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Full-time | Demand Planning

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DC Outreach Specialist (Bedford, PA)

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Posted Date

08-11-2022

Job ID

25734

Job Function

Distribution Center

REI City

Bedford

REI State

Pennsylvania

REI Location

Distribution Center PA

Remote Eligible

No

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What's cool about this job

REI is committed to becoming a fully inclusive, antiracist, multicultural organization. To fulfill our brand promise of enabling a life well-lived outside for everyone, we are seeking candidates who demonstrate shared values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism.

In this role, you will build and maintain relationships in the local community. Connect Distribution Center employees to REI's guiding values through events and activities.

! Establishes and maintains positive, business-focused relationships.
! Establishes local community relationships and volunteer opportunities.
! Supports local community organizations through time, resources, and products.
! Develops and maintains relationships with the local media.
! Coordinates opportunities with REI employees and the community.
! Plans programs for team educational workshops and engagement activities.
! Supports DC operations as business need dictates.
! Helps with REI grant award process for non-profit organizations.
! Monitors assigned outreach budget.
! Coordinates with local/regional Retail stores.
! Builds peer relationships with DC Outreach Specialists.
! Maintains Distribution Center Campus Outreach resources.

Bring your passion and expertise

! 2+ years experience in coordinating outdoor and community engagement programs. (outdoor education, volunteer events, outdoor recreational events and activities)
! Influences, drives, and collaborates with teams to produce desired results.
! 2+ years experience building relationships with community partners.
! 2+ years experience in event planning.
! 1+ years experience in social media management.
! 1+ years experience in managing budgets.
! 1+ years experience in Outdoor Programs Risk Management training.
! Identifies with REI’s customer service philosophy.
! Proven interpersonal and collaboration skills.
! Supports REI's values and ideals.
! Leverages business understanding and sound judgment in actions.
! Communicates effectively.
! Plans effectively, sets effective work goals and establishes priorities.
! Manages project calendars and communicates plans and progress.
! Delivers communication in an effective, respectful way.
! Challenges the status quo, champions change, and influences others.
! Valid driver’s license and positive driving record.
! Skilled with MS office, including Word, Excel and Power Point.
! Ability to travel to off-site locations about 1-2 times per week.
! Will work a flexible schedule, where needed.

REI hires, trains, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. We remain deeply committed to making the Co-op a place where everyone can feel safe and be themselves. Join us.

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At REI we offer an enviable work environment that Fortune Magazine has recognized on the "100 Best Places to Work" list since the award's inception – 23 years in a row! Sure, we work hard, but it’s balanced with time off to play—a strategy that works for us as we continue to grow and thrive. Want to enjoy a workplace where you can be yourself, be heard and be respected while having a job that challenges you? This is the place.

With more than 160 retail locations (and growing), REI offers unique competitive benefits to its more than 15,000 employees, including healthcare, gear and apparel discounts, free equipment rentals and challenge grants to help employees reach personal outdoor goals, generous retirement plan contributions, public transit subsidy, adoptions assistance, paid sabbaticals, and more.

REI is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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