Student Veterans of America Jobs

Welcome to SVA’s jobs portal, your one-stop shop for finding the most up to date source of employment opportunities. We have partnered with the National Labor Exchange to provide you this information. You may be looking for part-time employment to supplement your income while you are in school. You might be looking for an internship to add experience to your resume. And you may be completing your training ready to start a new career. This site has all of those types of jobs.

Here are a few things you should know:
  • This site is mobile friendly. You do not need a log-in or password to access information.
  • Jobs on this site are original and unduplicated and come from three sources: the Federal government, state workforce agency job banks, and corporate career websites. All jobs are vetted to ensure there are no scams, training schemes, or phishing.
  • The site is refreshed daily to remove out-of-date content.
  • The newest jobs are listed first, so use the search features to match your interests. You can look for jobs in a specific geographical location, by title or keyword, or you can use the military crosswalk. You may want to do something different from your military career, but you undoubtedly have skills from that occupation that match to a civilian job.

Job Information

Wayfair Wayfair Warehouse Transportation Specialist in McDonough, Georgia

Transportation Specialist Job Description:

Transportation Specialists are responsible for inventory fidelity and back-end warehouse support. Transportation Specialists ensure that POs are in their proper inventory states, leading to streamlined scheduling and delivery. Transportation Specialists are also responsible for reconciling exceptions, reverse logistics, and driver paperwork.

Pay : $21/ per hour

Shift: Sunday - Wednesday: 5am - 3:30pm

Benefits to building a HOME for your career with Wayfair:

  • Health/Dental/Vision Insurance (Start Day 1)

  • 401k with company match

  • Referral Bonus of up to $500 per hire

  • Bi-weekly pay

  • Paid time off

  • Parental leave

  • Wayfair company discount

What You'll Do:

  • Use Wayfair inventory systems and tools to ensure "perfect" orders run smoothly from receipt at the terminal to dispatching for delivery

  • Identify exceptions such as damage, short shipments, mis shipments, overweight/oversized cartons, etc., and reconcile these issues, engaging Customer Service and other partner teams as needed

  • Inventory freight returning after a missed or refused delivery, escalating reports of missing freight to terminal leadership

  • Set up schedules for outgoing freight (returns, liquidation, donation, disposal) and maintain relationships with reverse logistics carriers

  • Print any necessary paperwork for delivery teams, correcting any errors

  • Write and distribute an "end of shift" report to all terminal staff and any necessary partner teams

  • Provide feedback on processes and tools

  • Support Customer Service and other partner teams in efforts to maintain high customer satisfaction

What You'll Need

  • 2+ years of relevant experience in a similar role.

  • Ability to lift 75+ lbs to assist the warehouse team as needed

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with a strong customer-centric approach.

  • Ability to multitask and navigate through various systems and tools.

  • Well organized and detail oriented.

  • Comfort with Microsoft Office and learning new technologies.

  • Proactive in identifying opportunities for improvement and driving solutions.

  • Experienced in Logistics or Transportation.

  • BA/BS preferred.

Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities

Wayfair is fully committed to providing equal opportunities for all individuals, including individuals with disabilities. As part of this commitment, Wayfair will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on business operations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please let us know by completing our Accomodations for Applicants form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ElBqKaQYGR9j0NiQHQYCGbHkqKqN746Nk62pI32IyLU) .

Need Technical Assistance?

For more information about applying for a career at wayfair, visit our FAQ page here (https://www.aboutwayfair.com/careers/careers-faq) .

About Wayfair Inc.

Wayfair is one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston or Berlin, or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world, we’re reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industry-leading technology and creative problem-solving, we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If you’re looking for rapid growth, constant learning, and dynamic challenges, then you’ll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.

No matter who you are, Wayfair is a place you can call home. We’re a community of innovators, risk-takers, and trailblazers who celebrate our differences, and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger, smarter, and well-positioned for success. We value and rely on the collective voices of our employees, customers, community, and suppliers to help guide us as we build a better Wayfair – and world – for all. Every voice, every perspective matters. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

We are interested in retaining your data for a period of 12 months to consider you for suitable positions within Wayfair. Your personal data is processed in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Notice (which can found here: https://www.wayfair.com/careers/privacy). If you have any questions regarding our processing of your personal data, please contact us at dataprotectionofficer@wayfair.com. If you would rather not have us retain your data please contact us anytime at dataprotectionofficer@wayfair.com.

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