Operations Supervisor - Emerge Program - Summer 2027

Job Description

Job Description

This opportunity is for New College Graduate interested in being an operations supervisor. The Emerge Program, starting in June of 2027, is a 6-month onboarding program to help new graduates get acquainted with their role. This position will entail the following:

The Operations Supervisor is designed to gain hands on logistics experience, while working as a Operations Supervisor and gaining leadership skills necessary for personal, professional and team growth. 

Our New Graduates will participate in a comprehensive 6-month long onboarding program starting in June 2027 that will provide them with resources, shadowing, and support to be successful in their new careers.

Operations Supervisors act as frontline leadership within our distribution centers. The primary purpose of this role is to supervise a shift of hourly associates by providing leadership, motivation, training and development to the team. ODW Logistics has a business casual environment and focuses on our core values of Respect-Trust-Team-Opportunity.

Role of an Operations Supervisor:

• Demonstrates safety consciousness at all times and reports safety questions/concerns.
• Promotes safety as a business value vs. business priority, through training, focusing, and informing others about company safety practices and procedures.
• Protects the accuracy, integrity, and salability of our client's inventory entrusted to us, through the adherence to standard operating procedures and meeting physical inventory and/or cycle count accuracy expectations.
• Supervises and coordinates unloading of inbound shipments, orderly stacking of product, and the picking and staging of outbound shipments in accordance with the highest possible levels of productivity.
• Completes all required documentation on inbound and outbound documents.
• Maintains customer contact.
• Ensures inbound and outbound shipments remains accurate and free of damage.
• Ensures the efficient and safe operation of all material handling equipment.
• Understands and uses company’s warehouse management system, and our time keeping system.
• Creates and uses metrics to manage operations.
• Works in conjunction with department Manager to ensure assigned operation runs safely and efficiently.
• Aids in the development of operational improvements and enhancements.
• Handles all products according to customer and employer procedures.
• Completes a weekly walk around report and maintains a clean working environment.
• Communicates changes in extraordinary handling procedures to office personnel. Completes warehouse worksheet.
• Complies with all other procedures outlined in the Operations & Procedure Manual.
• Communicates effectively with Transportation, Warehouse, Management, Co-workers, and Customers.

Required Experience and Education:

• Must be a current Student enrolled in a bachelor's Degree program and majoring in Logistics, Engineering or Business, who is graduating in December 2026 or May 2027. (Required)
• Computer applications, (Microsoft Office applications) data entry, and web-based applications experience.
• Must be flexible on shift and open to relocation.

Capabilities

• Problem-solving and critical thinking skills
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills
• Ability to present information and respond to questions from various individuals
• Conflict management skills
• Valuable relationship-building and collaborative skills
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment

Physical & Mental Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee requires the ability to:

• Hear, read and comprehend, write and communicate
• Frequently sit, type and perform repetitive wrist motion
• Continuously stand, walk, bend, squat/kneel, twist/turn or reach on even and uneven surfaces
• Focus (with or without corrective lenses) to see close and distant, along with depth perception capabilities
• Use material handling equipment that must be operated according to specific operation procedures
• Spend 75% of time on warehouse floor in fast-paced environment

The physical demands herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  OUR VALUES

  Pillared on our core values, we strive for collective growth and reaching our highest potential. We are dedicated to helping our teammates experience fulfillment through their individual strengths and innovative ideas.

  Respect  | Give and it will be given.

We treat others as we want to be treated. We cannot control events, but we can control our response. We build respect through honesty, fairness, and integrity.

Trust  | Earned over time.

We do what we say we will do. We are clear, direct, and honest. We seek to understand and be understood.

Team  | Accomplish more together.

We work hard toward a common goal. We desire to make everyone successful. We achieve the best results as a team.

Opportunity |  Realize your potential.

We believe all people have significance and potential. We understand work and life are integrated and we value both. We strive to make an impact in the world around us.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

ODW Logistics is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions at ODW Logistics are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status. ODW Logistics will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

DISCLAIMER: The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, success profile characteristics or qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Management retains the discretion to add to or change the duties of the position at any time.

  EXPERIENCE FULFILLMENT AT ODW LOGISTICS.

Salary Pay Grade Level 13

Salary Range $50,250 to $67,000

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