Military Supply Chain and Logistics Trainee - Warehouse

About the role

Penske's Logistics Trainee Program is a management trainee experience structured program that provides hands-on training across multiple logistics functions and prepares you for future leadership roles within Penske Logistics.

You will discover opportunities to proactively improve our service promise to customers while being exposed to processes, policies, and procedures, all while working together on shared objectives.

Responsibilities

Through hands-on experience, you will learn to properly plan work assignments to ensure effective use of warehouse equipment.

Upon graduation from the program, you’ll be prepared to lead a small group of hourly associates in a distribution center management operation.

• Ensure that all associates are motivated, engaged, trained, and competent and understand how their work relates to the customers' business objectives.
• Foster a safe work environment by complying with and administering established safety and operational procedures.
• Understand the location-specific customer goals & objectives and work to meet and exceed these expectations daily.
• Effectively resolve issues and monitor day-to-day operations for compliance using organizational and time management skills.
• Develop a thorough working knowledge of the site’s operating systems to ensure compliance and exception resolution.
• Learn the Kaizen methodology and implement Lean processes.
• Analyze and apply basic principles of inventory management, receiving goods, storage of goods, and shipping goods from a warehouse environment.

Requirements

• Honorable discharge from the military in the last 1-3 years.
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred - In Business, Supply Chain, Data Science/Analytics or related field is a plus.
• Demonstrated leadership through school, your community, clubs/organizations, or the military.
• Authorized to work in the United States.
• Internship or related work experience in a customer-facing role preferred.
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to learn and navigate various technology platforms.
• Committed to learning and growing; receptive to feedback and developing self-awareness.
• High level of commitment to operation and job responsibilities.
• Results-oriented, attention to detail, and effective time management and organizational skills.
• Builds and develops positive working relationships within the department at all levels.
• Ability to relocate is required for this role.

Benefits

Our excellent benefits plan keeps associates and their families happy, healthy, and secure.

• Pay: $25.00 per hour with an average annual of $55,000 (including OT).
• Paid Time Off: Start earning from Day 1!
• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life Insurance: Get covered as soon as the 1st of the month after your hire date!
• 401K Plan: Secure your future - eligible after just 90 days!
• Associate Referral Program: Start referring on Day 1, with generous payouts!

Physical Requirements

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The associate will be required to: read; communicate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.
• While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk, and sit.
• The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 lbs./12 kg.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.