Warehouse Team Lead

What You Will Be Doing

• Following shipment procedures
• Ensures all shipment procedures are followed in accordance to customer requirements
• Ensures all Forklift Operators are trained in procedures and follow them
• Delegation and Coordination
• Ensures all Fork Lift Operators know their work responsibilities
• Proper Training of new hires in Areas of inventory knowledge
• Inventory locations
• Dock and Fork Lift/Clamp Truck Operations
• Safety
• Warehouse policies and procedures
• Communication between other Warehouse Team Leads
• Provides written and verbal communication to other team leads to provide coordinated efforts for highest department efficiency
• Preparing finished product to ship to customer
• Adheres to performance standards in quality and quantity (Checking for damages as well as count)
• Prints Bills of Lading
• Ensures good housekeeping within the warehouse
• Ensures 5s in all warehouse areas
• Ensures staffing availability and escalates to warehouse supervisor
• Others as needed described in standard work

Performance Measurements

• Following procedures and policies
• Accidents/Incidents Safety observation reported.
• Warehouse Inspection check lists Safety Forklift checklist accuracy and escalations for repairs.
• Staffing coverage and work distribution.
• Correct Shipment (On Time and In Full)

Qualifications/Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Experience in general warehousing, manufacturing or distribution
• Min 2 years of experience as Fork Lift Operator preferred
• Certified Fork Lift Operator
• Computer skills
• Lead skills
• Safety awareness and quality consciousness

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job the employee is:
• • The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms and very occasionally to climb or balance.
• • The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.
• • The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• • The employee must regularly lift and/ or move up to 10 lbs, frequently lift and/or move up to 30 lbs and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 lbs.
• • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.