Lead, Warehouse

Premium Waters • Riverside, MO

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About The Position

The Warehouse Lead is responsible for receiving incoming goods and ensuring the safe, accurate, and timely shipment of products. The role coordinates efficient and safe truck loading and helps protect company assets, including forklifts, trucks, and racking. The Warehouse Lead follows standard operating procedures, including operational quality checks, and observes HACCP and SQF requirements for food quality and safety.

While on the production floor, the employee must follow and help enforce plant GMP regulations. Required PPE includes hairnets, beard nets, earplugs, and safety glasses. The role also maintains warehouse organization, communicates with shipping personnel, shift supervisors, supply chain staff, loaders, truck drivers, and the Warehouse Manager, and supports warehouse and truck drivers as needed.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Previous forklift experience required.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule as needed.
• Basic reading, writing, and math skills.

Nice To Haves

• Forklift certification preferred.
• Previous Lead or Supervisor experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Unload trucks, examine incoming goods, and sign receipts while noting discrepancies.
• Review bills of lading to determine what is to be shipped.
• Inspect products before loading, including restacking damaged or partial pallets as needed.
• Load trucks according to specifications and ensure loads are completed correctly, efficiently, and on time.
• Coordinate with loaders and truck drivers to ensure live loads and drop loads are loaded when due.
• Clean and organize the warehouse efficiently.
• Communicate problems and product information with shipping personnel, shift supervisors, and supply chain staff.
• Follow proper pallet-tag and lot-number recording procedures.
• Communicate personnel or production problems to the Warehouse Manager.
• Ensure trailer inventory is completed once a day.
• Assist warehouse and truck drivers as needed.
• Ensure forklift and truck personnel follow GMPs, SOPs, SQF requirements, and PWI expectations.
• Follow and help enforce plant GMP regulations and required PPE practices.
• Perform related work as assigned by the Warehouse Manager.

What This Job Offers

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