Scheduling Associate - Full-time / Part-time

Shift: 1st

Status:

Bring your passion for fashion to today's Burlington Stores. If you are interested in a career in retail, consider joining one of the largest off price retailers of apparel and home furnishings in the nation. We always have a large selection of quality name brand merchandise at huge savings; coats, clothing and shoes for the whole family, fashionable accessories, home decor, and everything for baby. Burlington means one-stop shopping for labels you love at prices you love even more. With more than 400 stores, we're always looking for good talent that can drive results.


The Scheduling Associate performs a variety of tasks that require research and coordination regarding scheduling delivery appointments to multiple distribution facilities. The associate will coordinate daily with vendors, carriers, buyers, and routing to ensure the distribution centers have proper volume for receipts. The associate must provide excellent customer service both internally and externally.

Duties and Responsibilities:

· Schedule all inbound merchandise delivery freight (including imports) in WMS system. Assist DC Operations with coordinating and rescheduling appointments based on fluctuations of productions.

· Verify accuracy of purchase ordered against checklist, unit counts, and routing for East and West Coast freight.

· Decide the facility and date for appointment based on fluctuating caps and building limitations.

· Determine and add all necessary appointment comments to WM for prep to make appointments GTG and for the DC to receive.

· Schedule inbound delivery freight for non-merchandise, supplies and returns.

· Responsible for printing/sorting new appointment requests and all daily problems/questions from internal and external departments.

· Confirm appointment dates and PO carton count totals with pre-receive teams.

Collaborate with routing team to expedite “white glove vendors” and upper management approved Expedite POs.

· Answer telephone calls from internal and external partners. Handle concerns from vendors, carriers, buyers, and Distribution center facility whether via phone or email.

· Research root cause of unscheduled POs handled by trouble department.

· Train any temporary or new associates on the team.

Generate scheduling report which is published daily to all internal Burlington partners.

Education and Qualifications: Education: HS Degree

Experience: Base knowledge of distribution operational concepts in relation to Inbound Logistics

Skills and Abilities:

· Excellent communication skills

· Must display strong sense of urgency

· Strong problem solving skills

· Ability to make sound decisions in a high paced work environment

Our ideal candidates will be self motivated, team players, who have the desire to succeed. We care about our employees, have a supportive environment that values trust and respect, offer a competitive wage and benefits package that includes a generous paid time off plan, plus an associate discount, and a company matched 401(k) to name a few.

Burlington Stores is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity.

Come join our team. You’re going to like it here!