Part-Time Farm & Building Center Associate

At NEW Cooperative, we're committed to supporting agriculture, strengthening our communities, and investing in our people. As a farmer-owned cooperative, we provide meaningful career opportunities across operations, agronomy, grain, feed, energy, transportation, administration, technology, and corporate services.

Whether you're just beginning your career or bringing years of experience, you'll find a team that values safety, integrity, collaboration, and continuous improvement. We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, opportunities for professional growth, and the chance to make a difference every day.

Explore the position below to see how you can become part of the NEW Cooperative team.

Position Summary/Objective: As a Farm & Home Building associate, responsibilities include helping stock, load and assist customers with merchandise in a detail-oriented, fast-paced environment.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Include but are not limited to the following:

Farm & Home Building Support

• Receives freight and maintains accurate records of products received maintained.
• Organizes stock and merchandise within the retail store & warehouse by properly unboxing and storing goods in their designated location.
• Identify low stock items and report to supervisor.
• Organizes and sorts items on shelves, bins, and overhangs according to company standards.
• Reliably retrieves items from within the warehouse to be processed and shipped.
• Properly packs items to be shipped according to company standards to ensure they arrive in excellent condition.
• Ensure work areas are neat, clean, and well maintained.
• As designated by supervisor, maintain cleanliness of equipment and vehicles.
• Maintains cleanliness of store equipment to promote a positive company image.
• Use all tools and equipment carefully and for their intended use.

Basic Employment Expectations:

Safety

• Always performs work in a safe manner and uses the appropriate PPE.
• Checks the work area for hazards and corrects/reports unsafe conditions.
• Consider the safety of oneself, and other employees, and customers.
• Follows all safety protocols and seeks advice from supervisor when uncertain.

Communication

• Maintains open communication and cooperates with supervisors, departments, and fellow employees.
• Communicate with supervisors and others immediately when unexpected problems cause absence, lateness, or the need to leave early.

Accountability & Professionalism

• Abides by policies set forth in the employee policy manual.
• Carries a fair share of the workload.
• Promotes NEW Cooperative through positive, friendly, and professional interactions.
• Is punctual, follows directives, and works in an efficient and timely manner; accepts personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of the work.
• Understands that satisfactory attendance is essential to the efficient operation of the work environment.

Customer Service

• Continually works to satisfy customers through effective communication, solving problems, answering questions, and managing their expectations.

Personal/Professional Development

• Establishes personal performance goals and works toward these goals.
• Continually upgrades and demonstrates knowledge of the job.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Must be at least 16 years of age.
• Able to work indoors and outdoors.
• Must possess a valid Driver’s License
• Ability to lift over 50 pounds, as warehouse items may be cumbersome and heavy.
• People skills are essential, as working as a team is vital to maintaining an organized warehouse.
• Computer skills for data entry of merchandise record keeping.
• Ability to solve problems quickly and prioritize daily tasks according to their importance.

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is required to stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust…