Warehouse Lead

Warehouse Lead

At Niagara, we're looking for team members who want to be part of achieving our mission to provide our customers the highest quality most affordable bottled water.

Consider applying here, if you want to:

• Work in an entrepreneurial and dynamic environment with a chance to make an impact.
• Develop lasting relationships with great people.
• Have the opportunity to build a satisfying career.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits packages for our team members.

Essential functions:

• Ability to complete all essential functions of warehouse associate position.
• Leading group of shipping and receiving team members.
• Responsible for the communication flow to load the finished product to the trailers.
• Communicate the instructions to the equipment inside the warehouse.
• Coordinates the location where each trailer will be loaded.
• Prepares the documentation to issue a purchase order (bill of lading and invoice).
• Communication with carriers to ensure on time and form the collection and/or loading of the finished product.
• Review of operator and carrier line data in tracking platform.
• Ensure that food safety practices and all applicable requirements of the SQF System are maintained.
• Communicate any deviation, problem and/or abnormality with the equipment, processes and products.
• Any task that is not deemed unreasonable or unsafe and is asked to be done by team member's manager or supervisor.

Qualifications:

• Minimum qualifications:
• 4 years – experience in field or similar manufacturing environment.
• 4 years – experience in position.
• 4 years – experience managing people/projects.
• *experience may include a combination of work experience and education.
• Travel requirements:
• No traveling is required for this position.
• Preferred qualifications:
• 6 years – experience in field or similar manufacturing environment.
• 6 years – experience working in position.
• 6 years – experience managing people/projects.
• *experience may include a combination of work experience and education.

Competencies:

• Intermediate knowledge in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Outlook, Oracle.
• Intermediate knowledge of storage systems.
• Good verbal and written communication.
• Ability to communicate with different levels of the organization.
• Ability to resolve conflicts.
• Ability to analyze information.

This position embodies the values of Niagara's LIFE competency model, focusing on the following key drivers of success:

• Lead Like an Owner:
• Makes safety the number one priority.
• Keeps alert for safety issues and escalates immediately.
• Effectively prioritizes tasks based on department goals.
• Shows respect to others and confronts interpersonal issues directly.
• Prioritizes resolution of customer issues effectively.
• Responds promptly and honors commitments to internal and external customers.
• InnovACT:
• Makes recommendations to continuously improve policies, methods, procedures, and/or products.
• Demonstrates adaptability by reacting appropriately to unexpected changes in situations or circumstances.
• Increases performance through greater efficiency.
• Find a Way:
• Seeks to develop technical knowledge through learning from other experts.
• Understands interdepartmental impact of individual decisions and actions.
• Seeks solutions rather than placing blame.
• Empowered to be Great:
• Consistently looks for ways to improve one's self through growth and development opportunities.
• Communicates clearly and promptly up, down, and across.
• Communicates effectively to manage expectations.

Education:

• Minimum required:
• High school diploma.
• Preferred:
• Associate's degree.

Certification/License:

• Required: N/A.
• Preferred: N/A.

Foreign Language:

• Required: None required.
• Preferred: None required.

Typical compensation range:

Pay rate type: Hourly $27.35 - $36.23 / hourly.

Benefits: Our total rewards package is thoughtfully designed to support both you and your family:

• Paid time off for holidays, sick time, and vacation time.
• Paid parental and caregiver leaves.
• Medical, including virtual care options.
• Dental.
• Vision.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Health savings account with company match.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Expanded mental wellbeing benefits including free counseling sessions for all team members and household family members.
• Family building benefits including enhanced fertility benefits for IVF and fertility preservation plus adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursements.
• Income protection including life and AD&D, short and long-term disability, critical illness and an accident plan.
• Special discount programs including pet plans, pre-paid legal services, identity theft, car rental, airport parking, etc.
• Tuition reimbursement, college savings plan and scholarship opportunities.
• And more!