Warehouse Assistant Supervisor - LB
About The Position
The Warehouse Assistant Supervisor is based out of the Merced Warehouse and verifies and maintains records on incoming and outgoing shipments. The role helps ensure finished goods are distributed to the appropriate departments and customers effectively and efficiently while supporting safe, consistent warehouse operations. The supervisor coordinates employee work, oversees storage and inventory activities, monitors warehouse performance, and supports shipping, receiving, packing, and railcar operations. The position also handles shipment documentation, addresses issues with customers, shippers, and carriers, and helps train department employees, including new hires.
Requirements
- Associate degree and more than three years of experience in warehousing, receiving, inventory control, or materials management in a manufacturing environment, or equivalent.
- Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
- Experience with Microsoft Excel and the Ross WMS system.
- Familiarity with the Food Safety Modernization Act as it applies to transporting inbound and outbound goods.
- Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
- Ability to make critical decisions while following company procedures.
- Strong knowledge of receiving, warehouse, and material-handling operations, methods, and practices.
- Ability to obtain and maintain certification through an OSHA-approved forklift certification program and as a First Responder.
- Ability to meet the described physical demands, including occasional standing, walking, sitting, handling, reaching, climbing, crawling, squatting, kneeling, bending, pushing, pulling, and lifting or carrying 50 pounds or less.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate employees’ work activities in accordance with safety and security programs.
- Ensure materials are stored properly to conserve space and comply with safety procedures, including overseeing warehouse inventories.
- Review invoices, work orders, consumption reports, and demand forecasts to estimate peak delivery periods and assign work.
- Respond to customer and shipper questions or complaints regarding storage and distribution.
- Inspect warehouses, vehicles, and equipment, and arrange testing, maintenance, repairs, or replacement as needed.
- Develop and document standard and emergency procedures for receiving, handling, storing, shipping, or salvaging products and materials.
- Monitor warehouse performance for accuracy of locator, receiving, reports, material movement and storage, and transfers.
- Examine shipment contents and compare them with manifests, invoices, orders, or other records to verify accuracy.
- Requisition and store shipping materials and supplies to maintain stock inventory.
- Prepare work orders, bills of lading, shipping orders, and other documents to route materials.
- Record shipment data, including weight, charges, space availability, damages, and discrepancies, for reporting, accounting, or recordkeeping.
- Coordinate with establishment representatives to resolve damages, shortages, or specification issues.
- Contact carrier representatives to arrange or provide instructions for shipping and delivery.
- Supervise ordering and release of railcars.
- Schedule appointments for inbound and outbound loads.
- Load and unload trucks or railcars as needed.
- Support inventory counts and adjustments.
- Support training of department employees, including new hires.
- Coordinate the packing process when the line is active.
- Facilitate relocation of railcars.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
