Shipping & Receiving Associate
Location: Bradford, ON
Employment type: Full Time Employment
Hours: 40 Hours per week
A little about us
Hi, we're Aurora Cannabis, and we're so excited to meet you!
We're a global cannabis company driven by our passion to help people improve their lives. We have a diverse team who bring their best every day so Aurora can be the cannabis provider of choice for patients and consumers. We love our work, and we especially love our high quality, innovative brands that make up the Aurora family - from Aurora, Aurora Drift, San Rafael '71 and Whistler. Our people combined with our collective passion for the industry is what makes Aurora a special place to work and defines what we call our "A-Team". We are a high-performing team of cannabis experts, innovators, and champions, that work, learn and win together. We think BIG, act BOLD and execute with PURPOSE in all that we do, and will stop at nothing to cultivate the ultimate cannabis experience for our community.
Job summary:
The Shipping/Receiving Associate plays a crucial role in managing the movement of goods within a facility. This position involves handling incoming and outgoing shipments, verifying inventory, and ensuring accurate documentation for shipping and receiving processes.
As a Shipping & Receiving Associate, you will be responsible for…
Duties and Responsibilities:
Shipping Responsibilities:
Prepare outgoing shipments, including picking, packing, labeling, and organizing items for dispatch.
Verify shipping details, match items to packing lists, and ensure proper documentation for carriers.
Receiving Responsibilities:
Receive incoming shipments, unload deliveries, and verify received items against purchase orders.
Inspect incoming goods for damage, accuracy, and quality, and report discrepancies as needed.
Inventory Management:
Assist in maintaining accurate inventory records by updating systems or logs for incoming and outgoing shipments.
Organize and store received items in designated storage areas, ensuring proper labeling and organization
Order Fulfillment Support:
Assist in fulfilling orders by locating and retrieving items from inventory as per picking lists.
Collaborate with other departments to ensure timely order fulfillment and accurate shipment preparation.
Compliance and Safety:
Adhere to safety protocols and warehouse procedures to maintain a safe working environment.
Ensure compliance with shipping regulations, hazardous material handling, and safety guidelines.
Accountabilities:
Accurate handling of shipping and receiving processes, ensuring proper documentation and inventory accuracy.
Accountability for maintaining organized shipping/receiving areas and supporting efficient order fulfillment.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Basic knowledge of shipping and receiving procedures, inventory control, and warehouse operations.
Familiarity with using shipping software, inventory management systems, and MS Office applications.
Attention to detail, ability to follow instructions, and strong organizational skills.
Good communication skills to interact with team members and follow shipping/receiving instructions.
Education & Experience:
High school diploma or equivalent. Additional training in logistics or related field is advantageous.
1-2 years of experience in shipping, receiving, or warehouse operations is preferred.
Ability to operate material handling equipment, such as forklifts or pallet jacks, is a plus.
Understanding of safety procedures, basic math skills, and the ability to lift and move heavy items as required.
This role is in one of Aurora's Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certified plants and works directly with products. Towards the end of the recruitment process, we require that you undergo a medical screening exam with our third-party vendor.
Why you'll love working at Aurora
Our people are at the heart of everything we do here at Aurora, and we take pride in fostering an inclusive space that inspires our team to love where they work! From rewarding career opportunities to flexible work environments to team activities, we go above and beyond to prioritize your success and here's how we do it…
Flexibility: you will enjoy a flexible work environment that is the perfect blend of work and fun! With flexible working hours to compressed work weeks to paid sick and vacation time, you will be empowered to achieve work-life balance.
Total rewards: we will motivate you to go above and beyond with a competitive salary or hourly wage (with shift premiums), stock options, an RRSP program, annual bonuses, and a health and personal care spending account for you to use for gym memberships, ski passes or staycations.
Benefits: we will foster your health and wellness (and your dependents) with our employee benefits package including, employer-paid health and dentalcare premiums, life insurance and LTD policies and a medical cannabis coverage program, designed exclusively for our A-Team, that will provide you with $1,500 of coverage each year (because we truly believe cannabis is the best medicine).
Life-long learning: we're lifelong learners here at Aurora and will invest in your professional development throughout all aspects of your career! You will have access to a tuition assistance program, virtual learning activities and annual performance reviews, to ensure you are provided with the toolkit and support you need to succeed.
Perks: we love to celebrate our people by providing corporate perks including employee discounts, perkopolis memberships, company SWAG, paid volunteer time, modern technology and snacks and beverages at all our office locations.
Team: we are a diverse and global team of cannabis enthusiasts, energetic innovators, fitness gurus, caring parents, foodies and more, with a collective passion to nurture an inclusive environment that helps you grow and provide people better days with medical cannabis.
Diversity and inclusion
At Aurora, we are proud to foster and celebrate a diverse community of professionals! We take pride in nurturing an inclusive culture that empowers our people to be their authentic selves, celebrate their differences and love where they work. Our diverse community combined with our inclusive culture, is what sets us apart in the industry and equips our A-Team with superpowers - and this is why, we encourage all candidates to apply for job opportunities regardless of race, national origin, colour, religion, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital and family status, disability, or any other identifying characteristic. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site or alternate format of job posting) during the recruitment and selection process, please do not hesitate to let our team know! We are here to help.
Next steps
Think you have what it takes to join our team? So do we!
Apply today by submitting your resume along with salary expectations through our website. You can expect your application to be reviewed by a human recruiter (not a robot) shortly after you apply, and our team will contact you via email if we see a fit. Think you're the ideal candidate but you don't meet all the requirements? Apply anyways! We would love to review your application to see if you're the right fit or find you an alternative opportunity!
Not the role for you? That's okay! Visit our careers page to find the perfect opportunity for you or share this posting with a friend or colleague that you think would be a great fit (hot tip: if you are already an Aurora employee, take advantage of the employee referral program by referring this posting to a friend! If they are successful, you will receive a bonus!)
If applicable, Aurora Human Resources will contact you via your email address provided. We do not contact candidates over Facebook or other Social Media apps. You will never be requested to provide confidential information such as banking information or your Social Insurance Number in the interview process.