicle (if applicable)
Validates material matches the MRF and return PO Identifies specialty products (EWP, Composite decking, etc.)Works with receiver and Operational Inventory Controller (OIC) to investigate and resolve situations where inventory counts are incorrect

Ensures proper labeling of all special orders, vendor returns, and inter-yard transfers

Safety

Wears proper high visibility proper uniform as needed

Safety gear is always utilized (seatbelt, eye protection, ear etc.)Performs daily lift inspections

Minimal product damage

Keeps forklift clean

Operates equipment safely

Looks behind/honks horn when…