Warehouse Supervisor - Planner/Scheduler

Career Opportunities with Republic Plastics•Knoxville, TN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Warehouse Supervisor - Planner/Scheduler is responsible for overseeing warehouse operations, including receiving, warehousing, and distribution. This role involves supervising full-time and temporary associates, managing daily workload, ensuring operational standards, and maintaining safety and sanitation regulations. The position requires strong leadership, organizational skills, and the ability to coordinate with various departments to achieve operational goals.

Requirements

Ability to perform each job duty satisfactorily.
Knowledge, skill, and/or ability required for the role.
Ability to observe, follow, and model all safety policies and procedures.
Ability to maintain receiving, warehousing, and distribution operations.
Ability to supervise all full-time and temporary production Associates.
Ability to prioritize and coordinate daily warehouse workload.
Ability to measure and report the effectiveness of warehousing activities and employees' performance.
Ability to communicate job expectations and coach employees.
Ability to ensure Associates receive demonstrations and training on equipment operations and safety procedures.
Ability to ensure established policies, rules, regulations, and procedures are implemented and followed.
Ability to achieve high levels of customer satisfaction.
Ability to meet warehouse operational standards.
Ability to meet warehouse financial standards.
Ability to supervise loading and unloading of trucks.
Ability to maintain item records and document necessary information.
Ability to identify areas of improvement and establish innovative or adjust existing work procedures and practices.
Ability to move inventory by scheduling materials.
Ability to maintain storage area.
Ability to maintain inventory by conducting periodic physical counts.
Ability to confer with management, other supervisors, and/or subordinates to resolve worker issues.
Ability to implement, follow, and enforce safety and sanitation regulations.
Ability to confer and coordinate activities with other departments.
Ability to lead, manage, and discipline Associates.
Ability to direct and coordinate the activities of associates engaged in storing, organizing, and loading product.
Ability to confer with other supervisors to coordinate operations and activities.
Ability to read and analyze charts, work orders, shipping schedules, and other records and reports.
Ability to work with other team members to complete tasks and achieve department goals.
Ability to follow instructions and directions provided by management.
Ability to follow, comply with, and model all company rules, policies, and directives.
Ability to attend work as scheduled, including 40 or more hours per week, and weekends and evenings as required.
Ability to effectively respond to issues related to a 24-hour/7 days a week operation.

Responsibilities

Observe, follow, and model all safety policies and procedures.
Maintain receiving, warehousing, and distribution operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing program, operational, and personnel policies and procedures.
Supervise all full-time and temporary production Associates by communicating job expectations, planning, monitoring, and appraising job results, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees, and initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
Prioritize and coordinate the daily warehouse workload of warehouse personnel.
Measure and report the effectiveness of warehousing activities and employees' performance.
Communicate job expectations and coach employees.
Ensure that all Associates receive demonstrations and training on equipment operations and safety procedures.
Ensure that established policies, rules, regulations, and procedures are implemented and followed.
Seek to maintain consistency with other shifts and other RP facilities.
Achieve high levels of customer satisfaction through excellence in receiving, identifying, dispatching, and assuring the quality of goods.
Meet warehouse operational standards by contributing warehouse information to strategic plans and reviews, implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards, resolving problems, and identifying warehouse system improvements.
Meet warehouse financial standards by providing budget information, monitoring expenditures, identifying variances, and implementing corrective actions.
Supervise loading and unloading of trucks and verify that paperwork is correctly signed.
Maintain item records, document necessary information, and utilize reports to project warehouse status.
Identify areas of improvement and establish innovative or adjust existing work procedures and practices.
Move inventory by scheduling materials to be moved to and from the warehouse, coordinating inventory transfers with related departments.
Maintain storage area by organizing floor space, adhering to storage design principles, and recommending improvements.
Maintain inventory by conducting periodic physical counts, reconciling variances, and inputting data.
Confer with management, other supervisors, and/or subordinates to resolve worker issues, problems, complaints, or grievances.
Implement, follow, and enforce safety and sanitation regulations.
Confer and coordinate activities with other departments, including, but not limited to, Production, Logistics, and Customer Service.
Lead, manage, and discipline Associates when appropriate.
Direct and coordinate the activities of associates engaged in the storing, organizing, and loading of product.
Confer with other supervisors to coordinate operations and activities within or between departments.
Read and analyze charts, work orders, shipping schedules, and other records and reports to determine requirements and to evaluate current shipping needs.
Work with other team members to complete tasks and achieve department goals.
Follow instructions and directions provided by the Operations Manager and/or other members of management.
Follow, comply with, and model all company rules, policies, and directives, including the Associate Handbook.
Attend work as scheduled, including 40 or more hours per week, and weekends and evenings as required.
Effectively respond to issues related to a 24-hour/7 days a week operation.