Warehouse Supervisor (Tupelo, MS)

BRAND NEW EMPLOYER EXXEL OUTDOORS, owner of Kelty, Sierra Designs, Slumberjack and others moved into Tupelo! Be part of this new team!
 

POSITION SUMMARY: 

The Warehouse Supervisor responsibilities are generally split into one of two areas below.   Applicants should be able to perform in either primary position.

Shipping Supervisor supervises daily warehouse shipping and storage activities. The Supervisor directs and manages the daily activities of warehouse associates when working in the shipping department. The supervisor partners with the manager regarding performance levels of employees and rewards and disciplines the warehouse associates where appropriate. The Supervisor’s main role is to train, mentor and develop the team while managing the daily responsibilities.

Receiving and Inventory supervises daily warehouse receiving, inventory activities and RMA warehouse activities. The Supervisor directs and manages the daily activities of warehouse associates when working in the receiving and RMA departments. The supervisor partners with the manager regarding performance levels of employees and rewards and disciplines the warehouse associates where appropriate. The Supervisor’s main role is to train, mentor and develop the team while managing the daily responsibilities of these departments.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Treat all coworkers with dignity and respect regardless of gender, race, national origin, age, religions, sexual orientation, or disability.
• Interprets, assigns, and manages daily work assignments
• Coordinates the loading of shipments in accordance with the schedule provided.
• Plans and arranges the unloading and receiving of incoming materials, and ensures the team reviews information on packing slips with purchase orders to verify accuracy of shipment.
• May process return shipments from customers.
• Directs receiving and inventory activities to ensure performance standards and goals are met. Provides oversight and ensures accuracy. 
• Owns and implements best practices by improving processes. Ensures that proper procedures are followed.
• Responsible for maintaining acceptable and accurate inventory levels including replenishment. Maximizes, consolidates cycle count, and verifies SKU management.
• Reports, monitors, and investigates inaccuracies, shortages, overages and all inventory levels.
• Manages annual inventory.
• Monitors warehouse machinery (i.e. dolly, pallet jack, cherry picker, and forklift) to ensure warehouse and receiving mission can be accomplished in a safe, effective manner.
• Assists in providing performance reviews for all warehouse associates.
• Assumes responsibility for facility administration in the absence of the Manager and Assistant Manager.
• Oversees employee development and interviews potential new staff.
• Confers with associates to coordinate activities of individual departments.
• Determines work procedures, prepares work schedules and expedites workflow.
• Issues written and oral instructions.
• Assigns duties and examines work periodically for exactness, neatness and conformance to policies and procedures. Trouble-shoots and then resolves picking and packing errors.
• Assists Manager with Safety Program, monthly safety meeting and walk-throughs.  Is responsible on a daily basis for ensuring safe warehouse procedures are being followed.
• Verifies time sheets and authorizes overtime as required.
• Interprets company policies to associates.
• Supervises Special Projects.
• Assists Warehouse Management with building security protocols. 

QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS

• 5 years of warehouse experience.
• 2 years of strong supervisory/lead experience in a similar environment.
• Forklift Certification and equipment operator certification, ability to operate machinery.
• Previous experience working on Safety Teams.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills including answering questions with a brief response or provide standard information, interviewing for or discuss detailed information (with vendors or other outside customers) regarding business decisions, interviewing for or discuss detailed information (with internal customers or employees, project team members) regarding business issues, and deliver informational speeches, reports, and/or orientations before audiences and groups that include internal employees. 
• Written communication to include completing forms using a few words or numbers, writing standard documentation using established formats by writing one or two brief sentences, compose sensitive, non-routine correspondence requiring tact and diplomacy and/or complex reports or summaries for which established formats generally do not exist. 
• Ability to interact with all levels of the Organization in a professional manner. 
• Excellent computer skills and experience with MS Office, including Excel, WM or other similar WMS systems, (NAV would be a plus)
• Must work well under pressure in a team environment, able to multi-task.
• Ability to work independently and with a high level of integrity.
• DC operations management experience in a remote facility absent of onsite IT and HR support 
• Problem solving and multitasking.
• Work to improve existing systems/ procedures which periodically result in new ideas or approaches of considerable significance.

BUDGET QUALIFICATIONS

• Responsible for controlling some expenses within a department.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Direct supervision of approximately 11-20 employees primarily involved in clerical, manual or semi-manual activities.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical 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 may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.  The employee frequently is required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  

OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED

This job description is an overview of the scope of responsibilities for this job and is not intended to be an inclusive list of job tasks and expectations. With the evolution of Exxel Outdoors, LLC, the responsibilities of this position may change. The job must be prepared to accept new responsibilities and transfer others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

This is a management position
This is a full time position