Warehouse Team Lead

The Warehouse Lead has overall responsibility for the Warehouse Department. This position coordinates carefully with other departments to ensure a high level of quality, efficiency, sanitation, and customer satisfaction. He/she maintains a high level of professionalism through clear and effective leadership. At times the Warehouse Lead performs activities of workers supervised when necessary.

Position Details

• Assigns workers to picking orders, receiving, sanitation, stock consolidation, return processing, and other duties as required.
• Manages clear communication with customer service and purchasing regarding material needed immediately upon receipt (cross dock); and regarding other issues related to shipping product in a timely manner.
• Ensures 100% compliance on all out-bound shipments.
• Manages Shipping and Receiving personnel to maintain high level of accountability.
• Motivates employees in a positive environment to best drive overall customer satisfaction
• Fosters an environment of continuous improvement where all ideas are welcome, and implements changes where appropriate
• Continually seeks opportunities through internal and external resources to develop new or enhancing existing management skills
• Maintains notes on employee performance for annual review process and disciplinary actions
• Assign lunch hours and break times according to the day's activities.
• Assigns overtime responsibilities with the approval from the Operations Manager
• Trains and assists new employees on all warehouse operations in the absence of Shipping, Receiving, or lead positions.
• Perform Shipping or Receiving Manager’s duties when they are absent.
• Ensures accurate inventory control through monthly cycle counts.
• Responsible for executing adjustments to lot numbers, stock checks and taking of physical inventory.
• Executes operational procedures for verification of incoming and outgoing shipments, handling and disposition of merchandise, keeping of warehouse inventory and the accuracy of receiving reports.
• Reports all damaged products and coordinate its disposition. Directs reclamation of damaged merchandise.
• Controls product quarantine area to ensure quality control of material shipped.
• Optimizes space consolidation and organization of stock rotation for time sensitive material.
• Initiates investigations into causes of damages or shortages as they relate to warehouse activities and implements corrective actions where necessary.
• Stays abreast of best practice methodology in warehouse management and makes suggestions for innovative ways to reduce costs and increase efficiencies.
• Develops and implements scalable methods and procedures to eliminate operating problems, improve efficiency and maintain a high level of product quality and consistency.
• Communicates with other departments, managers and employees regarding warehouse operations and changes.
• Communicates with personnel on problems, suggestions and new procedures.
• Coordinates activities of warehouse with activities of sales, customer service, and purchasing departments to ensure availability of merchandise.
• Assists with the formulation and implementation of programs to ensure best price and service.
• Directly supports the sanitation effort by adhering to all warehouse safety and sanitation regulations.
• Ensures warehouse team is complying with all procedural or documentation requirements as they relate to SQF (Safe Quality Food) or general safety.
• Responsible for warehouse organization, outside grounds, receiving and shipping practices, housekeeping practices, merchandise storage conditions, and insect, rodent and vermin control.

Qualifications

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required
• Must be able to lift 50-100 pounds
• 3-5 years of supervisory experience in a warehouse or distribution environment

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• 10 Paid holidays
• 401(k) retirement with Company contribution
• Company Profit Sharing
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Life Insurance covered by Processor’s, optional buy up available
• Referral bonuses
• And more!

Shift and Schedule

• Monday through Friday, 6:30 AM - 3:30 PM
• Overtime after 40 hours

This job description is not intended to be all inclusive and the employee will also perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and other management as required.