Sr. Warehouse Lead
Description
POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Sr. Warehouse Lead will assist in coordinating all daily warehouse activities under the direction of the Warehouse Supervisor.
KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Prioritize workload within the warehouse.
- Maintain training records for all employees.
- Identify and address all safety hazards within the work area.
- Train new warehouse employees in material handling and identification.
- Assist shipping and receiving, unload trucks with forklift or crane, check in merchandise, match purchase orders to sales orders and distribute to sales associates for processing.
- Accurately stock material physically and electronically into proper warehouse bin locations.
- Participate in Lean/Kaizen, Black Belt, and other Operational Excellence initiatives.
- Read and accurately transact customer orders, work orders, shipping orders, or requisitions to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed and/or shipped.
- Ensure warehouse is accessible and safe for salespeople and customer traffic.
- Open bales, crates, and other containers. Assist in routine cycle counting of inventory. Weighing and counting items to ensure conformance to company standards.
- Record transactional amounts of materials or items received issued via appropriate ERP & Warehouse Management Systems transaction.
- Help implement process improvement initiatives and train warehouse personnel as needed.
- Assist in the creation of work instructions for training purposes.
- Collaborate with other departments to address process improvement initiatives.
- Monitors and report team KPI’s to upper management, identifying opportunities and process gaps.
- Sweep, dust and mop and always organize warehouse and work area for orderliness.
- Identifies warehouse layout changes need, both physically and systematically.
- Document Purchase Orders or Work Order, Part Numbers, and Projects on all incoming/ outgoing items.
- Any other duties as assigned by TAS.
JOB SKILLS:
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to drive forklift.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
- Must be computer literate.
- Analytical and detail oriented.
- Strong communication skills to work with warehouse employees, peers, leadership, and cross functional departments.
EDUCATION & TRAINING:
- High school diploma
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
- 5+ years of related manufacturing experience
- 3+ years of supervisory experience
- Must have a good command of the English language, both written and verbal
- Computer knowledge including warehouse ERP systems and MS Office software.
PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:
- Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma experience.
- Dashboard, Metrics or Power BI experience.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- Work performed in a shop environment;
- Exposed to any number of elements but with none present to the extent of being disagreeable;
- Requires normal vision and absence of color blindness
- Physical effort equal to frequent moving of up to 50lbs materials;
- Regularly required to sit or stand, bend and reach;
- The use of Safety Glasses is required;
- The use of earplugs is recommended;
- Ability to stand up to 10 hours a day (with a lunch in between) and up to 6 days a week;
- Ability to work in a non-air-conditioned environment.
- Steel-toe boots required in Manufacturing Facility
Activity Requirements and Aerobic Component (O-Occasional, F-Frequently, C-Constantly)
Standing | C | Climbing Stairs Steps Ladders |
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Walking | F | O | |
Sitting | O | O | |
Kneeling | O | F | |
Crouching | O |
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Crawling | O | Reaching Forward Overhead |
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Turning/Twisting | F | F | |
Bending (at waist) | F | F | |
| Handling/Grasping | F | |
Eye Hand Coordination | F | ||
Foot-Hand-Eye Coord. | F | ||
Hearing | F | ||
Lifting up to 50lbs Starting-Floor/End–Shoulder Starting-Waist/End-Shoulder |
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F | |
O | |
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Carrying up to 50lbs up to 30ft | O |
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Pushing up to 50lbs up to 30ft | O |
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Pulling up to 50lbs up to 30ft | O |