Team Leader - 2nd Shift

BLG Logistics•Vance, AL

About The Position

The Team Leader provides daily oversight of hourly employees, as guided by the Group Leader, and supports safe, clean, productive, and efficient warehouse operations. The role leads team members in quality delivery and customer service, ensures compliance with processes and policies, maintains equipment and records, and helps the team meet customer and BLG expectations. The Team Leader also performs Team Member duties on the operations floor. This is a second-shift position, Monday through Friday from 2:27 PM to 10:45 PM, with Saturday or Sunday work if needed. The position requires regular standing and overhead work, frequent walking and handling tasks, and frequent lifting or moving of up to 15 pounds; lifting up to 50 pounds is occasional. The employee may occasionally encounter moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, and vibration. Noise is usually moderate.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
One to three months of related experience and/or training.
Ability to adhere to safety practices and operate equipment used in warehouse operations.
Ability to operate standard office equipment and relevant software applications, and to prepare and maintain accurate records.
Basic math skills, including adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing with whole numbers, fractions, and decimals; computing rates, ratios, and percentages; and interpreting bar graphs.
Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and MS Outlook.
Ability to understand written procedures and complex, multi-step written and oral instructions, write routine documents, and speak clearly.
Basic computer use, basic vehicle maintenance, and knowledge of safety practices and procedures.
Ability to follow detailed but straightforward written or oral instructions and solve problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Valid driver’s license.
Ability to meet the position’s physical demands, including regular standing and overhead work, frequent walking and hand use, frequent lifting up to 15 pounds, and occasional lifting up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Forklift operating license; on-the-job training is available.

Responsibilities

Ensure a safe, clean, and productive work environment while providing leadership in quality delivery and customer service.
Ensure team compliance with processes, procedures, and policies; conduct performance management and evaluations.
Maintain equipment and materials using appropriate procedures and reporting, and enforce safety measures while reporting incidents and damage to facilities or company property.
Participate in continuous improvement initiatives, draw on team members’ knowledge and experience, and manage process changes according to company guidelines and procedures.
Lead and communicate with team members through daily startup meetings and shift handover reporting, including daily metrics and KPIs.
Ensure team members are appropriately trained and knowledgeable about their functions, and act as the subject-matter expert for processes within the role’s operational control.
Participate in Shop Floor Management practices, maintain records, and report key figures and KPIs as directed.
Maintain and send the logbook after every shift.
Keep training records and versatility information up to date, use SWS audits to check that operators are fully trained on processes, and control operator rotation according to plan.
Record improvement ideas and present new issues and feedback to the team on actions due for review.
Perform Process, 5S, and Standard Work audits.
Perform Team Member duties on the operations floor and other related duties as assigned to support an efficient work environment.
Manage and enforce the time and attendance policy, report accurately in ADP for payroll processing, and make scheduling and staffing decisions to support daily customer requirements.
Coach, mentor, and develop team members, holding them accountable for operational excellence and helping them meet or exceed customer and BLG expectations.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage, with employee-only Silver medical, dental, and vision coverage paid by the company; family coverage is subsidized.
Company-paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage.
Company-paid life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment coverage.
Safe Harbor and Roth 401(k) retirement plan with a company match of up to 4% of contributions; vesting after 90 days of employment starting January 1, 2027.
120 hours of paid time off/vacation annually, accrued per pay period.
Five personal days, prorated after one month of employment.
A day off for the employee’s birthday.
12 paid holidays.
Supplemental insurance options, including cancer insurance, accident protection, supplemental disability, critical care, medical bridge, and additional life insurance.
Pet insurance.
Fraud remediation plan.
Annual safety shoe reimbursement.
On-site diagnostic services and vaccines at no charge.