Distribution Center Lead

The Boler Company®•Elgin, IL

3h•Onsite

About The Position

Supervises employees engaged in a combination of shipping, receiving, loading and unloading trucks, stacking, picking, packing and/or palletizing finished products, parts and accessories ensuring a maintained stock base.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED
Warehouse operations to include shipping and receiving
Computer operations to include email and warehouse software.
Ability to read, write and speak English at a level sufficient to perform job duties
Ability to become a trainer
Mathematical and reasoning skills
Excellent communication skills and organizational skills

Nice To Haves

Active Listening – Offer their full attention when others speak. Listen actively, giving verbal and nonverbal cues of their interest.
Sensitivity – Value and respect the concerns and feelings of others. Communicate empathy towards others, respect for the individual, and appreciation of diversity among team members.
Team Player – Identify with the larger organizational team and their role within it. Share resources, respond to requests from other parts of the organization, and support the company’s long term objectives.
Results Orientation – Maintain appropriate focus on outcomes and accomplishments. Motivated by achievement, and persist until the goal is reached. Conveys a sense of urgency to make things happen. Respect the need to balance short- and long-term goals.
Positive Impact – Make positive impressions on those around them. Optimistic and enthusiastic about what they do. Energizes those around them.
Initiative – Proactive and take action without being prompted. Don’t wait to be told what to do or when to do it. See a need, take responsibility, and act on it.

Responsibilities

Supervises employees within area of control.
Train all personnel on work instructions and job aids.
Follows FIFO policy of components and materials and/or inventory.
Unloads and loads shipments and receives manufactured and purchased components.
Prepares shipments to customers both internal and external.
Coordinates activities of employees and truck drivers to meet goals.
Completes power industrial truck inspections (PIT).
Conducts inventory audits for accuracy.
Communicate to supervisor all accuracy issues and all safety concerns.
Communicate with internal and external customers.
Compiles data for internal metrics.
Follow Corporate and Departmental Environmental Quality and Safety Programs, including: the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as ear plugs, safety glasses, badges, steel toe shoes as applicable.
Follow company policies, procedures and guidelines including the company handbook.
Offer plant/companywide continuous improvement suggestions.