Back Up Lead- FHI - Cheshire, CT - NDC 1st

It's fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they're doing! We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business. Ready to take the next step in your career journey?

About the role

The backup lead performs supervisory and other management responsibilities while also performing production unloading assignments. Back-up leads distribute unloading assignments to handlers and coordinate unloading activities. At the direction of the production manager, back-up leads manage the completion of administrative paperwork for reporting daily activity to the corporate office and have responsibility for ensuring compliance with all FHI policies and procedures.

At FHI, you determine how much money you make, how fast, and how far you grow your career. We offer everyone the path to long-term success; the rest is up to you. FHI is proud of our reputation for employing the industry’s most reliable warehouse professionals. We go the extra mile to develop and retain quality associates and offer a career path to leadership roles with greater pay—an approach our customers acknowledge and appreciate.

Responsibilities

• Adaptability and the ability to handle high-pressure situations are essential.
• Communicate effectively with other departments and customer service to meet customer demands.
• In a fast-paced environment, safely and efficiently unload tractor trailers delivering products to our distribution warehouses.
• Use a variety of forklifts to remove products from trailers.
• Break down pallets and restack cases onto new pallets—this is where the manual labor comes in!
• All other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Experience in managing and leading a team is essential.
• Requires a combination of leadership, organization, problem-solving, and technical skills to ensure the smooth functioning of the warehouse department.
• Strong communication skills are essential for interacting with team members, other departments, and external stakeholders like suppliers and customers.
• Good verbal/written communication skills.
• Willingness to work the required schedule.
• Ability to speak and write English for effective communication.
• Basic math skills.
• Attention to detail and ability to follow directions.
• Interact respectfully and courteously with associates, co-workers, management, and customers.
• Ability to work in a team environment.

Education: While education can be a valuable asset, it is not a strict requirement for success in this role.

Work Environment

This position is designated as safety-sensitive by the company, and the ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is required. Warehouse environment with extreme heat and cold temperatures.

Physical Demands

• Ability to lift, walk, bend, twist, reach, push, and squat most of the workday.
• Handle cases weighing from 25 to 95 pounds and can expect to handle between 50 and 200+ pallets on any given day.
• The ability to hear, understand, and distinguish speech and/or other sounds (e.g., machinery alarms) in moderate to loud work environments.

Pay

Production pay or the hourly base rate, whichever is greater. Daily allowance when performing back-up lead duties.

Schedule

Full-time, permanent positions with various shift times available in a variety of warehouse temperatures/environments.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, 401k, and paid time off.
• Awesome referral bonus and more incentives.
• Weekly pay and on-the-job training.
• Lots of associate development and internal promotion opportunities.