Ross distribution center jobs: Ross stores is a chain of American department stores headquartered in Pleasanton, California. Let’s take a look at employment opportunities at Ross distribution centers.

Company History –
Ross was founded by Morris “Morrie” Ross in the year 1950. Ross moved to California, in Pacifica in the late 50s. In the year 1982, the founders of Mervyns chain of department stores, which includes Mervin Morris and a group of other investors purchased six Ross stores. The chain expanded to more than a 100 stores in the 80s itself. Today, the company has more than 1,000 stores in 29 states in the US.

Jobs at Ross distribution centers –
Below are some of the distribution center jobs you can get at Ross:

Maintenance mechanic: As a maintenance mechanic, your responsibility is to assess and repair machinery in the warehouse. You will be conducting preventive maintenance, repairs and evaluation of mechanical equipment including strappers and conveyors in the warehouse. For this position, some knowledge of electrical motor control troubleshooting is required. Knowledge of hand tools, drills, grinders, saws, multimeter, tachometer, welder, cutting torch, electric forklifts, pallet jacks and platform lifts is needed. One or two years of mechanical aptitude in mechanical environment is required. You will be required to lift weights up to 50 lbs.

Area Operations Supervisor: As an Area operations supervisor, you will be required to supervise the activities of temporary workers and associates. You will be required to train, assess, motivate, coach, and evaluate associates in all areas of job duties using established methods and standards. You will provide updates to DC Merchandise Manager on production planning information and needs or problems of the area. You will also be performing job applicant interviews and making hiring decisions. You will Maintain daily paperwork, such as time and production records, assist merchandise processors with paperwork, ticketing problems and troubleshooting orders. For this position, familiarity with technical equipments such as radio frequency/bar code scanners, and Rapid Pak System is required. You will be required to lift weights up to 40 lbs on occasions. This position requires a minimum of 2 years of supervisory experience in production and merchandising functions.

Ross also has warehouse positions where you can work as a warehouse worker or merchandise handler, where you will be required to load/unload trailers, scan, label and stock merchandise. There are also several managerial opportunities at Ross distribution centers. However, most of the managerial positions require 3 or more years of experience.

The distribution center locations are:
Rock Hill, SC
Carlisle, PA
Ft. Mill, SC
Moreno Valley, CA
Perris, CA

Benefits offered by Ross –
Ross offers its employees benefits such as Dental, Vision, Medical, Disability, Sick Pay, Vacation, 401(k) savings plan, Employee Stock Purchase, Commuter Reimbursement, Pre-Paid Legal, Life Insurance, Holidays/Personal Holidays.

Online job application for Ross distribution center jobs –
To apply for jobs at Ross online, go to http://www.rossstores.com/job_search.aspx and click on the link titled ‘Search corporate/buying office/distribution opportunities’. This will take you to a page with two options. One is to search openings and second is to directly submit your resume. Click on ‘Search Openings’ if you wish to search and apply for a position yourself. The next page will give you several options where you can either choose to search by location, by specifying the location in the ‘Location’ box (distribution center locations are shown there as well), or you can choose to search by department as well, in which case you can select ‘Distribution’. Furthermore, you can choose city as well as state too. Once the desired selections have been made, click on the ‘Search’ button at the bottom. This will take you to a page showing the results of the search performed, which is a list of jobs available. To just view the job description and requirements for each job, select the jobs and click on ‘View Job(s)’ button. To apply, click on ‘Apply to Job(s)’ button. The next page will ask you for a login. Just click on ‘Create login’ to the left side of the page and you can fill in the necessary information to create your application account, using which you can apply for jobs via the website.

Now let’s take a look at some additional pointers that might help you get a better idea of distribution center opportunities:

• The average salary for a Stock Associate is $7.68/hr with the highest reported salary being $9/hr and the lowest being $7/hr.
• The average salary for a Loss Prevention associate is $9.15/hr with the highest reported salary being $10/hr and the lowest being $8/hr.
• The average annual salary for an Area supervisor is $27,000 with the highest reported salary being $42,000 and the lowest being $20,000.
• Sample interview question – “What good qualities would you bring to Ross?”
• Sample interview question – “Please explain a successful inventory management experience from your past employment.”
• Most questions are usual, standard questions such as ‘tell us about yourself’, ‘Why did you choose Ross?’ etc.

So that’s all about distribution center opportunities at Ross. Many employees complain about the low pay, which is indeed quite less than what many rival companies give for same opportunities. Many employees are dissatisfied and just 43% approve of the C.E.O Michael A. Balmuth. If, however, you are hard-pressed, you can choose to work at Ross temporarily.