Warehouse Supervisor - 1st Shift (5 am - 1:30 pm)

Warehouse Supervisor 1st Shift 5 am 130 pm•Bolingbrook, IL

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Warehouse Supervisor is responsible for the Bolingbrook warehouse, logistics, and incoming materials. The role works with in-house buyers to maintain adequate stocking levels, implements systems and processes to ensure inventory accuracy, and delivers materials to manufacturing when needed. The supervisor directly oversees the Bolingbrook receiving and shipping team and material handlers, a group of approximately six or more employees. The supervisor creates and deploys an inventory plan for the Bolingbrook factory, emphasizing inventory accuracy, cross-functional processes, appropriate stock levels, and mitigation or elimination of obsolete and slow-moving inventory. The role establishes standard work for inventory management and material delivery, maintains a safe, organized, and ergonomically efficient warehouse and receiving area, communicates incoming quantity discrepancies and packaging or damage issues to Supply Chain, develops relevant KPIs, monitors business changes to ensure adequate warehouse infrastructure, and introduces technology to improve transactional accuracy. The position guides the team toward its goals, monitors productivity, resolves problems, and may change work roles and work distribution. It also provides input on significant Human Resources matters, including hiring, performance appraisals, disciplinary actions, and terminations. G&W Electric describes itself as a global provider of engineered electrical power grid solutions, with a culture focused on employee success, continuous improvement, growth, and innovation. The position is based in an air-conditioned and heated manufacturing facility. Typical pay is $71,200–$92,600 annually, depending on skills, experience, and qualifications, and the position is eligible for the Quarterly Incentive Pay Program.

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years of inventory or warehouse management experience.
Bachelor’s degree, preferably in operations or business management, or equivalent experience.
Outstanding leadership qualities and previous supervisory experience in a high-paced environment.
Demonstrated understanding of an ERP system; JDE is preferred.

Nice To Haves

Strong organizational, motivational, and communication skills.
Open personality and natural curiosity to learn while staying focused on essential activities agreed with management.
Self-starter able to operate with minimal supervision.
Lean background.

Responsibilities

Create and deploy an inventory plan for the Bolingbrook factory, maintaining inventory accuracy and appropriate inventory levels while mitigating or eliminating obsolete and slow-moving inventory.
Lead and organize the receiving, shipping, and material handler team.
Define and create standard work processes for inventory management and material delivery.
Deliver materials to manufacturing in a timely manner.
Ensure the warehouse and receiving area are safe, organized, and ergonomically efficient.
Communicate incoming quantity inaccuracies and packaging or damaged-goods issues to Supply Chain for long-term solutions.
Develop and maintain relevant KPIs for the area of responsibility.
Monitor business changes to ensure adequate warehouse infrastructure is in place.
Introduce technology to improve transactional accuracy and continually refine processes.
Guide and monitor a group of approximately six or more employees toward its goals; monitor productivity, resolve problems, and change work roles or distribution as needed.
Provide input on significant Human Resources matters, including employee selection, performance appraisals, disciplinary actions, and terminations.