Warehouse Lead- Weekend D shift (5:30am-6PM) (395)

Now Foods•Bloomingdale, IL

15h•Onsite

About The Position

The Warehouse Lead helps lead the team in achieving department goals by planning and delegating daily work, responding to safety, quality, team, and warehouse needs, coordinating training, and coaching and developing Warehouse employees. The role works across all Warehouse areas and supports Receiving at both the 391 and 395 Bloomingdale facilities. The scheduled shift is Friday through Sunday, 5:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The role performs warehouse operations including receiving shipments, moving products to manufacturing, preparing outbound freight, and monitoring receiving and shipping traffic. In coordination with the supervisor or manager, the Warehouse Lead assigns tasks, monitors performance, addresses or escalates issues, makes work-duty adjustments, and recommends improvements to staffing, equipment use, safety, quality, and efficiency. The position also supports employee training, procedures and documentation, inventory accuracy, production schedules, root-cause analysis, and continuous-improvement initiatives. The Warehouse Lead operates warehouse machinery safely, reviews employee paperwork, closes warehouse record reports, and communicates with Inventory Control and other departments. The role helps ensure compliance with OSHA, food-safety, cGMP, and company policies and supports a culture of safe work practices. The job involves physical warehouse work, including prolonged standing and walking, lifting and moving items, operating powered industrial trucks (PIT), and working at heights of up to 26 feet when operating PIT. The work environment includes moving mechanical parts, ingredients and manufacturing materials, herbal aromas, dust and airborne particles, food allergens, and moderately loud noise.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED and one year of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience in a warehousing or manufacturing environment is required; food or pharmaceutical experience is preferred.
Prior experience operating turret trucks, dock stockers, powered pallet jacks, dock plates, and other raised-platform vehicles is required.
PIT license and PIT trainer certification are required.
Knowledge of inventory control and warehousing processes, including troubleshooting inventory discrepancies.
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Oracle.
Ability to work in all Warehouse work centers and make daily resource-allocation and scheduling decisions.
Ability to monitor shift performance and efficiency, address or escalate issues, and coach team members on correct processes and procedures.
Ability to meet quality, safety, and efficiency goals and demonstrate problem-solving and decision-making skills.
Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, including the ability to coach, mentor, train, motivate, and give clear directions to employees.
Strong teamwork, attention to detail, time-management, prioritization, and multitasking skills; ability to work calmly in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changing tasks, work centers, and locations.
Ability to communicate professionally in writing and verbally; read and understand safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, correspondence, and memos; and accurately complete written and electronic paperwork and reports.
Ability to use basic arithmetic and calculate rates, ratios, and percentages to understand weights and measures and use scales.
Ability to work a flexible schedule, including off shifts and weekends as needed to support the business.
Ability to work in Receiving at both the 391 and 395 Bloomingdale facilities.
Ability to comply with company policies and procedures, including safety requirements, maintain confidentiality, and conduct work responsibly, ethically, and honestly.
Ability to perform the described physical duties, including prolonged standing and walking, lifting and moving items, operating lift trucks, and accessing heights up to 26 feet when operating PIT.

Nice To Haves

Additional post-secondary education.
Prior team leadership experience.
Knowledge of Lean principles and continuous improvement.
Bilingual verbal and written skills in Spanish.

Responsibilities

Perform warehouse work in all areas, including unloading and receiving shipments, transporting product to manufacturing, and preparing outbound freight shipments.
Monitor receiving and shipping traffic at the Bloomingdale location to support efficient dock use and the flow of materials to and from contract manufacturers.
Work with the supervisor to monitor shift performance and efficiency, correct or escalate issues, and help meet daily department goals.
Recommend changes to equipment use and staffing to improve efficiency, and keep the supervisor informed of problem areas.
Coordinate with other leads, supervisors, and support teams to resolve issues.
Recommend and implement measures to improve safety, product quality, warehouse methods, and equipment performance.
Adjust employee work duties and make warehouse-related decisions.
Mentor, train, coach, and develop new and tenured employees; reinforce company policies, culture, and expectations; and follow up on training and development needs.
Work with the supervisor to identify training gaps and ensure employees are current on required training.
Develop or assist with writing Standard Operating Procedures, Work Instructions, and One Point Lessons, subject to supervisor or manager direction and review.
Operate warehouse machinery, including PIT, proficiently and safely.
Assign jobs and tasks in collaboration with the supervisor or manager and monitor warehouse processes.
Review and verify employee paperwork before submitting it to Quality Control for approval.
Close warehouse record reports and inform Inventory Control personnel of raw-material discrepancies.
Explain company policies, specifications, and job orders to employees and answer their questions.
Communicate with other departments to provide supplies, products, and equipment needed to meet production schedules.
Participate in root-cause analysis and plant continuous-improvement initiatives; work with supervisors and cross-functional teams to identify trends and implement and sustain improvements.
Monitor and coach the Warehouse team to follow OSHA, safety, food-safety, cGMP, and company guidelines.
Support the warehouse safety program, use safe work practices, report incidents and hazards, communicate safety concerns, use required personal protective equipment, and participate in safety activities.