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As a “design-first” company, we produce unique pieces for the home each season, including wall art, furniture, lighting, and home decor accessories.\nWe are seeking a hardworking and positive individual to join our Warehouse Team. This team plays a crucial role in managing the inventory and movement of our products. The successful candidate will be a well-organized team player who prioritizes safety while pursuing quality work. Above all, they have a positive attitude and contribute to our respectful work environment.\nPosition Summary\nHourly position starting at $18.00 plus Benefits\nThe Warehouse Associate is central to the execution of Mercana's distribution and warehousing operations, working across outbound (picking, packing, loading), inbound (receiving, put-away), and general functions (returns, inventory, and sample management).\nA dedicated part of the role is sample management - picking, assembling, packing, and tracking samples and stock items for product reviews, photoshoots, and visual merchandising - coordinated closely with the Design and Merchandising teams.\nThe focus is timely, efficient, and error-free completion of assigned work that meets and helps exceed individual, department, and warehouse performance metrics. This is a foundational hourly role; Associates grow in responsibility and level (O1 to O2) by mastering all warehouse functions over time.\nKey Responsibilities\nOutbound - Picking & Packing\nGather items from bins and palletized locations and pack orders for shipment in a timely manner.\n\nConduct quality-control checks to ensure order accuracy and product integrity.\n\nUse RF scanners and the warehouse management system (WMS) to track inventory and manage orders; create shipping documents and labels.\n\nCommunicate with internal stakeholders when orders are ready to ship.\n\nOutbound - Loading\nLoad palletized orders into delivery vessels for safe transport.\n\nEnsure orders are properly wrapped, supported, labelled, and documented to minimize transit damage.\n\nInbound - Receiving & Put-Away\nStock and organize inventory within the distribution center.\n\nConfirm product received against the BOL and inventory systems; inspect for damage and report discrepancies.\n\nAssign warehouse locations for received items and document accurately in the inventory management system.\n\nReturns Processing\nPhysically return cancelled and returned items to the correct bins or locations.\n\nReceive returned goods in the inventory system and move them to Quality Control; use RF scanners to bring product back into inventory and assign bins/pallets.","description_format":"text","description_chars":2731,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Furniture","Home Decor"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-07T05:01:41Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":2,"expected_fill_days":28,"reasons":["conf:3","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-09T06:03:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/mercana-warehouse-associate","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/mercana-warehouse-associate.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-09T09:39:06Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":9464,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-10T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4483265},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4483265"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fmercana-warehouse-associate"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fmercana-warehouse-associate"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fmercana-warehouse-associate"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/mercana-warehouse-associate\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fmercana-warehouse-associate"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3908545}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"mercana.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3908545},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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