Warehouse Team Lead

Warehouse Team Lead

We are Wayfair; we deliver a best-in-class customer experience in the furniture and home space because of people like you, who are driven, determined, collaborative, and thrive in a fast-paced environment. In order to maintain our high level of delivery standards and meet our customer’s needs, the Wayfair Distribution team plays a key role in improving customer satisfaction and driving repeat business. We’ve been busy building a best-in-class logistics network that allows us to delight customers by speeding up deliveries, adding services, and reducing damage using our own physical, asset-based warehouses. We are looking for talented hard-working individuals to join our growing team – your professional home awaits you at Wayfair!

• Assist your Supervisor with managing and overseeing all functions of the warehouse, and ensuring smooth operations of all activities.
• Lead the receiving department and ensure the functions are used correctly.
• Delegate and assign work to keep a 100% fill rate.
• Help manage the inventory and conduct necessary training within the department.
• Ensure the proper use and accountability of tools.
• Ensure hours and functions are recorded correctly (e.g. Time clocks)
• Be responsible for answering email and verbal questions in a timely manner.
• Keep product moving and oversee the cleanliness of the department. This includes daily trash compacting.
• Additional responsibilities as assigned.

 

What You’ll Need

• Working understanding of WMS system.
• Leadership and motivational skills, and the ability to make decisions with little to no guidance based on policies or common sense.
• This is a floor position, and will involve physically moving/processing products in addition to leading a team of warehouse associates
• Must be comfortable repeatedly lifting up to 75 pounds unassisted and maneuvering product 150+ pounds unassisted or via team lift.
• Experienced in more than one department. Work areas include: receiving, inventory control, pick, pack, ship and return of product.
• Experience with composing and replying to emails.
• Power Equipment experience – Must be able to operate or willing to be trained on Powered
• Industrial Truck Operations (PITO).
• Experience with creating and updating systems such as trouble tickets.
• 2+ years working experience. Must have excellent attendance.
• Understanding of High Jump is a plus.
• Able to read and comprehend English to ensure your safety and the safety of those working with you

Pay Rate:

• $22.00/hr

Multiple Shifts Available:

• Mon-Friday 5:00pm - 1:30am

Benefits

• Referral bonus
• Overtime hours & pay
• 401(k) with company match
• Wayfair company discount
• Health benefits start day one
• Growth opportunities (Conversions, Promotions, and more!)

Safety

The safety of employees remains our #1 priority and is at the heart of every decision made. We have taken a variety of steps to ensure that Wayfair is one of the safest places to work. 

• Guidelines to help employees maintain proper social distancing 
• Providing and requiring suitable PPE such as masks, gloves, and safety vests.
• Increased sanitizing stations, as well as, improved professional sanitization of each facility.
• Daily temperature checks for the protection of all employees.
• Team stretches at the start of each shift -- if you've come to flex your muscles, you first have to stretch them!

Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities
Wayfair is fully committed to providing equal opportunities for all individuals, including individuals with disabilities. As part of this commitment, Wayfair will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on business operations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact candidateaccommodations@wayfair.com.
 
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About Wayfair Inc.
Wayfair is one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston or Berlin, or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world, we’re reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment t