Warehouse Lead

Supervisor Responsibilities

• Provides day-to-day work direction, training, and guidance to Warehouse Assistants; does not have formal hiring/termination authority.

Duties / Responsibilities

• Support a safe work environment, practicing safe working techniques and compliance to safety programs; coach team members on safe practices.
• Ensure products meet or exceed quality and performance standards, improve efficiency within processes and procedures and continually improve through the use of Lean tools.
• Assign and prioritize daily tasks among Warehouse Assistants to meet shipping and receiving deadlines.
• Receiving and loading UPS / FedEx.
• Receiving and loading freight shipments.
• Verifying accuracy of orders.
• Prepping orders for shipping, boxing and palletizing.
• Maintain warehouse cleanliness and organization.
• Safely operate warehouse equipment, use certain equipment only if certified.
• Facilitate and document the fulfillment of sales orders.
• Maintain accurate inventory, report out when required, and lead cycle counts.
• Train new Warehouse Assistants on processes, procedures, and equipment use.
• Process paperwork as required.
• Assist with inventory, warehouse and delivery preparations.
• Complete assigned tasks within scheduling deadlines and monitor team progress against deadlines.
• Identify and recommend efficiency improvements; serve as first point of contact for day-to-day issues, escalating to the Warehouse Supervisor as needed.
• Operate as a team player and help to unify the team.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School Degree / GED
• 2+ years of professional work experience, inventory and warehouse experience required.
• Prior experience providing work direction or informal leadership to others preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to work within an inventory system or willingness to learn.
• Operate within the corporate policy guidelines and business practices.
• Results oriented and demonstrated strong sense of urgency.
• Excellent communication skills, written/verbal with internal and external contacts.
• Proven ability to be organized, detailed, multi-tasker, critical thinker, accurate, thorough and a problem-solver.
• Ability to adapt to change in the workplace or assignment of duties.
• Forklift experience required, or willingness and ability to complete forklift training and certification.

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is regularly required to talk and hear.
• Required to frequently sit, stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move 50 pounds, sit; stoop, bend and kneel.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to safely use ladders while performing warehouse duties.

Work Environment

• This job operates in a warehouse setting with a technical / repair lab, shipping and receiving area and equipment set-up and reconditioning environment.
• This role routinely may use standard electronic / mechanical testing equipment, hand lifts and forklifts, and hand tools.
• Ability to safely operate an electric pallet jack.
• Will use office equipment such as computers, phones, copiers, filing cabinets and fax machines, etc.

Schedule

• This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, occasional overtime required.