Warehouse Team Lead - 1st Shift (Monday - Friday, 7:00am - 3:30pm)

This is where you save and sustain lives

At Baxter, we are deeply connected by our mission. No matter your role at Baxter, your work makes a positive impact on people around the world. You’ll feel a sense of purpose throughout the organization, as we know our work improves outcomes for millions of patients. 

Baxter’s products and therapies are found in almost every hospital worldwide, in clinics and in the home. For over 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that transform healthcare.

Together, we create a place where we are happy, successful and inspire each other. This is where you can do your best work. 

Join us at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives— where your purpose accelerates our mission. 

Your role at Baxter

Lead the Customer Orders team (15+ Material Handlers/Forklift Drivers) in the required tasks to complete the daily warehouse movements, process all departmental damages and investigations with overall dock responsibilities and overall assist the Warehouse Supervisor

What we offer from day 1:

• Hours: Monday – Friday 7:00 am – 3:300 pm

• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays

• Medical, Dental, Disability and Life Insurance coverage

• Vision and Voluntary Benefits

• Paid Parental Leave

• Retirement Savings Plan

• Employee Stock Purchase Program

• Flexible Health Care Spending Accounts

• Educational Assistance Plan

Your team

• Assigns tasks to personnel to perform

• Meet productivity standards set by management without damage to product

• Ensure all carrier damages are notated on Bill of Landing and that the damages are properly stored in the appropriate area pending carrier inspection

• Assign trailers to the dock on a scheduled basis using Yard Management

• Assist in resolving discrepancies between plants and the RC concerning problems encountered with inventory counts, codes, batches, unitization, stretch wrap, etc.

• Resolve inbound/outbound discrepancies promptly

• Transport material by operating various types of material handling equipment (e.g.: forklift, clamp truck, cherry picker, reach truck)

• Work with warehouse computer applications (WM, Traxx, RF Term, etc). Must have knowledge of the sample, damage, and return goods processes.

• Work with RAQA on validation of systems and system changes

• Placard all loads as required (government, military, export, etc.)

• Use correct pallets and packaging (as required by customer or country) to ship product

• Assure compliance to all procedures related to Regulatory, Environmental, Health and Safety Requirements including spills, damages, and returns

• Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision.

What you'll bring

• H.S. Degree or GED equivalent required

• 5+ years of Warehouse experience

• General knowledge of material flow and the distribution process

• Must have knowledge of the sample, damage, and return goods processes

• Previous work in warehouse environment.  

• Must be able to drive a forklift (stand up, sit down, reach)

• Must have good telephone communication skills to interact with product

• vendor locations

• Must be able to work without direct supervision.

• Computer Skills (Microsoft Word/Microsoft Excel

Physical Environment:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to walk.  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 65 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving reach trucks, forklifts, pallet jacks, extreme cold, and extreme heat.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salar