Warehouse Supervisor Trainee - Lawrenceville, GA

Warehouse Supervisor Trainee - Lawrenceville, GA

Join Woodgrain! We're growing fast and offering lifetime careers in a supportive work environment. Woodgrain is one of the top millwork operations in the world, with locations throughout the United States and Chile. With 70 years of quality manufacturing craftsmanship and service, Woodgrain is a top producer of mouldings, doors, and windows, as well as a premier distributor of specialty building products.

The Warehouse Supervisor Trainee is responsible for learning and performing efficient and accurate daily operations of the Distribution Center. This position will learn to oversee the daily activities of personnel, including motivating them to provide quality and efficient performance of their duties in a safe productive environment. The trainee will learn the business from the ground up! The job requires significant and continuous heavy lifting up to 50lbs, and the ability to build reliable and cohesive relationships with customers and other employees.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Learning and executing daily activities for picking, shipping, receiving, loading, and inventory control departments.
• Teaching and training of current and new facility personnel
• Ensuring that our product/service meets or exceed customer expectation
• Setting productivity goals for warehouse and meeting those goals
• Responsible for continuous improvement/best practices within his/her facility
• Ensuring that safety rules and policies are followed by all employees
• Purchasing and maintenance of warehouse equipment and supplies
• Supporting Distribution Manager in developing goals and objectives for the Operations

Qualifications:

• College Graduate OR High school level plus one to three years relevant or prior experience.
• Warehouse experience is helpful.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence usually by e-mail.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the customer's organization.
• Basic math skills are required.
• Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands:

• The employee is regularly required to talk or hear
• The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel and reach
• The employee is occasionally required to sit
• The employee must frequently lift and/move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift/move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate
• The hazards in the workplace environment include forklifts, moving freight and other mechanical hazards.

Position Details:

• Shift Work: Primarily M-F Days
• Benefits: Woodgrain offers a comprehensive benefits package to include medical, dental, and life insurance, 401k, vacation, and paid holidays.

Woodgrain is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Woodgrain is a drug, alcohol, and tobacco-free workplace.