Storesperson

Job Requisition Id: 194441 
Business Function: Trades and Technical 
Primary City: Richmond 
Province: British Columbia 
Employment Type: Full-Time 
Employment Status: Permanent 
Language Requirement: English Essential 
Number of Vacancies 1 
Salary: $32.72 per hour
Job Closing Date (YYYY-MM-DD):2025-11-05

 

 

Job Description

If you have the ambition, talent and drive, consider a career at Canada Post. Reporting to a more senior level position, the Storekeeper supports mail operations by managing maintenance and operating supplies. The storekeeper will operate the stores in a safe and hazard-free manner and manage the maintenance and inventory information systems to effectively plan and control materials in conjunction with maintenance activities.

Job Responsibilities

• Order parts and/or materials required
• Ensures and maintains adequate inventory levels
• Receive shipments and inspects for damage, quality and quantity
• Conduct periodic stock counts to compare actual levels versus system levels
• Investigate sources of errors and take corrective action
• Prepare goods for shipment
• Coordinate with appropriate end users to identify and plan material requirements

Job Responsibilities (continued)

• Operate Material Handling Equipment (i.e. Forklift)
• Store and handle materials using appropriate techniques (i.e. dangerous and hazardous material)
• Manage and administer maintenance & inventory information systems as required to ensure accuracy of information, and proper planning and forecasting.
• Be required to lift and carry items weighting up to 22.7 kilograms (50 lbs)

Qualifications

Education:
• Secondary school diploma or equivalent.

Experience:
• Demonstrated experience in inventory management or materials management in an industrial environment, or in a related field.

Knowledge:
• Industrial safety practices and procedures
• All phases of inventory cycle counts and associated activities.
• Standard shipping and receiving practices, warehousing management practices related to storage and issue of spare parts and inventory.
• Standard procurement practices and procedures for the replenishment of inventory items.

Physical Abilities:
• Must be able to safely lift items that weigh less than 22.7 kilograms (50 pounds)

Skills & Abilities:
• Operate a computer and use programs such as Windows, MS Office, MS Excel.
• Maintain inventory control, parts ordering, receive shipments, disposal of surplus stock.
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Perform minor preventative and corrective maintenance activities.
• Operate motorized material handling equipment

Other Information

If applicable, you will be asked to attach to your profile a copy of a current driver’s abstract (dated within the last 30 days) and pass a CPC administered Road Assessment. If requested, the driver’s abstract is required in order to consider your application and can be obtained from your local Ministry of Transportation office.

Canada Post’s values and behaviours 

Our Values - Trust, Respect and Deliver represent our fundamental promise to ourselves, our expectations of one and another and our shared duty to our country. 

Our behaviours – Make the call, Know the destination, Deliver for others, Ignite our pride; embody our values, bringing them to life and guiding our actions. 

We’re committed to living these values and practicing these behaviours every day.  Learn more about the values and behaviours by visiting the Canada Post website.