Warehouse Supervisor

Our team members are at the heart of everything we do. At Cencora, we are united in our responsibility to create healthier futures, and every person here is essential to us being able to deliver on that purpose. If you want to make a difference at the center of health, come join our innovative company and help improve the lives of people and animals everywhere.

This position is located onsite at our facility in Grand Prairie, TX. There is no option for remote or hybrid work. This role is in support of Cencora's veterinary and livestock production solutions marketed through our MWI Animal Health business.

About the role

The primary role of the Warehouse Supervisor is the hiring, termination, direction, and performance of associates. The Warehouse Supervisor oversees functional areas of the warehouse such as receiving, shipping, returns, picking, packing, checking, stocking, order filling, returns, and management of the cage/vault. They also oversee the verification and record keeping of outgoing shipments of controlled substances to customers. The warehouse may have different degrees of radio-frequency (RF) devices to be used for these tasks. The Warehouse Supervisor ensures that all safety guidelines are followed.

Responsibilities

• Directs the workflow, motivates, trains, and monitors the performance of warehouse associates.
• Monitors work processes and makes suggestions for modifications to increase and improve productivity, efficiency, and accuracy for improving costs; implements changes as directed or needed.
• Supports compliance with all appropriate policies, procedures, safety rules, and DEA regulations.
• Coaches employees to support their development in the role.
• Supervises the receipt of merchandise, ensuring that only products intended for the Distribution Center are accepted by the receiving clerks; ensures that daily logs are maintained with accurate information relative to products received.
• Oversees the department staff in counting, weighing, and identifying items being shipped; checks materials against invoices, bills of lading, customer orders, and similar documents.
• Oversees the department staff in filling orders, double-checking, and shipping controlled substances with the assistance of cage/vault clerks or order fillers.
• Maintains all records of the delivery process such as time, date, quantity, source, and destination of materials shipped.
• Oversees the manifests of routes and departures to ensure customers receive their merchandise in a timely manner.
• May interact with customers in resolving delivery or order filling issues.
• Ensures the maintenance of records documenting order-filling process such as quantity, size, strength, and NDC numbers.
• Oversees the quality of the packing, protecting breakable items to ensure merchandise received by customers arrives in a satisfactory manner.
• Ensures the maintenance of highly detailed records documenting incoming and outgoing controlled substances into the cage/vault area.
• Responsible for associates in their area of responsibility; tracks attendance, monitors performance, and manages overtime.
• Performs related duties as assigned.
• Must be willing to work extended hours, take part in weekend on-call rotation as needed to meet productivity goals, and provide emergency service to customers.
• Must be willing to participate in physical inventory if scheduled.

Requirements

• Requires broad training in fields such as business administration, accountancy, sales, marketing, computer sciences, or similar vocations generally obtained through completion of a four-year bachelor's degree program or equivalent combination of experience and education.
• Normally requires a minimum of two (2) years of directly related and progressively responsible experience.

Skills and Knowledge

• Ability to communicate effectively as a leader, both orally and in writing.
• Good decision-making skills.
• Must possess basic mathematical skills.
• Good analytical skills.
• Good leadership/coaching skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Working knowledge of warehouse operations.
• Strong organizational skills; attention to detail.
• Knowledge of computers to operate effectively with Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with distribution center associates; foster teamwork.
• May require proficiency to operate a reach truck.

Schedule

Shift Hours: Sunday-Thursday, 11:00 AM - complete. Please note, flexibility in schedule will be required based on business needs, which can include working different hours or days.

Benefits

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members’ ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave. To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more.