Warehouse Associate-Lead

LOGISTEED America, INC•Jackson, GA

59d•$22 - $25•Onsite

About The Position

The Warehouse Associate - Lead reports to the LOGISTEED America, Inc. Warehouse Supervisor. This position requires excellent leadership skills along with the ability to monitor workflow, provide focus on inventory control and customer service. Additionally, this role involves communicating and interacting with the Company Management Team and Customers in a productive and professional manner, assisting the supervisor in leading daily operations teams to achieve established key performance indicators (KPIs), and maintaining inventory accuracy by meeting the target inventory discrepancy ratio. The role also requires the ability to read and comprehend SOPs, work instructions, emails, and documents, measure and count accurately, and write legibly, while following established procedures and meeting or exceeding safety, quality, and productivity standards.

Requirements

Minimum of 1 year fast-paced logistics industry or manufacturing environment experience, automotive preferred
1 year lead or supervisor experience
Warehouse/Distribution/Manufacturing/Logistics work experience with automotive experience preferred
High School diploma or general education degree (GED)
Ability to understand any and all safety requirements and regulations (OSHA)
Ability to make decisions in an objective manner
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Organizational, people, and interviewing skills
Conflict resolution skills
Staff management; requires flexibility and understanding that all staff may be required to perform duties outside their normal area of expertise to meet the mission and goal of the warehouse (facility management i.e. maintenance, sanitations, etc.)
Ability to respond to situations in a prompt and professional manner
Proven professional and sound judgment in the management of difficult and / or sensitive matters
Provide excellent customer service to internal and external customers
Ability to work in multiple systems and ability to input and retrieve data are a must
Must be available for night and weekend shifts
Ability to input and retrieve computer/technical/scanner data are a must
Must be able to read, write and count
Working knowledge of 5S and Lean Concepts
Proficiency in Microsoft Office: Work & Excel
Ability to read, analyze and interpret pick/selection/put-away orders
Ability to respond effectively to time sensitive work orders
Must be at least 18 years of age
MUST BE LEGALLY AUTHORIZED TO WORK IN THE UNITED STATES
Stand, walk, or sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, bend crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell.
Regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move objects up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

Intermediate/Advanced Microsoft Word and Excel
Equivalent work experience will be considered
Bachelor’s degree
Experience with WMS (Warehouse Management Systems) is a plus

Responsibilities

Perform tasks safely
Ensure area housekeeping requirements are met
Abide by all Federal, State, Local safety regulations and OSHA rules and LOGISTEED America, Inc. safety practices
Meet established procedures and productivity, safety, and quality standards
Meet attendance & punctuality standards
Communicate both orally and in writing in a clear and concise manner
Compile, verify, record and process forms and documents
Ability to use the WMS to plan, allocate and manage the daily orders in the system
Quality assurance inspection of returned parts
Accurately receive and ship material through the WMS
Perform system analysis on orders and inventory to eliminate missing shipments
Ability to set priorities and be able to multi-task with conflicting priorities
Provide excellent customer service to internal and external customers
Take direction and adhere to procedures, company policies with the ability to articulate recommendations and ask questions when uncertain
Monitor inbound, outbound and inventory control operation progress and directs activities to complete daily task
Assist in physical inventory counts and maintains accuracy by establishing target inventory discrepancy ratio
Coordinate markdowns, markups, customer returns, value added service (VAS) of products as needed or requested by customer
Be knowledgeable in all aspects of the operation and functions and have the ability to assist in compiling, verifying, recording and processing forms and documents
Multitask administrative and operational duties while staying organized and efficient to effectively support managers, supervisors and team members
Exhibit professional and sound judgment when confronted with difficult and/or sensitive matters and know when to escalate situations to a supervisor or manager
Create a cooperative and harmonious working climate to maximize employee morale and productivity
Train others (including forklift drivers – if applicable) in multiple areas of the operations such as scanning, orders, locations, temp, put-away, in-bound, container off-loading, receiving, sort-out load, ship-codes, read plan list and manifest (over or under)
Be proficient in the use of scanners and be able to train employees in put-away process and scanner transferring from one location to another as instructed by supervisor or operations manager
Promptly be at designated work site or location as required by supervisor or manager
Be flexible in facilitating other duties on a daily basis as assigned by the supervisor or manager
Perform other duties as assigned by Supervisor or Manager