Lead Warehouse Associate

At North Coast, we embrace what makes us unique. As a company with local roots and global reach, we excel at the diversity of our Associates and the different ways each of us contributes to our success. What keeps us at the forefront of progress? Our people. No matter where they work or who they are, we trust their individual skills and qualities and give them everything they need to reach their full potential.

Our Leaders are focused on building customer centric strategies, inspiring, empowering and developing associates, adapting to change, and driving organizational efficiencies to deliver results.

 

What You Will Do: 

• Accountable for ensuring proper labor balancing between core areas of warehouse, including receiving, picking, outbound parcels, project warehouse, cycle counting, wire cutting, and pipe yard. 

• Responsible for keeping the Warehouse in Process/Status queues clear and compliant with End of Month guidelines. 

• Key transfer truck facilitator, responsible for ensuring all orders released before cutoff times are picked, staged, manifested, and loaded onto the transfer truck each day. 

• Primary responder and problem solver for warehouse lead emails, with a response time of 1 hour. 

• Complete weekly performance reviews of Associates using data driven metrics. 

• Actively engaged within warehouse, providing on call mentorship and problem solving for Associates. 

• Lead by example an effective and efficient team, with an emphasis on positively motivating, training, and uplifting of Associates. 

• Maintain and cultivate a safe and healthy work environment by following and enforcing safety policies and guidelines. 

• Other duties as assigned. 

 

What You Will Bring:

• Clear and concise communication skills. 

• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. 

• Fluent in North Coast warehouse and system processes . 

• Self-starter, team player with the ability to lead others with a quality focus. 

• Previous warehouse experience. 

• Committed to 100% accuracy and doing tasks right the first time (DIRTFT). 

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. 

• Willingness and desire to improve knowledge and skill level of self and others. 

 

Physical Requirements and Work Environment: 

• Repetitive lifting and pulling of heavy objects (50+ lbs.) 

• Forklift and stock picker use.  

• Warehouse environment. 

• Frequent use of computer terminal and RF scanner. 

• Usual 40-hour work-week Monday through Friday however based on business needs evening and weekend hours may occasionally be required 

• Requires regular and reliable on-site attendance 

Why work for North Coast?   Own your expertise and your future.  Do you enjoy a good challenge? Great, because we value bold thinkers who are excited to take on challenging tasks.  We strive to be the best and we share our success with our associates, customers, suppliers, and shareholders.  We are always looking to expand our teams to continue to serve our customers and to grow our business.

North Coast Electric, a family-owned business since 1913, became part of the Sonepar USA family in 2019. We have locations in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, and Arizona. As a full line electrical distributor, we supply a wide range of electrical equipment to the electrical contractor, factory automation, industrial MRO, and commercial & institutional markets.

Our Competitive Benefits? 

401K Plan, Competitive Medical Plans (medical, dental, and vision), Paid Vacation, Paid Sick, Paid Personal, Paid Holidays, Flexible Spending Accounts (Health and Dependent Care), Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Discounts, Long term and Short term disability, Life Insurance and a Definitive Career Path.

About Sonepar USA

Sonepar is an independent family-owned company with global market leadership in B-to-B distribution of electrical products, solutions and related services. Sonepar entered the US in 1998 and continues to grow due to strategic acquisitions and organic growth. Today, Sonepar serves the market through a network of companies with over 400 locations nationwide. For more information, visit soneparusa.com.

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