Warehouse Shipping Lead- Bath + Kitchen
Working at Reece & Fortiline means being part of a growing global company that brings our purpose and values to life every day. We celebrate our team members living our values and provide opportunities to build a long and remarkable career. We’re proud to support essential industries helping bring clean air and water to everyone.
Impact You Make
The Warehouse Lead is empowered to lead our warehouse team and keep our communities safe by ensuring customers receive the materials they need to provide clean water and heating/cooling.
Responsibilities
- Processing
- Ensure all outbound orders are accurately pulled, packed, labeled, and staged according to schedule.
- Manage and execute daily shipping workflows, including Install Deliveries, Will Calls, and Transfer orders.
- Prepare shipping documentation, labels, and manifests in accordance with company procedures.
- Process re-dates by creating required system transactions (including negatives) and returning product to inventory.
- Close Truck, Will Call, and Transfer queues in the shipping manifest daily and at month-end to maintain system accuracy and compliance.
- Product Handling
- Verify product accuracy, quantities, and condition prior to shipment.
- Stage outbound product in designated areas to ensure efficient loading and pickup.
- Locate and retrieve products for re-dates, transfers, or vendor/customer pickups.
- Handle materials safely and in compliance with company safety and quality standards.
- Inventory Management
- Maintain accurate inventory records by updating system transactions related to shipments, re-dates, and returns.
- Investigate and resolve inventory discrepancies related to outbound shipments.
- Ensure all re-dated and returned products are properly located, labeled, and visible in the system.
- Support inventory accuracy through proper documentation and adherence to process controls.
- Vendor & Customer Coordination
- Coordinate vendor Will Call pickups and confirm readiness of orders.
- Communicate promptly with purchasers, internal teams, and customers regarding order status, delays, or required information.
- Work closely with warehouse, receiving, and operations teams to resolve outbound shipping issues.
- Support Install Delivery coordination by ensuring orders are complete and ready for scheduled shipment.
- Reporting & Documentation
- Organize, file, and maintain all shipping orders, tickets, and related documentation.
- Track and report shipment status, exceptions, and re-dates as required.
- Ensure shipping records are complete, accurate, and audit-ready.
- Assist with month-end reporting and documentation cleanup as needed.
Requirements
- Knowledge and skills common with 2 years’ experience in warehouse operations, including materials handling and stocking.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
What You Can Learn Or Develop On The Job
- Knowledge of assigned business line’s products.
- Forklift Certification.
- Skills and knowledge to advance your career into leadership, CDL driver, or sales opportunities.
Physical Demands
- Additional physical demands of this role require bending, squatting, crouching, reaching, lifting 75 pounds or more, and working indoors/outdoors as required by the job during the assigned work hours.
- Attendance – Ability to maintain the scheduled days and hours, including onsite presence at the assigned location as specified.
- Physical Capacities – Lift up to 50 pounds frequently throughout the day, sitting and standing for extended periods. Kneeling, squatting, climbing, and walking.
- Operation of Office Equipment – Job requires operation of equipment common to office settings, including computers, copiers, and other office equipment, including Near Vision, Manual Dexterity, and working in proximity to equipment.
- Oral Communication Skills – Speaking, Speech Clarity, and Speech Recognition.
- Written Communication Skills – Writing, Reading and Written Comprehension, and Written Expression.
- Mental Capacities – Achievement/Effort, Active Listening, Adaptability/Flexibility, Analytical Thinking, Attention to Detail, Category Flexibility, Concern for Others, Cooperation and Coordination, Critical Thinking, Deductive Reasoning, Dependability, Independence, Inductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, Initiative, Innovation, Maintenance of Relationships, Integrity, Oral Comprehension and Expression, Problem Sensitivity, Selective Attention, Self-Control, Service Orientation, Social Orientation, Social Perceptiveness, Stress Tolerance, Support, and Time Management.
Related experience may include: Local Delivery Driver, Short Haul Driver, Supplies Driver, Hot Shot Driver, DOT Regulated Driver, Class B CDL Driver.
Related Service Occupational Codes may include but is not limited to: 1A200, 1A211, 1A231A, 1A231B, 1A231C, 1A231E, 1A231F, 1A231G, 1A231H, 1A231Q, 1A231R, 1A231S, 1A231T, 1A231Y, 1A231Z, 1A231, 1A251A, 1A251B, 1A251C, 1A251E, 1A251F, 1A251G, 1A251H, 1A251Q, 1A251R, 1A251S, 1A251T, 1A251Y, 1A251Z, 1A251, 1A271A, 1A271B, 1A271C, 1A271E, 1A271F, 1A271G, 1A271H, 1A271Q, 1A271R, 1A271S, 1A271T, 1A271Y, 1A271Z, 1A271, 1A291, 1A2X1, 2T000, 2T011, 2T031, 2T051, 2T071, 2T091, 2T0X1, 2T211, 2T231, 2T251, 2T271, 2T291, 2T2X1, 88H, 88K, 88N, 89B, 920A, 920B, 92A, 92Y, BM, SK, 0431, 0481, 0491, 3043, 3051, 3152, 4133, 6672, 003805, BM, G51A, G63A.
Benefits
All Full-time Associates Are Eligible For The Following Benefits:
- Medical and Dental Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts
- Company-paid Life Insurance
- Short Term Disability
- 401(k) Plan
- Paid Time Off (PTO) - plus paid holidays
- Parental Leave
- Voluntary Benefits
- Vision
- Long-term Disability
- Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
- Additional Voluntary Benefits through Corestream