What are the responsibilities and job description for the Yard/Warehouse Lead position at Lampert Lumber?
A Brief Overview
The Yard/Warehouse Lead directs the work of warehouse and/or yard associates who receive, ship, stock, order, and count inventory items while monitoring quality and completing all appropriate paperwork. This position is a working role but is also responsible for leading a team who oversees the safe movement of materials and finished components in an efficient manner.
Does require operating a forklift truck with foot and hand controls for various aspects of job.
What You Will Do:
- Operate safely.
- Participate in a positive work environment.
- Assist warehouse associates and direct supervisor in maintaining an organized work environment. May include emptying trash receptacles, and keeping all bays and staging areas clean and organized.
- Receive incoming products, commodities and materials.
- Provides Excellent Customer Service
- Count and record receipt of materials.
- Stock all material received in appropriate bins or storage locations.
- Assist inventory control in counting and organizing warehouse materials.
- Comply with all company policies and guidelines.
- Operate forklift with foot and hand controls.
- May use forklift to build outgoing orders or to load completed orders onto delivery equipment.
- Operate facility equipment as necessary (e.g. bander, power tools, various hand tools).
- Monitor inventory as required by location management.
- May have some logistics oversight (or act as backup).
- Retrain awareness of the work environment critical to the task at hand to produce error free and damage free results.
- Participates in and completes assigned trainings.
- Criteria for Lead:
- Working role that leads fewer than 10 associates.
- Direct the work of the team - assign duties & tasks
Required For All Jobs:
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Comply with all policies and standards.
- Adheres to Company's commitment to workplace safety.
Education Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED required.
Experience Qualifications:
- 4-6 years industry experience / freight handling required.
Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to do basic math, read orders, write instructions and complete forms.
- Ability to effectively and professionally communicate with customers, other employees and supervisors using verbal and written skills.
- Ability to deal constructively with conflict and recognize potential problems.
- Proficiency with or ability to learn current technologies (e.g. Smartphone, Inventory Control Systems and other necessary business applications).
- Excellent teamwork & customer relationships
- Demonstration of leadership (all required):
- Mentor new associates
- Willingness to train others
- Safety committee engagement
- Participation in US1 Continuous Improvement Projects
