Daytime Receiving Associate Full-Time – Home Depot, Thunder Bay, ON
Location: Brampton, ON | Company: Home Depot
Home Depot is hiring a full-time Daytime Receiving Associate at its Thunder Bay store in Ontario. This position supports the movement of incoming merchandise, receiving operations, inventory organization and product availability throughout the store.
Based at 359 Main Street in Thunder Bay, the role combines warehouse-style receiving duties with retail store support. Associates work with deliveries, freight documentation, powered equipment and store systems while helping maintain an organized receiving area and ensuring merchandise reaches the correct location efficiently.
About the Daytime Receiving Associate Role
The Receiving Associate plays an important part in keeping store inventory moving from delivery trucks to the sales floor. Incoming shipments must be unloaded, checked against shipping and purchasing information, recorded in Home Depot systems and prepared for movement to designated staging or merchandising areas.
This is a hands-on position that requires regular interaction with merchandise, freight equipment and store technology. Associates may also support order picking and stocking activities when assigned, making accuracy, organization and familiarity with product locations important parts of the workday.
Key Areas of Responsibility
Daytime Receiving Associates support several stages of the store’s freight and inventory process, from accepting deliveries to preparing merchandise for customers and other store teams.
Receiving Deliveries
Unload inbound merchandise, follow established receiving procedures and help ensure deliveries are processed efficiently and safely.
Checking Freight Accuracy
Review packing slips, shipping documents, UPC labels and purchase order information to confirm quantities and identify damaged or incorrect merchandise.
Using Store Systems
Record incoming merchandise and use store tools to locate product, vendor, article and inventory information required for receiving and stocking activities.
Moving and Stocking Merchandise
Transport products from receiving areas to appropriate locations, replenish merchandise and help maintain organized and safe overhead storage areas.
Maintaining Receiving Areas
Keep freight areas clear by removing cardboard, pallets and other materials while preparing enough space for future incoming shipments.
Supporting Store Customers
Provide customer assistance when needed by greeting shoppers, listening to project needs and using product and store knowledge to help direct them appropriately.
Experience and Requirements
Home Depot lists a high school diploma or equivalent and at least one year of receiving experience among the minimum requirements for this position. Previous forklift experience is considered an asset. Receiving Associates must also be able to learn and follow established procedures while maintaining accuracy during freight processing.
The position involves powered lift equipment such as electric pallet jacks, reach trucks, order pullers and forklifts. Associates in the role are required to be licensed to operate the powered equipment they use as part of receiving and freight movement activities.
Skills That May Help Candidates Succeed
The role combines physical merchandise handling with documentation, store technology and communication. Candidates who are comfortable working carefully in an active retail and warehouse environment may be well suited to the position.
Accurately checking freight documents, quantities, product information and incoming merchandise helps prevent receiving and inventory errors.
Following equipment procedures and identifying potential hazards is particularly important when working around forklifts, freight and heavy merchandise.
Previous experience with shipping, receiving and freight movement can help candidates understand the pace and procedures involved in incoming merchandise operations.
Clear communication with Freight, Fulfillment and store associates helps merchandise reach the correct location and keeps inventory information current.
Keeping receiving areas, staging locations and overhead merchandise organized supports safer and more efficient store operations.
Physical and Workplace Expectations
This position requires frequent bending, reaching, twisting, lifting, pushing and pulling, including the movement of heavy or bulky merchandise. Associates spend substantial time walking and standing throughout the store and may need to climb ladders approximately 12 to 16 feet high when obtaining or stocking products.
The receiving and warehouse environment may be dusty, noisy and subject to temperature changes when loading areas are open. Associates may work around powered equipment, uneven or slippery surfaces, sharp-edged merchandise and materials requiring careful handling, making consistent attention to workplace safety important.
How to Apply
Candidates interested in the full-time Daytime Receiving Associate position in Thunder Bay can review the vacancy and submit an application through Home Depot Canada’s official recruitment system.
Applicants should make sure their application accurately reflects relevant receiving, shipping, freight-handling or forklift experience, along with any experience working with inventory systems or merchandise in a retail or warehouse setting.