Warehouse Lead - Day Shift

Sabert Corporation•Sayreville, NJ

About The Position

The Warehouse Lead provides hands-on leadership throughout warehouse operations, training, monitoring, and evaluating assigned personnel while leading the receiving, warehousing, and shipping of products in line with company service and cost objectives. The role supports the Warehouse Supervisor or Manager in coordinating staffing, equipment, work quality, productivity, inventory accuracy, and warehouse safety. It may act in a supervisory capacity when a Supervisor is absent. The position uses SAP and related warehouse applications to download and modify orders, issue goods, and process customer returns. The Warehouse Lead coordinates order-picking priorities, dock organization, inbound and outbound moves, staged orders, and shift transitions. The role is also responsible for training personnel in warehouse management systems and safe material-handling equipment use, supporting safety and NSF audit requirements, and identifying operational improvements. The work is performed indoors in a warehouse, with seasonal hot, humid, or cold temperature changes and exposure to moving machinery such as power industrial trucks. The role requires extensive standing and walking, steel-toe shoes and other specified personal protective equipment, and the ability to continually lift, grasp, and reach products weighing up to 75 pounds. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent education and related experience.
Five years of experience in a high-volume, fast-moving distribution center with RF barcode-scanning warehouse management systems.
Ability to read and understand English to compare product descriptions, names, and bin locations and to understand numerical units of measure.
Ability to operate power industrial equipment, including reach trucks, order pickers, and forklifts.
Ability to continually lift, grasp, and reach products weighing up to 75 pounds.
Ability to work around moving machinery such as power industrial trucks.
Ability to wear steel-toe shoes and other personal protective equipment specified by management.
Strong work ethic, integrity, stability, fairness, urgency, and willingness to assume responsibility.
Cooperative, team-oriented working style and professional interaction with coworkers and CSR personnel.
Flexibility to adjust to sudden work changes and customer demands.
Good communication, interpersonal, planning, organization, and prioritization skills.
Ability to work independently with minimal direction and supervision.
Hands-on, pragmatic working style and interest in improving warehouse operations.
Ability to work in a fast-paced culture with many projects moving forward simultaneously.

Nice To Haves

Basic computer knowledge, preferably Microsoft Office Outlook.

Responsibilities

Provide hands-on leadership throughout warehouse operations by training, monitoring, and evaluating assigned personnel.
Lead receiving, warehousing, and shipping activities in accordance with company service and cost objectives.
Promote the appropriate use of safety devices and equipment, maintain general housekeeping, and watch for hazardous conditions and practices.
Complete the forklift safety and operational checklist before using equipment.
Participate as a representative on the facility safety committee and in BBS safety audits.
Assist the Warehouse Supervisor or Manager in applying personnel skills, experience, manpower, and equipment to achieve favorable cost and workmanship quality.
Ensure product quality and order accuracy.
Assist with training and maintaining an efficient workforce in accordance with job requirements, workload, and schedules.
Assist with daily enforcement of NSF Audit operating criteria and compliance.
Use SAP warehouse applications for order downloads and modifications, goods issues, and customer returns.
Act in a supervisory capacity when a Supervisor is absent.
Coordinate and assign work with the Warehouse Supervisor or Manager to optimize quality and productivity.
Assist inventory control personnel and supervisors or managers in maintaining inventory accuracy and effective inventory management.
Train personnel to use warehouse management systems accurately and consistently.
Train personnel in the safe and efficient use of material-handling equipment, including battery charging and watering procedures.
Create order downloads, revise orders when necessary, issue goods for shipments, and process customer returns.
Follow the warehouse outbound schedule to prioritize order-picking sequence.
Identify and communicate warranted improvements related to system enhancements.
Help exercise available product-substitution and repacking options to avoid customer backorders.
Coordinate inbound and outbound moves with trafficking personnel to maintain dock organization and efficiency.
Maintain working knowledge of staged orders and their disposition.
Ensure a smooth transition between first- and second-shift operations.