Team Leader- Parts & Supplies

Pay

Starting rate: $24 per hour

Benefits

• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with employer match
• Low‑cost health, dental, and vision insurance
• Tuition & certification reimbursement
• Paid time off (as referenced in the Benefits Guide)
• Parental leave
• Paid holidays

Position Summary

This position assists the Inventory Control Supervisor by providing guidance and training to parts and inventory employees and acts as a backup to ensure smooth and efficient department operations.

Qualifications & Abilities

• Three (3) years’ experience in warehouse shipping and receiving, including inventory updating and reporting
• Effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills; demonstrated telephone techniques and positive customer‑relations abilities
• Strong organizational skills; ability to multitask, prioritize projects, and handle telephone interruptions
• Accurate processing of alphanumeric information
• Clean driver’s license with a clean record
• Basic knowledge of MS Excel, Word, and AS/400
• Logical thinking and ability to follow procedures and instructions
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships
• Delegation skills
• Ability to respond to common inquiries regarding quotes with local vendors
• Independent work style with limited supervision and strong initiative
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) – intermediate proficiency in speaking, reading, spelling, and punctuation
• Flexibility to work extended hours, holidays, and/or weekends as needed
• Forklift certification
• Must obtain a TWIC card within 30 days of employment

Responsibilities

• Lead, train, and direct team efforts in a warehouse environment; inform supervisor of problems or potential problems requiring immediate attention
• Ensure departmental goals are met, plan for additional resources, set goals, objectives, and realistic action plans
• Verify AS/400 records against physical inventory counts; adjust errors and report overages, shortages, and damages
• Obtain prior approval for orders/replenishments before processing to accounting
• Oversee preparation of pre‑counts for cycle counts and prepare final reports
• Enter daily fuel replenishments with prior approval, send daily fuel receiving report to accounting, and set up employee PIN numbers
• Track tire inventory and maintain BRM & BTL retread reports
• Create jobs for reefer parts loaded onto vessels, cranes, and safety equipment; distribute throughout the terminal
• Assist with data entry of material request forms (Excel) and fulfill orders requested by all departments
• Order materials and supplies needed for terminal projects for the Maintenance Department
• Process all receiving PODs, invoices, and PRs, including scanning Daily Log to accounting
• Maintain reefer parts location in the DST system and assist with fulfilling and loading requested parts for all reefer technicians on Seaboard vessels
• Distribute inventory reports, identify discrepancies, and work with management to resolve them and maintain inventory accuracy
• Respond to accounting inquiries regarding inventories and invoices
• Track, update, and reconcile off‑site storage files; pull out storage boxes ready for destruction
• Assist with parts runs
• Perform physical and cycle count inventory (secondary)
• Assist at the parts room front counter (secondary)
• Enter data into DST system (create new parts, enter job orders, update returned parts, etc.) (secondary)
• Run various reports from the DST inventory system (secondary)
• Observe and assist in enforcement of safety and security procedures (secondary)
• Other duties as assigned by management

Physical Requirements

• Regular use of fingers
• Frequent talking and hearing
• Continuous sitting; occasional standing and walking
• Occasional lifting or moving of up to 10 pounds
• Vision requirements: close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus

Working Conditions

• Exposure to extreme heat, rain, wind, and high humidity
• Occasional work near moving mechanical parts
• Continuous exposure to dust, fumes, airborne particles, and toxic or caustic chemicals
• Moderate to high noise levels