Job Description

Regular Full Time Position - $16.00 starting rate

Must be able to work regular schedule: Monday thru Friday 7:00am to 3:45pm, possible mandatory overtime 6:00am to 4:45pm and occasional mandatory Saturdays.

• Health, Dental, Disability and Life Insurance – DAY ONE!
• 3 weeks of vacation your first FULL year!
• Vision Insurance
• 401K Matching after 90 days of employment
• Employee Discounts
• Referral Program ($500-$1,000)
• Climate Controlled work environment

ReaderLink is the largest full-service distributor of hardcover, trade, and paperback books to non-trade channel booksellers in North America, including the biggest names in retail across multiple retail channels. We are the number one book distributor in the U.S. with over $1 billion in sales, through the distribution of 300 million books per year to over 50,000 store locations nationwide.

JOB REQUIREMENTS AND DUTIES, including but not limited to the following:

• Follow oral and written instructions.
• Read and match numbers.
• Perform repetitive work that includes standing, walking and bending for long periods of time.
• Correctly sort product using eye/hand coordination.
• Accurately count items, boxes, pallets, etc.
• Identify problems and recognize potential problems.
• Work in all departments.
• Observe and practice all matters of safety.
• Follow all company policies and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals in English.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to stand up to 8- 12 hours in a day.
• Must be able to walk up to 6-10 hours.
• Will continuously reach up and out.
• Will occasionally climb stairs
• Will occasionally push/pull up to 25 pounds and occasionally push/pull up to 50 pounds.
• Will frequently lift up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds.
• Will occasionally have repetitive foot movement.
• Will frequently have repetitive hand/arm movements for simple reaching, simple and firm grasping, and/or fine hand manipulation.
• Specific vision ability required by this job includes close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• May use voice picking system to process orders

Language Skills:

• Ability to print and speak simple sentences well both written and verbally, in English.
• Ability to read a limited number of two and three syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between a series of numbers.

Mathematical Skills:

• Ability to add and subtract basic math

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• The work performed is in a distribution environment
• The employee is frequently exposed to vibrations and dust and will be working around moving machinery
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate at low decibels
• Must be able to work in a fast paced, team environment

EEO Statement

ReaderLink Distribution Services, LLC. is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer (Minorities/Females/Disability/Veterans) committed to a diverse workforce

If you love books and want to play an active role in the continued expansion of one of the book industry’s most important and fastest growing organizations, then you must be part of the Readerlink Distribution Service’s dynamic team. Readerlink sells 1 of every 3 trade print books sold in the United States to a blue chip customer base including the biggest names across multiple retail channels. In the past few years, Readerlink has become the #1 book distributor in the U.S. by doubling its annual sales to over $1 billion through the distribution of 300 million books per year to over 70,000 store locations nationwide. Readerlink ships via its extensive logistics network of 6 national distribution facilities totaling 50 acres of building capacity. Readerlink also publishes under the name Printers Row Publishing Group with four unique imprints: Canterbury Classics, Portable Press, Silver Dolphin Books, Thunder Bay Press and Dreamtivity. The diversity of these imprints allows PRPG to develop and expand on book industry trends in both the juvenile and adult book genres. Readerlink HQ is in Oak Brook, Illinois with its publishing HQ in San Diego CA.