Warehouse Supervisor

JOB SUMMARY

The warehouse supervisor is responsible for managing and monitoring warehouse activities including, but not limited to, receiving, putaway consolidation, replenishment, picking, load checking, loading, and shipping while ensuring continuity, productivity, efficiency and superior service to customers, suppliers and distributors.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Direct, coordinate and monitor the daily activities and performance of warehouse workers to assure compliance of standard procedures, quality, and safety.
• Assure quality performance through proper staffing, effective communication, and training.
• Manage employee performance through motivation, delegation, development, mentoring and resolving conflict.
• Take corrective action as necessary on a timely basis and following company policy.
• Conduct regular department or pre-shift meetings to foster employee engagement, communicate any changes to company policies and procedures, address employee concerns, foster idea-sharing and suggestions for improvement.
• Participate in staff selection, performance and compensation evaluations, corrective action and terminations, as necessary.
• Continuously review warehouse procedures and recommend and / or modify the operational structure to create a more efficient and productive operation.
• Monitor departmental expenses.
• Provide necessary resources to support daily activities.
• Suggest and implement process improvements that will increase efficiency, productivity, safety, and quality while reducing costs (i.e. overtime hours, building and machine maintenance cost).
• Enforce all policy and procedures, including safety and housekeeping, effectively and appropriately (i.e., pre-shift meetings, daily safety walkthrough, etc.).
• Maintain reports and logs including productivity operations report, daily supervisor end of shift walk-through, battery watering log, and weekly safety toolbox talks.
• Provide and maintain a clean and safe working environment.
• Promote a safe working environment through safety toolbox talks, monthly safety training, and inspections.
• Coordinate efforts with the safety department to aid in training, conducting associate observations, updating preferred work methods, conducting accident investigations to determine root causes and perform routine safety inspections.
• Assure compliance of all company and local, state and federal regulatory agencies’ (i.e., OSHA) policies and regulations.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Experience

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations

Professional Skills

Physical Demand

The physical and mental conditions in which the work is performed. The demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

Work Environment

The environmental conditions in which the work is performed. The demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

This job description indicates in general terms, the type and level of work performed as well as the typical responsibilities of employees in this classification. The duties described are not to be interpreted as being all-inclusive to any specific employee. Management reserves the rights to add, modify, change or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job. Nothing in this position description changes the at-will employment relationship existing between the Company and its employees. This job description supersedes prior job descriptions.