Warehouse Team Lead
About The Position
Avantor is seeking a Warehouse Team Lead to help oversee warehouse operations, including loading and unloading trucks, stacking bags, handling products, and palletizing. The role documents completed work, records inventory data, uses scanners, computers, and material-handling equipment, and works with peers and management to improve warehouse operations and promote teamwork. This is a full-time position based in Batavia, Illinois, with a Monday–Friday schedule from 5:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.; overtime and weekend work may be needed. The Team Lead helps establish work schedules and ensures they are implemented and work is completed properly. The role leads, supervises, coaches, and disciplines associates; provides input for performance evaluations and personnel recommendations; oversees inbound and outbound shipment handling; maintains accurate records and production metrics; and supports inventory control, warehouse security, space utilization, and safe equipment operation. The work takes place in an industrial warehouse, near moving machinery and in usually loud conditions. The role may involve working at heights, temperature changes, operating equipment, and exposure to dust, fumes, or gases. It involves standing and walking for most of the workday and lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 75 pounds, with or without assistance. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Three years of related experience desired.
- Good supervisory and communication skills desired.
- Familiarity with personal computers and material-handling equipment is essential.
- Strong decision-making and coaching skills.
- Ability to drive results.
- Ability to meet the physical and environmental demands described, including lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling up to 75 pounds with or without assistance.
Responsibilities
- Understand and adhere to safety policies and procedures.
- Help establish work schedules and ensure schedules are implemented and jobs are completed properly.
- Lead, supervise, coach, and discipline associates using effective communication and motivational techniques.
- Provide input into performance evaluations and recommendations for promotions, wage increases, associate development, and terminations.
- Supervise the checking and unloading of inbound shipments, orderly stacking of products, and picking and staging of outbound shipments to support productivity.
- Verify inbound and outbound paperwork with drivers and ensure products are properly counted.
- Ensure shipments are complete and free of damage.
- Complete required records and reports accurately and on time.
- Calculate and analyze daily and weekly production metrics.
- Assist with physical inventories and cycle counts.
- Maintain the product locator system and ensure optimal use of space.
- Rotate products as appropriate.
- Operate forklifts and hand carts; ensure material-handling equipment is operated efficiently and safely.
- Maintain a clean, neat, and orderly work area and assist with warehouse security.
- Conduct operations safely and in accordance with OSHA and other appropriate standards.
- Attend warehouse planning meetings.
- Act as a liaison between employees and management.
- Communicate industry and brand knowledge to associates.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Learning experiences to support career growth and success.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
High school or GED
