Warehouse Lead

Job summary

The Warehouse Lead oversees shipping, receiving, and inventory management while maintaining accurate records via WMS. They are responsible for planning daily work, leading warehouse associates, and ensuring health and safety standards are met.

Job details

Job Summary: Reporting to the Operations Supervisor, the Warehouse Lead is responsible for overseeing a wide variety of warehouse activities including shipping and receiving new and used racks and maintaining inventory and associated records. Lead responsibilities include, planning and assigning daily work, addressing performance issues with warehouse associates, and resolving issues accordingly. Job Responsibilities: * Manage inventory through WMS system * Participate in inventory cycle counts * Participate in annual inventory counts * Load or unload materials * Develop proper storage methods and allocation of material * Pick and ship orders accurately * Receive material accurately and report any errors * Schedule freight carriers or couriers to deliver shipments as required * Creation of BOL’s * Maintaining a tidy and organized work area (warehouse) * Proper use and maintenance of forklift * Promote and maintain clients/customer satisfaction * Motivating, organizing and encouraging teamwork within the workforce to ensure productivity targets are met. Encourage and train staff as required in a professional manner * Conduct annual performance reviews * Partake in all Health and Safety committee meetings * Promote and ensure all Health and Safety standards are met or exceeded * Ensure that all shipping and receiving Documents and reports are submitted in a timely manner * Specific projects and additional responsibilities may be required as the business changes and grows

What you’ll do

The Warehouse Lead oversees shipping, receiving, and inventory management while maintaining accurate records via WMS. They are responsible for planning daily work, leading warehouse associates, and ensuring health and safety standards are met.

Requirements

The candidate must be able to operate a forklift and manage logistics documentation like BOLs. Leadership experience is required to conduct performance reviews and motivate a team to meet productivity targets.

Listed skills

• Forklift operation · Preferred
• Team Leadership · Preferred
• Inventory management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Inventory Management
• WMS
• Shipping And Receiving
• Forklift Operation
• Team Leadership
• Performance Management
• Health And Safety Compliance
• Cycle Counting
• Logistics Coordination
• Bill Of Lading Creation
• Health And Safety Standards
• Professionalism
• Planning
• Customer Service
• Forklift Truck
• Warehousing
• Warehouse Management Systems
• Operations
• Performance Review
• Teamwork

Job areas

• Logistics
• Management & Leadership
• Transportation
• Manufacturing
• Security & Safety
• Warehouse Lead
• Warehouse / Distribution Supervisor
• Supply, Distribution and Related Managers
• First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators
• First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors