Warehouse Outbound Supervisor

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supervise team members in the warehouse outbound operations ensuring work is being performed accurately and efficiently
• Equipment maintenance: Ensuring that facility equipment is properly maintained; report any issues or discrepancies to the Materials Manager.
• Read, understand and interpret production or sales orders and customer requirements. 
• Picking: understand daily orders backlog and adjust manpower to ensure all orders are picked on time.
• Packing: check accuracy that the items picked match the order and are undamaged. Pack and label orders in packages and shipping containers ensuring they meet shipping regulations.
• Shipping: ensure outgoing shipments have required accurate labels and pack slips, and that they ship on time. Wrap pallets and schedule trucks as needed. Communicate with carriers as needed.
• Train assigned team members on all processes, procedures or equipment.
• Implement and support all process changes.
• Assist with bi-weekly payroll reporting.
• Ensure that work is conducted in compliance with OSHA and company safety procedures. Report any incidents in accordance with company policies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required Skills: 

• Demonstrated positive interpersonal and communication skills for handling supervisory matters including but not limited to training, leading, supervising work performance and coaching.
• Ability to coach team members toward continuous improvement, timeliness and accuracy while encouraging a collaborative, team oriented work environment.
• Basic understanding of an ERP system a must, (including Sage preferred).
• Demonstrated effective communication skills both written and verbal; must be able to read, write and speak English.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational, project management, problem solving and prioritization skills.
• Certified Forklift Operator (current or previous)
• Certified Forklift Trainer preferred, or willingness to complete training certification.
• Ability to work independently to accomplish tasks, while also having strong interpersonal skills to collaborate with others.
• Resourcefulness to meet tight deadlines and flexibility with fluctuating priorities.
• Must possess a positive demeanor and maintain positive interactions with all internal and external customers.
• Ability to perform the essential functions and physical demands of the position with or without accommodation.

Preferred Skills & Experience:  

• 3-4+ years’ experience in warehouse operations
• 2+ years’ experience in a supervisory role

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:    

• Consistently spending time sitting, typing, talking, walking and using repetitive motion.
• Frequent use of eye, hand, and finger coordination enabling the use of automated office machinery, such as a computer.
• Oral and auditory capacity enabling interpersonal communication as well as communication through automated devices such as the telephone.
• Visual capacity enabling frequent use of computer equipment.
• Heavy work: ability to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 75 pounds of force frequently and/or up to 50 pounds of force constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: