Warehouse Supervisor Job Description

Job Summary

The Warehouse Supervisor is responsible for overseeing a wide variety of warehouse activities including shipping and receiving raw materials and/or finished goods and maintaining inventory and associated records. People management responsibilities include hiring and training, planning and assigning daily work, conducting performance appraisals, addressing performance issues, and resolving problems. Schedule is Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. with occasional overtime and weekends as needed.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Open warehouse 15-30 minutes before start time to ensure facility is ready for work day.

Coordinate with office for daily workload

Supervise and assist in daily warehouse and shipping areas including: Filling and shipping customer orders, satisfying internal shipping requirements (technical service, vendors, etc.), ensuring accuracy of shipments and supporting documentation, receiving incoming material and routing to appropriate area or personnel, ensuring inventory transactions are accurately logged and overseeing cycle counts and reconciliation activities.

Measuring and reporting the effectiveness of the department activities.

Developing, training and maintaining departmental work instructions for all tasks.

Establishing and adjusting work procedures to meet warehouse demands as dictated by production schedules and work flow.

Interpreting company policies to workers and enforcing safety regulations.

Recommending measures to improve quality of service, increasing efficiency of department and work crew and equipment performance.

Continuously improve warehouse operations using lean management practices.

Teaming with other supervisors/leads to coordinate activities of individual departments and serving internal customers.

Count supplies weekly and inform Manager of items to order

Conducts monthly safety meeting and submit meeting minutes and attendance sheet to Safety Manager, Human Resources, and Operations Manager.

Review warehouse time sheets checking for accuracy and completion of information before turning in to Operations Manager.

Qualifications:
Minimum

Education & Experience: Three to five years of relevant warehouse experience (including 1 year of previous supervisory experience), or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Skills:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

Ability to make calculations such as discounts, freight estimates, dimensional weight, invoices, and percentages.

Knowledge of general business computer software and aptitude to learn new software applications.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).

Ability to meet physical requirements including: a variety of standing, sitting and walking throughout the day; repeated twisting at the torso while lifting and pulling inventory from shelves; regular lifting of up to 20 pounds and occasional lifting of 30-40 pounds, occasional climbing of ladders; usage of pallet jacks and forklifts.

Preferred:

Related experience within a customs exam station and fulfillment operation

Experience with lean methodologies.

Forklift certification.