Distribution Center Team Lead

The Opportunity: Avantor is seeking a Distribution Center Team Lead to be responsible for coordinating all warehouse activities on a daily, shift or team basis. This individual is responsible for leading or supervising the receiving, storage and shipping of product in a manner consistent with company service and cost objectives. This is a full-time position based out of our Missouri City, TX location. What we’re looking for: Education: High School degree preferred. Experience: Three years applicable experience required. Requires good supervisory and communication skills. Familiarity with personal computers and material handling equipment is essential. Strong decision making and coaching skills. Ability to drive results. Responsibilities: Under moderate supervision, responsible for ensuring that all shipping and receiving documents and functions are completed accurately and on time. Communicates with customers as required and, with the Transportation Department, develops inbound and outbound freight schedules. Mentors less-experienced peers and assists supervisors, but does not formally supervise others. Helps establish work schedules. Ensures that the schedules are correctly implemented and that jobs are completed properly. Applies sound communication and motivational techniques in leading, supervising, coaching and disciplining associates. Provides input into performance evaluation for recommending promotions, wage increases, associate development and terminations. Supervises checking and unloading of inbound shipments, orderly stacking of product and picking and staging of outbound shipments in accordance with high level of productivity. Verifies required inbound/outbound paperwork with drivers, ensuring that all products are properly counted. Ensures inbound and outbound shipments are complete and free of damage. Completes all necessary records and reports in a timely and accurate fashion. Computes and analyzes daily, weekly production metrics. Assists in physical inventories and cycle counts. Maintains product locator system. Ensures the optimal utilization of space. Rotates product as appropriate. Ensures the efficient and safe operation of material handling equipment. Maintains a clean, neat and orderly work area. Assists in maintaining warehouse security. Conducts operations in a manner that promotes safety and in accordance with OSHA and other appropriate standards. Attends warehouse planning meetings. Acts as liaison between employees and management. Communicates industry and brand knowledge to associates. Performs other duties as assigned. Environmental Working Conditions & Physical Effort: The work environment characteristics and physical effort described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the associate is exposed to an industrial warehouse environment. The associate works near moving mechanical machinery and noise level in the work environment is usually loud. The job requires working in heights, exposure to changes in temperature, driving equipment, and may expose to dust, fumes, or gases. The associate is required to stand and walk for the majority of the working day. The physical requirements of the job are for associates to talk, hear, bend/stoop, squat, crawl, climb height, reach above shoulder height, crouch, kneel, balance, and push/pull. Furthermore, the job requires associates to lift/carry/push or pull up to 75 pounds with or without assistance. Associates use both hands for repetitive actions such as grasping and manipulating as well as both feet for repetitive movement operating foot controls. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. EEO Statement: We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state/province, or local law. #J-18808-Ljbffr Avantor