What are the responsibilities and job description for the Yard/Warehouse Lead position at US LBM?
Founded in 1936, Poulin Building Materials operates four locations across Vermont, providing specialty building products to professional builders and do-it-yourselfers.
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
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).
- Retain an 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
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Comply with all policies and standards.
- Adheres to Company’s commitment to workplace safety.
- High School Diploma or GED required.
- 4-6 years industry experience / freight handling required.
- 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
