Forward Pick Operations Supervisor - Thursday-Saturday, 6 AM-6 PM

Purpose: The Operations Supervisor is a member of the Operations management team within the Distribution Center. They are responsible for leading and developing their own team of operations associates with a focus on motivating, mentoring, and coaching. They are accountable for engaging their team during a shift to maintain the highest levels of safety, quality, attendance, and performance. This role requires strong leadership, the ability to address challenges and the desire to equip their team with the tools needed for success. The Operations Supervisor will ensure that daily departmental goals are met using a people-first philosophy to achieve established objectives in safety, service, quality, and cost.

A successful candidate possesses good business judgment, supply chain experience, and strong skills in working collaboratively and cross-functionally. The candidate must also possess a proven track record of delivering results. The candidate will have strong analytical capabilities, including experience handling large and complex data sets. This individual will be a strong people manager with the ability to effectively manage managers/supervisors with varying levels of experience. The position requires an individual who can work both autonomously and collaboratively in a demanding and often ambiguous environment with strong attention to detail and effective prioritization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage specific functional area in Operations and be accountable for achieving all productivity and quality targets
• Train, manage, and develop all Operations associates
• Maintain full working knowledge of the timekeeping system, performance/labor management system and WMS platforms
• Manage the collection, reporting and feedback regarding operations functions using SAP, Excel, queries and WMS reporting
• Report on operations metrics to evaluate functional area performance in productivity, quality, and safety
• Create a positive team environment that encourages all associates to provide insights and feedback to improve processes, adapt to an ever-changing business, and stay focused on internal/external customer satisfaction
• Track employee attendance, evaluate employee performance, and deliver feedback as needed/required
• Maintain all OSHA safety standards including all reporting of accidents, injuries, damages, and potential risks to safety
• Other duties as assigned

Key Relationships:

• Operations Management Team
• Human Resources
• Inbound/Outbound Operations personnel

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

• Experience operating in high-volume distribution operations
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written, with ability to effectively and efficiently interact with associates and management team
• Ability to accept and meet critical deadlines with good planning and organization skills
• Proficient analytical and data manipulation skills. Proficient use of Microsoft Office applications
• The job requires extensive walking and standing on hard surfaces
• Regularly required to talk, hear; sit, stand and/or walk; use fingers, hands, arms and feet to feel, handle, grip, grasp, lift, operate, push, pull, bend, and/or twist for up to 12 hours/day
• Occasionally required to climb, stoop, kneel and/or crouch
• Occasionally lift and carry items such as boxes weighing up to fifty (50) pounds
• Ability to work safely on elevated surfaces (2" level mezzanine)

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED equivalent or equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be substituted for degree. 
• Associates degree in related field or equivalent experience
• Minimum of three (3) years' experience in distribution/warehouse operations
• Supervisory/leadership experience in leading teams of 10 or more
• Ability to work overtime and weekends as required

• adidas celebrates diversity, supports inclusiveness and encourages individual expression in our workplace. We actively encourage individuals with disabilities to apply and will provide reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. We do not tolerate the harassment or discrimination toward any of our applicants or employees. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility support, short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance. Employees are able to enroll in adidas’ 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 14 weeks of paid parental leave. 
• Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on company performance. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.
• Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.