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

Now Foods•Roseville, IL

11h•Onsite

About The Position

The Warehouse Lead works across all warehouse areas, supporting receiving, shipping, material movement, and warehouse operations at the Bloomingdale facilities. The role helps monitor shift performance and efficiency, assign work, adjust employee duties, resolve or escalate issues, and coordinate with supervisors, other leads, support teams, and other departments to meet production schedules and daily goals. The Warehouse Lead trains, coaches, and mentors new and tenured employees; reinforces company policies, culture, and expectations; and helps ensure employees receive appropriate training and resources. The role also assists with developing Standard Operating Procedures, Work Instructions, and One Point Lessons; verifies employee paperwork; closes warehouse record reports; and alerts inventory control to raw-material discrepancies. The position operates warehouse machinery safely and proficiently, supports root-cause analysis and continuous improvement, and helps improve safety, quality, warehouse methods, equipment performance, and efficiency. It ensures warehouse employees follow OSHA, safety, food-safety, and cGMP guidelines. The role supports work in Receiving at both the 391 and 395 Bloomingdale facilities and may require a flexible schedule, including off shifts and weekends as needed.

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; food or pharmaceutical experience is preferred within this requirement.
Experience operating turret trucks, dock stockers, powered pallet jacks, dock plates, and other raised-platform vehicles.
PIT license and PIT trainer certification.
Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Oracle.
Knowledge of inventory control and warehousing processes, with the ability to troubleshoot inventory discrepancies.
Ability to work in all warehouse work centers and make daily decisions about resource allocation and scheduling.
Ability to monitor shift performance, correct or escalate issues, coach team members on processes and procedures, and meet quality, safety, and efficiency goals.
Strong problem-solving and decision-making ability.
Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, including the ability to coach, mentor, train, motivate, and give clear directions to employees from varied backgrounds.
Strong team-building skills, attention to detail, and demonstrated high-quality work.
Strong time-management and prioritization skills; ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment, work with urgency, and change tasks or work centers as business needs require.
Ability to lead by example, model company values and servant leadership, take accountability, act ethically and honestly, maintain confidentiality, and follow company policies and procedures.
Ability to communicate professionally in writing and verbally; read and understand safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, correspondence, and procedure manuals; and accurately complete sanitation and warehouse paperwork, including written and electronic reports.
Ability to present information effectively in one-on-one and small-group settings.
Ability to perform basic arithmetic, understand weights and measures, use scales, and calculate rates, ratios, and percentages.
Ability to work a flexible schedule, including off shifts and weekends as needed to support the business.
Ability to lift, move, carry, push, pull, and handle items as described in the physical-demands section, including boxes weighing up to 50 pounds.
Ability to perform the listed physical duties, including prolonged standing and walking, sitting, squatting, kneeling, stair use, reaching, operating lift-truck controls, and using a computer; ability to operate PIT at heights up to 26 feet.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Perform warehouse work including unloading and receiving shipments, transporting product to manufacturing, and preparing outbound freight shipments.
Monitor receiving and shipping traffic for the Bloomingdale location to support efficient dock use and material supply to and from contract manufacturers.
Work with the supervisor to monitor shift performance and efficiency, resolve or escalate issues, and meet daily department goals.
Recommend changes to equipment use and staffing to improve efficiency, and keep the supervisor informed of problem areas.
Collaborate with other leads, supervisors, and support teams to resolve issues and improve safety, product quality, warehouse methods, and equipment performance.
Adjust employee duties and make warehouse-related decisions; assign tasks and monitor warehouse processes in collaboration with a supervisor or manager.
Train, coach, mentor, and follow up with new and tenured employees; reinforce policies, culture, and expectations; identify training gaps and help ensure required training is current.
Develop or assist with writing departmental Standard Operating Procedures, Work Instructions, and One Point Lessons, subject to supervisor or manager direction and review.
Operate warehouse machinery, including PIT equipment, safely and proficiently.
Review and verify employee paperwork before submitting it to Quality Control for approval.
Close warehouse record reports and inform inventory control personnel about raw-material discrepancies.
Interpret and explain company policies, specifications, and job orders; answer employee 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; help identify trends and implement and sustain improvements.
Monitor and coach the Warehouse team to ensure compliance with OSHA guidelines, safety policies, food-safety requirements, and cGMP guidelines.
Promote safe work practices, participate in safety activities, report workplace incidents and hazards, communicate safety concerns, use required PPE, and provide and accept constructive feedback.
Work in all areas of the Receiving warehouse, including the 391 and 395 Bloomingdale facilities, as needed.