Hybrid Warehouse Lead presso Plimpton & Hills

Description

Warehouse Lead

Reports To: Branch Manager

Work Hours: Full Time

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Branch(s): Torrington, CT

Position Purpose:

Supervise branch shipping area, increasing operational efficiency, helping branch profitability and customer satisfaction by accurately and safely processing outgoing shipments and delivering complete and on-time orders and requests to the companys customers.

Essential Functions:

• Upholds highest safety standards as outlined in the P&H Safety Action Plan.
• Moves and lifts heavy objects from one location to another.
• Loads and unloads trucks, ensuring that products and orders are placed on the correct trucks for delivery.
• Locates and separates transfer orders and loads them onto respective trucks.
• Determines best shipping method for products according to company policy.
• Operates fork trucks and/or platform lifts in order to safely and effectively move product within the warehouse.
• Uses basic computer and math skills to determine shipping locations and quantities.
• Reads and deciphers packing slips, computer screens and barcode readers.
• Accepts accountability. Takes responsibility for successful completion of job responsibilities.
• Recognize team achievements and encourage excellence in the work environment
• Effectively supervise shipping function of branch to meet goals

• Evaluate employee performance and provide feedback and coaching as needed
• Identify training needs
• Interact with customers on a regular basis to ensure satisfaction and gain useful feedback
• Resolve shipping problems as needed
• Locate areas of improvement and propose corrective actions that meet challenges and leverage growth opportunities
• Maintain operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing program, operational, and personnel policies and procedures
• Other duties as required

Experience, Education & Skills:

• Three to five years shipping experience
• Result driven and customer focused
• Ability to manage employees, while multitasking large projects
• High school diploma or GED required, supervisory experience preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to, stand, sit; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.
• Medium work. Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Nothing in this job description restricts managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Qualifications

Experience, Education & Skills:

• Three to five years shipping experience
• Result driven and customer focused
• Ability to manage employees, while multitasking large projects
• High school diploma or GED required, supervisory experience preferred.

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to, stand, sit; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.
• Medium work. Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.