Lead Warehouse Associate (Aurora)

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES


* Coordinates Warehouse Associates and warehouse activities.


* Trains Warehouse Associates and ensures they are compliant with established quality and established RDC processes and procedures within each warehouse function.


* Assist the Warehouse Operations Manager to examine current methods and procedures, identifying best methods and practices, suggesting improvements, and implementing updated processes and procedures within the various warehouse areas.


* Works with Warehouse Operations Manager ensuring that all warehouse functions and daily operational objectives are achieved in line with identified timelines and statistical goals.


* Assists the Warehouse Operations Manager in developing daily workload and resource plans and serves in a rotating lead role across outbound, inbound, and returns departments to support overall operations.


* Partners with RDC leadership to ensure successful execution and achievement of daily goals and objectives.


* Relays direction and work assignments from the Warehouse Operations Manager to Associates.


* Assists Warehouse Operations Manager to evaluate workload and designate personnel to work areas on a daily basis.


* Assists the Warehouse Operations Manager in investigating receiving and other shipping discrepancies and packaging deficiencies.


* Assists the Warehouse Leadership Team in resolving employee conflicts.


* Ensures all safety rules and HazMat functions are observed by team members.


* Required to work limited overtime (to include weekends) as needed.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES


* Assists in the sorting, processing, and distribution of completed orders to the outbound dock.


* Operates terminals and printers associated with the outbound department.


* Monitors the progress of all current transfer and Fuji Heavy Industries, Inc.

(FHI) orders to maintain the workflow.


* Monitors all warehouse processes to ensure that the standard operating procedures are followed.


* Monitors level of all warehouse supplies.


* Keeps warehouse clean and organized to ensure safe work conditions.


* Helps Warehouse Operations Manager to maintain a daily time and attendance report for payroll.


* Ensures associates follow proper packaging guidelines and suggests approximate corrections.


* Performs all functions of a Warehouse Person as necessary.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS


* Analytical skills (as they relate to process improvement).


* Problem solving skills.


* Demonstrated communication, leadership, motivational, interpersonal, multi-tasking, time management, delegation organization, detail-oriented, and administrative skills.


* Possesses previous warehouse experience.


* Operates all warehouse equipment (material handling equipment, stretch wrap machine, air-controlled staple guns and any required packing machines).


* Demonstrates ability to understand ...