Operations Supervisor (Night Shift)

Great Lakes Wine and Spirits•Detroit, MI

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Great Lakes Wine and Spirits is seeking an Operations Supervisor to work the Night Shift at one of our depots in the Detroit area. The Warehouse Supervisor will oversee operational performance by assisting and covering fellow managers and supervisors with daily assignments, taking into account volume, call-offs, and employee training needs. Proper communication with management and fellow team members is crucial. This role involves mitigating and monitoring careless behavior, breakage, idle & over-time, and excessive or inappropriate supply usage. The supervisor must follow safety and security guidelines, including cleanliness, PPE compliance, biomechanical techniques, potential hazards, MHE certs, suspicious activity, and theft. Responsibilities include opening/closing/resetting work areas, auditing work area drops zones, and surveying assigned work areas daily to identify and correct issues. The supervisor will also maintain logs pertinent to payroll and employee information, verify punches, approve overtime, and record leave. They will assist with hiring, reprimanding, and discharging direct reports under management supervision, and author and submit necessary forms. Additionally, Warehouse Supervisors will train, develop, lead, counsel, delegate, and performance coach to ensure nightly objectives are met, conduct team meetings, monitor and maximize employee engagement, ensure safety guidelines are communicated and followed, and ensure equipment is maintained and available.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Minimum 2-3 consecutive years of experience in a warehouse lead or supervisor role using warehouse management systems.
Minimum 5 years of experience sorting and picking or production in a warehouse distribution center (food and beverage industry preferred).
Ability to operate warehouse equipment.
Ability to be active and on your feet for an entire shift.
Ability to read, write, and communicate in English.

Responsibilities

Oversee operational performance by assisting and covering fellow managers and supervisors with daily assignments, taking into account volume, call-offs, and employee training needs.
Mitigate and monitor careless behavior, breakage, idle & over-time, and excessive or inappropriate supply usage.
Follow safety and security guidelines, including cleanliness, PPE compliance, biomechanical techniques, potential hazards, MHE certs, suspicious activity, and theft.
Open/close/reset work areas and/or buildings as dictated by protocol.
Audit work area drops zones to ensure product is physically and electronically handled correctly.
Survey assigned work area(s) daily to identify & correct issues that aren't in line with shift/company goals regularly throughout the shift.
Ensure work area SOPs / responsibilities are properly and timely addressed.
Maintain logs pertinent to payroll and employee information as needed.
Verify punches, approve overtime, and record leave via daily / weekly inputs.
Assist with hiring, reprimanding and discharging for direct reports under management supervision.
Author and submit injury, disciplinary and any other assigned forms in a timely manner following company standards and protocols.
Train, develop, lead, counsel, delegate and performance coach to ensure nightly objectives are met.
Conduct team meetings on subject matter delegated by Warehouse Management, as well as HR and Safety.
Monitor and maximize employee engagement via recognition and accountability interactions with direct reports.
Ensure safety guidelines are communicated and followed by direct reports.
Ensure equipment assigned to or required by direct reports is maintained, available and functioning properly.