Warehouse Department Lead

Multi-Color Corporation Recruiting • Knoxville, TN

13d

About The Position

The Warehouse Department Lead, also described in the posting as the Logistics Warehouse Lead, is the primary point of contact for incoming and outgoing drivers. The role handles shipping and receiving paperwork, maintains schedules, verifies shipment records, unloads received shipments, and prepares items for outgoing shipment. It also provides information to internal and external contacts as needed.

The position supports customer order fulfillment, freight coordination, inventory handling, and the movement and storage of materials. The Lead operates material-handling equipment, maintains shipping supplies and equipment, and follows facility safety policies and procedures. The role also works with Customer Service and participates in special projects and other assigned duties.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED, or one to three months of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to operate a forklift and pallet jack.
• Ability to read and interpret documents accurately, write routine reports and correspondence, and communicate effectively with customers and associates.
• Ability to calculate figures using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and apply basic algebra concepts.
• Ability to use common-sense understanding to carry out written, oral, or diagram-based instructions.
• Ability to handle problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the position, including frequent walking and standing; using hands and fingers; reaching; and occasionally climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
• Ability to regularly lift or move up to 25 pounds, frequently up to 45 pounds, and occasionally up to 50 pounds. A later physical-demand statement says the role requires regularly lifting or moving up to 50 pounds.
• Close, distance, peripheral, and color vision; depth perception and the ability to adjust focus are also listed.

Responsibilities

• Pull customer orders and prepare related shipping documents accurately and promptly.
• Prepare skids or pallets for shipping and stretch-wrap completed skids.
• Unload raw materials from trucks in a timely manner.
• Unpack and examine incoming shipments; reject damaged items, record shortages, and correspond with the shipper to resolve damages and shortages.
• Route items to departments.
• Scan material into the computer system using a scan gun and load tags.
• Operate a forklift or use a hand truck to move shipments between the shipping and receiving platform and storage or work areas.
• Compare identifying information and count, weigh, or measure incoming and outgoing items to verify them against bills of lading, invoices, orders, or other records.
• Prepare and route incoming and outgoing articles for shipment to their final destination or placement in FDC inventory according to established specifications.
• Determine shipping methods and schedule freight carrier pickups.
• Complete shipment manifest paperwork.
• Coordinate efforts with the Customer Service department.
• Affix shipping labels to packed cartons.
• Pick inventory items released for shipment from Work in Progress and Inventory.
• Maintain inventory of shipping materials and supplies.
• Assist with equipment upkeep and adjustments and preventive maintenance.
• Ensure compliance with facility safety policies and procedures.
• Treat associates respectfully and professionally while upholding the company code of ethics.
• Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation based on experience.
• Medical insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• Life insurance.
• 401(k).
• Paid holidays: New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED