Receiving Lead

Ready to be the person who keeps everything coming through our doors organized, accounted for, and ready to grow?

O'Toole's Garden Centers is looking for a hands-on, organized, plant-savvy Receiving Lead to join our team!

This is a pretty important gig around here. You'll be one of the first people to see the products arriving at our stores and will help account for millions of dollars in inventory
. From trucks and invoices to tropicals, perennials, pallets, and everything in between, you'll help make sure incoming products get where they need to go-and that our receiving operation keeps humming.

Think of yourself as the behind-the-scenes hero of the garden center
: part inventory pro, part plant protector, part traffic controller, and occasionally a forklift ninja.

This position also includes seasonal supervisory responsibilities and reports to the Store Manager and Assistant Manager
.

Where? O'Toole's Garden Centers
- Colorado
Schedule? Full-time, 36+ hours per week, including weekend availability
Internal & External Candidates Welcome!

You’ll be the first eyes—and often the first hands-on—incoming products. Your job is to keep receiving accurate, organized, safe, efficient, and ready for whatever our busy season throws at us.

• Receive and count incoming products with ninja-level accuracy
  .
• Make sure products are received according to our standard operating procedures.
• Identify and report damages and shortages.
• Make sure invoices are properly signed and documented.
• Complete and track claims for damaged or missing products through resolution.
• Communicate product delays and availability changes.
• Work with management to maintain appropriate inventory levels.
• Coordinate receiving schedules with vendors.
• Create and maintain a receiving calendar the whole team can actually understand.
• Keep vendor pickups, storage, racks, and breakdown removal organized.
• Maintain a receiving area that is clean, orderly, and ready for action.

Plants don’t stop needing attention just because they came off a truck!

You’ll:

• Work with management to assess arriving plants for health and retail readiness
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• Help ensure plants receive proper care and watering during arrival and unloading.
• Get products safely and efficiently to the appropriate departments.
• Help protect the quality of our products from the moment they arrive.

You may not spend your entire day on the sales floor, but customer service still matters.

• Communicate clearly, professionally, and enthusiastically.
• Build positive working relationships with vendors, drivers, delivery teams, and coworkers.
• Help encourage strong communication throughout the receiving process.
• Bring solutions—not just problems—to the table.

Because no two days at a garden center are exactly the same…

• Take on special assignments from management.
• Attend staff meetings.
• Participate in training and development.
• Help ensure health and safety practices are followed.
• Follow O'Toole's policies and procedures.
• Live our O'Toole's Core Values every day.

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• At least 1 year of supervisory experience.
• At least 2 years of shipping/receiving warehouse experience.
• Strong knowledge of annuals, perennials, and tropical plants.
• Experience operating a forklift, pallet jack, and electronic pallet jack.
• Strong work ethic and independent problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize when deliveries—and plants—start coming in fast.
• Excellent organization, planning, and accuracy.
• Ability to create and follow processes that keep receiving efficient during our busiest seasons.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft…