Warehouse Supervisor

Job Description

Job Description

The Warehouse Supervisor is responsible for the effective management and leadership of Warehouse Operations and staff.  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains collaborative partnerships with internal and external departments.
• Operates in fiscally responsible manner.
• Accomplishes warehouse human resource objectives by selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising job contributions; recommending compensation actions; adhering to policies and procedures. 
• Plans and manages product distribution activities to achieve company goals; identifies appropriate resources and assigns workload and schedules to them.
• Oversees daily operations of team members and provides assistance whenever needed.
• Provides outstanding internal and external customer service to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Analyzes existing distribution procedures and recommends/develops improvements.
• Organizes the layout of the building for optimal efficiency, including building maintenance.
• Responsible for timely and accurate shipping to our customers (internal and external).
• Establishes effective relationships with team members and peers to promote unity and teamwork.
• Ensures that equipment is functioning properly by enforcing daily inspections, adherence to operating instructions; troubleshooting breakdowns; and requiring preventative maintenance or repairs. 
• Remains current in job knowledge by reading technical publications and participating in educational opportunities/training.
• Executes the company’s missions, vision and values.

Skills and Competencies

• Intermediate computer experience to include MS Office and WMS programs.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all unties of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. 
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables.
• Proficient in business management principles and acts ethically at all times.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; diplomatic and professional while solving problems quickly.
• Creative and critical thinker; seeks out creative solutions to challenging problems.
• Ability to mentor through knowledge sharing, and leading by example in team-based environment.
• Excellent time management skills, persistent and able to follow through assigned goals.
• Ability to professionally influence and support change.
• Is self-driven, motivated and self-accountable.

Education and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field; or 3-5 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Warehouse management/inventory systems experience.
• Forklift Certification preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to spend the majority of the shift walking, standing, reaching and moving inside the distribution center.
• Required to have close visual acuity to perform computer tasks, read documentation and operate other office machinery.
• The person in this position frequently communicates with employees and must be able to exchange accurate information in a clear manner.  
• Ability to move 10-20lbs occasionally throughout day; and up to 35lbs infrequently.
• Moderate noise due to material moving equipment.
• Extreme temperatures: this position will work in a building that is not climate controlled.

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.