Warehouse Coordinator

About the role

The Warehouse Coordinator will assist in coordinating all daily warehouse activities under the direction of the Warehouse Supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize workload within the warehouse
• Maintain training records for all employees
• Identify and address all safety hazards within the work area
• Train new warehouse employees in material handling and identification
• Assist shipping and receiving, unload trucks with forklift or crane, check in merchandise, match purchase orders to sales orders and distribute to sales associates for processing
• Accurately stock material physically and electronically into proper warehouse bin locations
• Participate in Lean/Kaizen, Black Belt, and other Operational Excellence initiatives
• Read and accurately transact customer orders, work orders, shipping orders, or requisitions to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed and/or shipped
• Ensure the warehouse is accessible and safe for salespeople and customer traffic
• Open bales, crates, and other containers
• Assist in routine cycle counting of inventory
• Weigh and count items to ensure conformance to company standards
• Record transactional amounts of materials or items received or issued via appropriate ERP & Warehouse Management Systems transaction
• Help implement process improvement initiatives and train warehouse personnel as needed
• Assist in the creation of work instructions for training purposes
• Collaborate with other departments to address process improvement initiatives
• Monitor and report team KPIs to upper management, identifying opportunities and process gaps
• Sweep, dust and mop and always organize warehouse and work area for orderliness
• Identify warehouse layout changes needed, both physically and systematically
• Document Purchase Orders or Work Order, Part Numbers, and Projects on all incoming/outgoing items
• Any other duties as assigned by TAS

Skills

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to drive forklift
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Must be computer literate
• Analytical and detail oriented
• Strong communication skills to work with warehouse employees, peers, leadership, and cross functional departments

Qualifications

• High school diploma
• 5+ years of related manufacturing experience
• 3+ years of supervisory experience
• Must have a good command of the English language, both written and verbal
• Computer knowledge includes warehouse ERP systems and MS Office software

Preferred qualifications

• Lean Manufacturing or Greenbelt experience
• Dashboard, Metrics or Power BI experience

Physical requirements & work environment

• Work performed in a shop environment
• Exposed to any number of elements but with none present to the extent of being disagreeable
• Requires normal vision and absence of color blindness
• Physical effort equal to frequent moving of up to 50lbs materials
• Regularly required to sit or stand, bend and reach
• The use of Safety Glasses is required
• The use of earplugs is recommended
• Ability to stand up to 10 hours a day (with lunch in between) and up to 6 days a week
• Ability to work in a non-air-conditioned environment
• Steel-toe boots required in Manufacturing Facility