Team Lead Inspector

American Tire Distributors•Shafter, CA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Team Lead Inspector works under the Manager of Adjustments and Operations Department and leads a quality inspection process that follows individual vendor criteria. The role requires the working knowledge and ability to perform all duties assigned to a tire inspector, provide leadership and standardized operating procedures for the returns center team, and coordinate communications among vendors, distribution centers, and ATD corporate departments when the Manager of Adjustments is absent. The position is also the primary contact for specified return center customers with extraordinary requests and manages a broad range of ongoing logistics functions. The role supports daily operations, internal audits, and standardized inspection processes in accordance with vendor requirements and Tire Industry Association (TIA) compliance. It includes supervising and delegating work, reviewing inspection records, preparing management reports, maintaining expertise in tire and wheel inspection, and supporting adjustment processes related to mergers and acquisitions, which may involve travel. The role also requires understanding profit and loss calculations to ensure customer credits are offset by vendor credits. The work is performed in a warehouse environment. Employees are occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, handle objects and tools, reach, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and may lift products weighing up to approximately 50 pounds. Tires heavier than approximately 50 pounds may need to be rolled, destacked, or team-lifted. The employee may be exposed to prevailing weather conditions; the noise level is usually moderate. Travel is required 5% of the time.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
1–2 years of related experience preferred.
Working knowledge and ability to perform all duties assigned to a tire inspector.
Thorough knowledge of tire and wheel inspection guidelines and procedures.
Extensive knowledge of materials, methods, tools, and equipment related to tire adjustments, including Hunter mounting and balancing machines.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret vendor technical bulletins, internal company reports, and NHTSA regulations.
Ability to understand profit and loss calculations.
Strong oral and written communication, time management, organizational, planning, and prioritization skills.
Ability to supervise and delegate tasks to team members.
Physical ability to occasionally perform warehouse activities, including lifting products up to approximately 50 pounds and handling heavier tires by rolling, destacking, or team lifting.
Ability to meet the job’s vision requirements, including close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth perception and adjustment of focus.

Responsibilities

Assist the Manager with daily operational functions and ensure compliance with internal audits and standardized inspection processes based on vendor requirements and TIA compliance.
Communicate effectively, orally and in writing, with vendors, distribution centers, ATD corporate departments, customers, and other audiences.
Manage multiple priorities and meet vendor requirements using time management and organizational skills.
Evaluate administrative and inspection functions and prepare reports for management identifying standards and issues needing attention.
Maintain thorough knowledge of tire and wheel inspection guidelines and procedures.
Maintain extensive knowledge of materials, methods, tools, and equipment related to tire adjustments, including Hunter mounting and balancing machines.
Read, analyze, and interpret vendor technical bulletins, internal company reports, and NHTSA regulations.
Review internal documents continuously to maintain a clear audit trail for inspections.
Supervise team members and delegate tasks as needed.
Support the Manager of Adjustments with merger and acquisition adjustment processes, which may require travel.
Understand profit and loss calculations to ensure customer credits are offset by vendor credits.
Lead the quality inspection process in alignment with individual vendor criteria and perform duties assigned to a tire inspector.
Provide leadership and standardized operating procedures for the returns center team.
Coordinate communications between vendors, distribution centers, and ATD corporate departments in the Manager of Adjustments’ absence.
Serve as the primary contact for specified return center customers with extraordinary requests.
Manage a broad range of ongoing logistics functions.