Warehouse Lead

Warehouse Lead

Location(s): United States of America

City/Cities: Apopka

Travel Required: 00% - 25%

Relocation Provided: No

Shift: First Shift (United States of America)

Job Description Summary

This position assists the Supervisor and Manager with logistics activities at the Apopka Logistics Center, supporting both CCNA and Flavor Manufacturing. The Warehouse Lead is responsible for overseeing the warehouse operation which includes scheduling, inventory management, shipping and receiving. Additional activities include preparing shipments to multiple countries, multiple modes of shipments (air, ground, ocean), and fulfillment of raw materials for manufacturing. The Warehouse Lead will assist the Supervisor with training other associates on all ISO processes related to our manufacturing facility. Candidate should have working knowledge of GMP practices and have experience with defined problem-solving methodologies. Experience with SAP, bar code scanning, and must be certified in handling hazardous materials. Candidate will be required to monitor operations on off shifts when directed by his/her manager.

What You'll Do for Us

• Inspect facility (e.g., production, warehouse, service/installation) to assure adherence to safety and operating policies and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) using Company policies and procedures.
• Receive and document inbound materials and finished products for production and/or inventory accuracy using designated receiving procedures.
• Perform final quality check/inspection for accuracy and visible damage prior to shipment to customer.
• Maintain the plant's manufacturing equipment in sanitary condition (e.g., clean and sanitize tanks and pipe routings, maintain conveyor belts, hook up and unload raw material delivery tankers, clean work areas) according to Company GMP policies and procedures in order to assure the quality of the manufactured product.
• Implement cycle counting and/or annual physical inventories using inventory system reports, inventory location software and count sheets in order to ensure inventory accuracy.
• Ability to perform all warehouse duties, including forklift operations, palletizing product, banding material, loading/unloading trucks, labeling product, etc.
• Develops new insights into solutions that result in organizational improvements; promotes a work environment that fosters creative thinking, innovation and rational risk-taking.
• Optimize inventory levels using statistical models to design min/max/reorder levels.
• Responsible for accurately approving and managing employee timesheets via e-time, vacation schedules, and all other attendance requirements.
• Seeks to meet critical objectives while considering the impact of those decisions and activities on the ability to achieve long-term goals.
• All other job requirements as assigned.

Qualification & Requirements

• High School, GED, plus equivalent Supervision work experience
• At least 7 years related work experience
• Knowledge of distributor/distribution policies and procedures. Ability to understand costs/benefits of distributors and common carriers, third party capabilities, distribution structures to support customer order processes, and product availability.
• Knowledge of cost forecasting processes and inputs to determine the impact to KO and/or bottlers. Knowledge of key elements such as raw material costs, economic principles, supplier/processing costs and market conditions.
• Knowledge of asset management procedures, policies and information used to optimize inventory levels and/or fill rates (e.g., balance inventory levels against inventory carrying costs).
• Knowledge of warehouse/manufacturing layout or design elements (e.g., product flow, storage requirements) necessary for effective manufacturing or warehousing.
• Focuses on the critical few objectives that add the most value and channels own and others' energy to consistently deliver results that meet or exceed expectations.
• Relentlessly seeks, shares and adopts ideas and best practices in and outside the Company and embraces change introduced by others.
• Builds and maintains relationships that motivate, guide, and/or reinforce the performance of others toward goal accomplishments. Develops self and others to improve performance in current role and to prepare for future roles; seeks and provides feedback and coaching to enhance performance.

What We Can Do For You

• Inclusive Culture: We have an incredibly diverse network of employees, partners and operating environments around the globe.
• Benefits: A full benefits package that starts on day one of employment.
• Learning Culture: Access to resources such as Coke University, LinkedIn Learning and management programs that give you the resources to continually develop your skills and knowledge.

The Coca-Cola Company will not offer sponsorship for employment status (including, but not limited to, H1-B visa status and other employment-based nonimmigrant visas) for this position. Accordingly, all applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require The Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

Skills: Communication, Cross-Functional Team Leadership, Detail-Oriented, Group Problem Solving, Inventory Management Experience (Inactive), Logistics Operations, Mathematics, Microsoft Office, Warehouse Management, Waterfall Model.

Pay Range: $56,700 - $76,700. Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.

Our Purpose and Growth Culture: We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what's possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors curious, empowered, inclusive and agile and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years.