--- title: Receiving Lead at Otoolesgardencenters in Lakewood, CO description: Otoolesgardencenters is hiring for the Receiving Lead role in Lakewood, CO. Pays $23–$25 per hour. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/receiving-lead-at-otoolesgardencenters-01a0ff83-2d36-78ba-80c1-29fd229e28fd date: 2026-10-03T02:17:09Z og_description: Join Otoolesgardencenters as Receiving Lead in Lakewood, CO. Pays $23–$25 per hour. Full-time role. Requires 1+ year of experience. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/hv6txf.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | otoolesgardencenters.com | | **Location** | Lakewood, CO | | **Salary** | $23/hr - $25/hr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Oct 02, 2026 | ## Description # 🌿 O'Toole's Garden Centers - Receiving Lead **Ready to be the person who keeps everything coming through our doors organized, accounted for, and ready to grow? 🌱📦** O'Toole's Garden Centers is looking for a **hands-on, organized, plant-savvy Receiving Lead** to join our team! This is a pretty important gig around here. You'll be one of the **first people to see the products arriving at our stores** and will help account for **millions of dollars in inventory**. From trucks and invoices to tropicals, perennials, pallets, and everything in between, you'll help make sure incoming products get where they need to go-and that our receiving operation keeps humming. 🌸 Think of yourself as the **behind-the-scenes hero of the garden center**: part inventory pro, part plant protector, part traffic controller, and occasionally a forklift ninja. 🥷🌿 This position also includes **seasonal supervisory responsibilities** and reports to the **Store Manager and Assistant Manager**. 📍 **Where?** O'Toole's Garden Centers – Colorado ⏰ **Schedule?** Full-time, 36+ hours per week, including weekend availability 🌻 **Internal & External Candidates Welcome!** 📅 **Current O'Toole's Team Members: Apply by October 7, 2026** ## 💼 What You'll Be Doing You'll be the first eyes-and often the first hands-on incoming products. Your job is to keep receiving accurate, organized, safe, efficient, and ready for whatever our busy season throws at us. ### 📦 Receiving & Inventory Magic - Receive and count incoming products with **ninja-level accuracy**. - Make sure products are received according to our standard operating procedures. - Identify and report damages and shortages. - Make sure invoices are properly signed and documented. - Complete and track claims for damaged or missing products through resolution. - Communicate product delays and availability changes. - Work with management to maintain appropriate inventory levels. - Coordinate receiving schedules with vendors. - Create and maintain a receiving calendar the whole team can actually understand. 📅 - Keep vendor pickups, storage, racks, and breakdown removal organized. - Maintain a receiving area that is clean, orderly, and ready for action. ### 🌿 Plant TLC & Hard Goods Plants don't stop needing attention just because they came off a truck! You'll: - Work with management to assess arriving plants for **health and retail readiness**. - Help ensure plants receive proper care and watering during arrival and unloading. - Get products safely and efficiently to the appropriate departments. - Help protect the quality of our products from the moment they arrive. ### 🤝 Customer Service - Yes, Even From the Back! You may not spend your entire day on the sales floor, but customer service still matters. - Communicate clearly, professionally, and enthusiastically. - Build positive working relationships with vendors, drivers, delivery teams, and coworkers. - Help encourage strong communication throughout the receiving process. - Bring solutions-not just problems-to the table. ### 🌻 Other Fun Stuff Because no two days at a garden center are exactly the same... - Take on special assignments from management. - Attend staff meetings. - Participate in training and development. - Help make sure health and safety practices are followed. - Follow O'Toole's policies and procedures. - Live our **O'Toole's Core Values** every day. ## 🛠️ What You'll Bring to the Table ### Must-Haves - High school diploma or equivalent. - **At least 1 year of supervisory experience.** - **At least 2 years of shipping/receiving warehouse experience.** - Strong knowledge of **annuals, perennials, and tropical plants.** 🌺 - Experience operating a **forklift, pallet jack, and electronic pallet jack.** - Strong work ethic and independent problem-solving skills. - Ability to prioritize when deliveries-and plants-start coming in fast. - Excellent organization, planning, and accuracy. - Ability to create and follow processes that keep receiving efficient during our busiest seasons. - Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office and Google tools, with the ability to learn new systems quickly. - Full-time availability of **36+ hours per week**, including weekends. During peak season, weekend availability is required. - Ability to lift and move products weighing up to **50 pounds**. - Ability to stay on your feet throughout your shift. - Ability to speak, read, and write fluent English. - Commitment to O'Toole's Core Values. ### 🌟 Nice-to-Haves - A.A. or bachelor's degree. - **2+ years of garden center retail experience** with increasing levels of responsibility. - **3+ years of shipping/receiving warehouse experience.** - Bilingual English/Spanish skills. ## 🌸 Why O'Toole's? Because where else can you spend your day solving an inventory puzzle, driving a forklift, working around plants, coordinating deliveries, and helping keep an entire garden center moving? If you **love organization, know your way around plants, can keep your cool when three trucks show up at once, and don't mind a little dirt under your nails**, we want to meet you. 🌿✨ ### 🌱 Ready to Grow With Us? **Internal and external candidates are encouraged to apply!** 📅 **Current O'Toole's employees must submit their application by October 7, 2026.** Come help us make sure everything that enters O'Toole's is **received right, accounted for, cared for, and ready to grow.** 🌻📦💚 ## Skills - Loading and Unloading - Calendar Management - Bilingual - Work Ethic - Pallet Jack Operation - Training And Development - Problem Solving - Planning - Irrigation (Landscaping And Agriculture) - Supervisory Skills - Workplace Safety - Microsoft Office - English - Spanish - Communication ## How to Apply [Apply for this position](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/receiving-lead-at-otoolesgardencenters-01a0ff83-2d36-78ba-80c1-29fd229e28fd?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Related - [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Related pages - [Colorado](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/colorado?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 38664 jobs - [Lakewood, CO](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/colorado/lakewood?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 953 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)