Warehouse Lead

Warehouse Lead

Classification : Non Exempt

Position Held By : OPEN

Reports To : Director of Warehouse and Material Management

Summary :

The Warehouse Lead oversees and manages the warehouse, receiving, production supply inventory, and personnel.

Essential Functions (mental & physical)

• Oversee and supervise warehouse production supply personnel.
• Allocate shift responsibilities and delegates work to subordinates.
• Ensure the team is keeping and maintaining accurate records of all the inventory transactions between warehouse, scaling area and production floor to include ingredients, packaging, finished goods and other.
• Verify and monitor products, raw materials, packaging and processing supplies to and from the production floor, tracking and communicating discrepancies.
• Ensure the proper handling and storage of goods and supplies such as allergens, cooler storage, dry storage, freezer storage and other.
• Operates equipment such as forklift, reach truck, pallet jack throughout the shift as needed.
• Responsible for the development and training of the work-force to ensure continued growth and improved performance. Responsible for assuring that job duties and responsibilities are performed in accordance with job description, and procedures.
• Develop and implement cost efficient processes and procedures in order to realize cost savings.
• Maintain an effective safety awareness program to insure a safe working environment to include the reduction of Short Term Disability and Workers Compensation claims.
• Assist payroll in verification of time sheets, overtimes, sick days, vacations, absences and tardiness. Maintain accurate documentation of individual employee records.
• Operate as an integral part of the department team interacting closely in all phases of the operation to assure production of a quality product in a timely and cost effective manner.
• Is accountable for the accomplishment of assigned tasks and projects by their completion date.
• Treat all staff fairly and equally and with dignity and respect. Maintain a strong professional relationship through interaction regularly with all staff members (especially all new / temp employees) and following up on any items brought to immediate attention.
• Accountable for the enforcement of procedures, general policy, work methods, equipment operation, GMP's and safety policies.
• Enforces corporate policies, processes and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to facilitate consistent, coordinated, and timely logistics operations.
• Manages the efficient flow of goods, services and information.
• Ensures upmost data accuracy and integrity in database.
• Analyze and troubleshoot logistics functions in the warehouse to include verifying inventory.
• Passes non-standard requests to Director of Warehousing or Logistics Manager for guidance (out of scope requests, new requirements, new business etc.).
• Oversees all Warehouse Operations to include, but not limited to :

Warehouse inventory control and accountability

Non-Essential Functions

Supervisory Responsibility

Equipment Used

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Personal Attributes

Physical Demands

Work Environment