Warehouse Supervisor

International Paper•Lumberton, NC

7d•$60,200 - $80,300•Onsite

About The Position

The Warehouse Supervisor leads and directs daily warehouse activities, including productivity, quality, service, and on-time delivery, while ensuring safe and efficient operations that meet customer requirements and organizational goals. The role promotes safety and housekeeping, manages operations across all three facility shifts, and coordinates closely with customer service, production planning, finishing, accounting, and sales. The supervisor manages warehouse space, baled waste contracts, returned goods, inventory, shipping schedules, deliveries, and customer pickups. Responsibilities also include coordinating contracted truckers, maintaining shipping documentation and finished-goods inventory accuracy, ensuring loads are checked, keeping lift-driver training current, and tracking shipping and pallet costs. This is a salaried, full-time, on-site position in Lumberton, North Carolina. The stated pay range is $60,200–$80,300, with placement based on factors including experience, skills, and abilities. The role is eligible to participate in the company's annual incentive plan.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED equivalent required.
Action oriented.
Business insight.
Communicates effectively.
Courage.
Customer focus.
Develops talent.
Instills trust.
Organizational savvy.

Nice To Haves

Previous shipping or warehouse experience highly preferred.
Prior experience in the corrugated packaging industry highly preferred.
Two years of supervisory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead and direct daily warehouse activities to achieve productivity, quality, service, and on-time delivery goals safely and efficiently.
Ensure work is performed in a safe, clean, and productive environment; promote safety and housekeeping by following established rules and procedures.
Manage and coordinate daily activities across all three facility shifts.
Work with customer service, production planning, finishing, accounting, and sales to ensure customer satisfaction.
Manage warehouse space to best serve customers.
Manage baled waste contracts to improve returns and pricing.
Manage the returned goods process.
Manage inventory with assistance from the sales team at customer locations.
Work with customer service to maintain WITRON integrity for the shipping bill of lading process.
Schedule trucks efficiently, considering freight costs and ship-to locations, and coordinate preparation of the daily shipping schedule.
Schedule deliveries 24 hours per day according to customer demands.
Analyze costs for deliveries and customer pickups.
Maintain relationships with contracted truckers to obtain the best rates.
Organize teams to verify load quantities, weight, and quality.
Ensure lift drivers maintain current training, and coach and facilitate the team to improve efficiency.
Maintain the integrity and tracking of finished-goods inventory inside the facility and in outside warehouses, working with accounting and customer service to ensure data accuracy.
Maintain current knowledge of shipping department costs.
Manage costs related to pallet expenses.