Team Lead - Warehouse

The Warehouse Lead is responsible for overseeing daily warehouse operations like receiving, storing, and shipping goods, managing a team of material handlers, ensuring inventory accuracy, and enforcing safety protocols. This role reports to: Warehouse Supervisor

Responsibilities:

• Oversee and direct other warehouse associates in their day-to-day responsibilities.
• Prioritize workload within the warehouse.
• Maintain organized warehouse and identify and address all safety hazards within the work area; ensure the warehouse is accessible and safe for employees and visitors.
• Train new warehouse associates in material handling, identification, and system transactions.
• Assist with shipping, receiving, and material handling between the warehouse and production facility
• Assist in areas like shipping and receiving, unload trucks with forklift or crane, check in orders, match purchase orders.  
• Accurately stock material physically and systematically into proper warehouse staging locations.
• Read and accurately transact customer orders, work orders, shipping orders, or requisitions to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed and/or shipped.
• Record material or items received using the appropriate database.
• Document purchase orders, part numbers, and projects on all incoming/ outgoing items. 
• Communicates with cross functional teams to drive process improvement initiatives.

• Assist team members in recording labor to time sheets into company ERP system.
• Communicate with production on inventory/material needed for each job.
• Prepare all ship loose items with proper documentation for shipments.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements and Qualifications:

• High School diploma
• 3+ years of related factory experience and/or training
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

• Must have previous forklift experience -certification preferred
• Ability to perform freight handling duties with a manual pallet jack/forklift

• Strong analytical skills and detail oriented.
• Strong communication skills to work with warehouse employees, peers, leadership, and cross functional departments.

• Ability to lead and motivate people and make decisions to achieve a goal.
• Ability to effectively coordinate and oversee multiple work orders.
• Commitment to the concept of continual improvement and safe work practices.
• Knowledge of company policies and procedures.
• Physical fitness and strength to lift 30-50 lbs. regularly.
• Regularly required to stand, bend, crouch and reach.
• Excellent hand-eye coordination.
• Excellent attention to detail with strong listening and communication skills.
• May be required to travel required (up to 10%)
• Lead by example to include: demonstrates strong work ethic, can do attitude, great attendance, and excellent safety awareness.