Your responsibilities
- Maintains a safe working environment by complying with all safety and environmental policies in the workplace. Advocates for and promotes a safe work environment by reporting Near Misses and/or other safety and environmental hazards, wearing all required PPE and encouraging others to do the same.
- Oversees and provides general direction for up to 20 full-time and temporary employees, and ensures they are all properly trained.
- Coordinates manpower to ensure needs are met in the event of an employee absence (i.e. vacation). Interprets specifications and job orders to Material Handlers, and assigns duties.
- Promotes and supports a teamwork approach to achieving goals, ensuring open and effective communication.
- Leads a culture of safety across the warehouse, ensuring that steps are proactively taken to ensure compliance with Company Safety requirements and investigate accidents when needed.
- Ensures the development for Material Handlers through cross-training and monitoring job performance.
- Embraces a continuous improvement approach through effective leadership, with high levels of integrity and performance for his/herself and others.
- Performs as a superior role model for all associates (i.e. attendance).
- Ensures implementation of 6S throughout area of responsibility.
- Works with dock personnel to resolve receiving, shipping, and storage concerns.
- Ensures inventory accuracy through real-time receiving, auditing, and tracking all inbound non-compliance.
- Maintains an organized and well documented warehouse area.
- Assists in maintaining the current Warehouse Management System; and Warehouse Management module in SAP.
- Investigates problems, finds root causes, develops solutions and reports to Warehouse Supervisor as soon as possible.
- Reads work order or follows oral instructions to ascertain materials or containers to be moved.
- Operates industrial truck or electric hoist to assist in loading or moving materials and products.
- Arranges for the maintenance and repair of warehouse equipment as needed.
- Recommends measures to improve warehouse methods, equipment performance, and Quality; and works with Warehouse Supervisor to identify and implement continuous improvement activities.
- Performs all other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Your profile
- Demonstrated experience leading and motivating teams in situations associated with high volumes of work and/or customer demands. This would include providing direction, coaching, and effective feedback to team members.
- Demonstrated understanding of inventory management strategies, as well as inventory transactions and the physical movement of inventory.
- Demonstrated knowledge of transportation management, inventory management, and Customer communication skills.
- Experience working in a warehouse environment safely operating facility material handling equipment (e.g. forklift, pallet jacks, automated storage & retrieval systems, carousel) and picking and packing equipment (e.g. scanner, scale, tape machine).
- Experience operating various forklifts (order filler, stand-up reach, sit down electric, scissor lift).
- Experience working with large ERP systems (SAP in WM module preferred).
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Demonstrates a strong customer focus along with a great work ethic and willingness to do what needs to be done (without taking shortcuts).
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment with multiple priorities and multiple tasks. Highly organized with ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
- Exhibits integrity through fair and ethical behaviors in all activities; maintains accountability for performance.
- Strong attention to detail with well-developed organizational and communication skills.
- Proven experience developing work processes to improve outcomes for the team/customers. Education:
- High School Diploma or G.E.D. and be able to read, write, and speak in English.
