Warehouse Supervisor - 1st Shift
About The Position
The Warehouse Supervisor oversees warehouse activities involving shipping and receiving materials or finished goods, maintaining inventory accuracy, completing required records and equipment documentation, and supporting production. The role directs work to meet safety, quality, and cost objectives. People-management duties include training, planning and assigning daily work, scheduling direct reports, conducting performance appraisals, addressing performance issues, and resolving problems. The supervisor also supports communication and handoffs between shifts, ensures compliance with safety and food-safety rules, and coordinates with other supervisors and internal customers.
Requirements
- Associate degree or five years of warehouse experience, including two or more years of leadership experience.
- Knowledge of conventional management and warehouse fundamentals, including working knowledge of a Warehouse Management System (WMS).
- ERP software experience.
- Microsoft Office proficiency, including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Ability to operate standard office equipment, reach with hands and arms, and lift up to 25 pounds.
Nice To Haves
- Inventory management experience, including cycle-counting management, preferred.
- Knowledge of SAP is a plus.
- SQF and food-safety knowledge highly desired.
- Sit-down and/or reach forklift experience.
Responsibilities
- Supervise forklift leads, operators, and warehouse clerks in warehouse activities.
- Supervise and assist with filling and shipping orders, shipment and documentation accuracy, receiving materials and routing them appropriately, and providing production support.
- Measure and report department effectiveness and provide daily summaries and status reports.
- Enforce company rules regarding safety, discipline, cooperation, and teamwork.
- Coach, train, mentor, and develop team members to meet current and future business requirements.
- Conduct annual forklift-operator training after completing a train-the-trainer certification class.
- Facilitate shift handoffs and communicate key information to peers, team members, and management.
- Understand internal and external client system reporting requirements and ensure timely transaction compliance.
- Schedule direct reports in response to changing product mix and seasonal demand.
- Ensure correct items are available and properly stored for daily production requirements.
- Coordinate activities with other supervisors and serve internal customers.
- Attend food-safety training sessions covering GMP, SQF, HACCP, allergens, food-facility security, and preventing foodborne illness.
- Participate in company GMP walks.
- Regularly inspect the warehouse and facility for compliance.
- Enforce company food-safety rules and monitoring.
- Perform other duties as assigned by management.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
Associate degree
