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DC Associate - 1st Shift (Kansas City, MO)

Boot Barn
Kansas City, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 31 Dec 2025
💰 $36,000/yr

About the role

DISTRIBUTION CENTER ASSOCIATE – 1st SHIFT

REPORTS TO: DISTRIBUTION CENTER SHIFT MANAGER

STATUS: NON-EXEMPT

1st Shift Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:30am – 4:00pm $17.50/hr with possible overtime

 

Summary

Boot Barn is where community comes first. We thrive on togetherness, collaboration, and belonging. We build each other up, listen intently, and implement out-of-the-box ideas.  We celebrate new innovations, congratulate one another’s achievements, and most importantly support each other.

 

At Boot Barn, we work together to make a positive impact on the world around us, and by working collectively with encouragement, we consider ourselves “Partners.” With the values of the West guiding us, Boot Barn celebrates heritage, welcomes all, and values each unique Partner within our Boot Barn community.

 

Our vision is to offer everyone a piece of the American spirit – one handshake at a time. 

 

The Distribution Center (DC) Associate is responsible for pulling product from weekly distribution requests using a forklift or order picker. This role will also assist with shipping and receiving, light computer work, the use of DC equipment and requires the ability to work well in a team environment.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Unloading

  • Assists with receiving incoming freight.
  • Unloading trucks.
  • Confirms quantities of merchandise and other inventory to verify the accuracy of the order to be processed.
  • Ability to effectively operate RF units, scanners.
  • Sorts, Scans and Separates merchandise and inventory to be processed.
  • Utilizes hard copy reports to process damaged and/or salvageable merchandise as directed.
  • Monitors sort induction lines to ensure accurate scanning of distribution labels and effective processing of merchandise.
  • Handles and stacks merchandise in such a way to prevent damage to merchandise and/or prevent unsafe and unstable loads.
  • Exhibits reasonable care and operation of material handling equipment (Industrial Manual Pallet Jack).
  • Performs general housekeeping duties within the department and assigned designated areas to ensure a safe and appropriate working environment.
  • Monitors equipment and reports problems to supervisor
  • Maintains safe and clean work environment by keeping cross walks, pallet area, and workstations neat
  • Maintains the integrity of our Mission, Vision and Values statement while performing daily job duties.

Packing

  • Packs product for all weekly distributions to stores.
  • Sorts, separates, and scans units of merchandise to be processed. Places on conveyor lines as appropriate for distribution to the stores.
  • Ability to effectively operate RF units, scanners.
  • Performs general housekeeping duties within the department and assigned designated areas to ensure a safe and appropriate working environment.
  • Monitors equipment and reports problems to supervisor.
  • Maintains safe and clean work environment by keeping cross walks and workstations neat.
  • Maintains the integrity of our Mission, Vision and Values statement while performing daily job duties.

Picker

  • Pulls products for all weekly distributions to stores
  • Ability to effectively operate RF units, scanners
  • Performs general housekeeping duties within the department and assigned designated areas to ensure a safe and appropriate working environment.
  • Monitors equipment and reports problems to supervisor
  • Maintains safe and clean work environment by keeping cross walks, pallet area, and workstations neat.
  • Maintains the integrity of our Mission, Vision and Values statement while performing daily job duties.

VAS

  • Assists with new store/event receiving and tagging and packing.
  • Prepares and stages orders for shipping.
  • Ensures proper paperwork

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