Warehouse Supervisor

A.P. Moller - Maersk•Denver, CO

5d•$80,000 - $85,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Warehouse Supervisor oversees daily warehouse and cross-dock operations at a customer site. The role ensures freight is received, sorted, staged, and loaded accurately and on time; monitors inbound and outbound shipment performance; and coordinates dock schedules to meet customer and transportation requirements. This position leads warehouse associates, leads, and material handlers by assigning daily work and labor resources, coaching employees, conducting training and performance discussions, and taking disciplinary action when needed. The supervisor manages staffing in response to volume forecasts, creates schedules, approves timecards, controls overtime and labor costs, and partners with HR on hiring, attendance, and employee relations. The role enforces OSHA standards and company safety policies, conducts safety observations, audits, and incident investigations, and ensures employees are certified and trained on material-handling equipment. It maintains operational and regulatory compliance, monitors performance metrics, drives continuous improvement, and ensures accurate product handling and inventory transactions. The supervisor resolves shipment discrepancies and damages, investigates inventory variances, and maintains warehouse organization and housekeeping standards. The supervisor communicates with transportation teams, carriers, operations leaders, and customers; escalates operational issues and provides status updates; and leads shift handoffs and operational meetings. The role is expected to meet service commitments, maintain safe operations, improve productivity and labor efficiency, develop frontline employees, reduce turnover and attendance issues, and ensure compliance and quality standards. Leaders at this level manage employees day to day and set priorities to ensure task completion.

Responsibilities

Oversee daily warehouse and cross-dock operations.
Ensure freight is received, sorted, staged, and loaded accurately and on time.
Monitor inbound and outbound shipment performance.
Coordinate dock schedules to meet customer and transportation requirements.
Supervise warehouse associates, leads, and material handlers.
Assign daily work tasks and labor resources.
Coach employees on productivity, safety, and performance expectations.
Conduct training and performance discussions, and take disciplinary action when needed.
Enforce OSHA standards and company safety policies.
Conduct safety observations, audits, and incident investigations.
Ensure employees are certified and trained on material-handling equipment.
Maintain compliance with operational and regulatory requirements.
Monitor KPIs, including trailer turnaround time, on-time shipping performance, inventory accuracy, labor productivity, safety metrics, and quality/error rates.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce waste and increase efficiency.
Manage staffing levels based on volume forecasts.
Create schedules and approve timecards.
Control overtime and labor costs.
Partner with HR on hiring, attendance management, and employee relations.
Ensure accurate product handling and inventory transactions.
Resolve shipment discrepancies and damages.
Investigate inventory variances.
Maintain housekeeping and warehouse organization standards.
Communicate with transportation teams, carriers, operations leaders, and customers.
Escalate operational issues and provide status updates.
Lead shift handoffs and operational meetings.
Meet service level commitments, maintain a safe operation, improve productivity and labor efficiency, develop frontline employees, reduce turnover and attendance issues, and ensure operational compliance and quality standards.
Manage employees day to day and set priorities to ensure task completion.