Product Handling Champion Lead - 1st Shift

Penske•Winlock, WA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Penske Logistics is looking for warehouse associates to become part of an excellent team. This is a great opportunity for individuals who are safety conscious and have a pleasant, outgoing attitude who want to excel in a warehouse environment. Provides support and some supervision to regular and temporary warehouse associate functions. Works closely with Operations Supervisors to ensure employee productivity expectations are met. Provides a variety of responsibilities to meet the supervisors expectations.

Requirements

4 years of warehouse experience required
Ability to learn and use proprietary software required
Ability to lead a small team, ability to work independently, customer service, dealing with others, multi-tasking skills, organizational skills, flexibility required, excellent with numbers, time management, and ability to execute are required.
Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job.
Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening required.
The associate will be required to remember and understand certain instructions, guidelines or other information.
The associate must be able to see and verbally communicate.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. The associate must be able to hear, understand, and distinguish speech and/or other sounds (e.g., machinery alarms, medical codes or alarms).
The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms.
The associate must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 50lbs/23kg and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100lbs/45kg.

Nice To Haves

2 years of inventory or materials management experience preferred
2 years of supervisory experience preferred
High School diploma or equivalent preferred
Prior forklift certification preferred
Basic computer skills including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint preferred
Flexible to work overtime preferred

Responsibilities

Executes and provides process along with project visibility to Operations Supervisor
Expert in warehouse functions
Leads & complies with Safety and Well Being efforts on assigned shift
Operate forklifts to move materials within the warehouse
Electronically scan products using a warehouse management system
Quality control
Complete daily logs
Communicate with associates from other shifts
Read work orders or receive oral instructions to determine work assignments and material and equipment needs
Leads orientation classes with new hires
Trains and retrains associates on equipment