Job Description

GENERAL JOB DESCRIPTION

Supervise and coordinate the activities of warehouse workers. Provide support to the Branch in expediting parts to the Drivers for delivery to customers as well as for delivery to other Branches of the company. Train new employees on company procedures regarding warehouse functions.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Review work throughout the work process and at completion, in order to ensure that it has been performed effectively.
• Plan work schedules and assign duties to maintain adequate staffing levels, to ensure that activities are performed effectively, and to respond to fluctuating workloads.
• Provide direction and assistance in the solution of problems with employees.
• Communicate with employees and management on a regular basis to ensure procedures are followed, new procedures and methods are considered, and new approved methods or procedures are known and carried out on a timely basis.
• Appraise and document employee performance at regular intervals as required by company procedures, ensuring a plan for improving employee performance and potential.
• Recommend pay increase based upon performance. Receive approval from Operations Manager before discussing with employee.
• Enforce company policies and procedures, abide by same.
• Counsel employees in work-related activities, personal growth, and career development.
• Inform designated employees or departments of items loaded, and problems encountered.
• Ensure all stock is pulled and loaded into the delivery vehicle with accompanying and necessary documents, in conjunction with delivery schedules maintaining a 99% accuracy rate.
• Assist warehouse personnel with everyday functions when necessary.
• Prepare reports for the Operations Manager.
• Ensure that all warehouse equipment is in working condition.
• Report work-related injuries of warehouse workers to our third-party administrator, Zurich.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

• High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) Professional Experience
• Minimum of 4 years of general warehouse experience, including a minimum of 2 years in a supervisory position.

Equipment

• OSHA approved steel toed safety shoes required from the first day of this job.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Handling of normal stock will include lifting or carrying parts in excess of 60 lbs. up to 15% of the time. Majority of lifting and carrying will involve parts between 5 and 60 lbs.

• Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself and other individuals and organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Judgment & Decision making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

• Management of Personnel Resources: Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
• Communicating: Conveying information to others in an effective manner. Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Active Learning: Understanding the implication of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Mathematics: Ability to solve simple equations; ability to use mathematics to solve problems.
• Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions. Attributes
• Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Oral Comprehension: The ability to understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Problem Sensitivity The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not only involve recognizing there is a problem but also solving it.
• Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

WORKING CONDITIONS

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Inside/Outside Conditions, Varied Temperature Changes, Minimal Chemical Hazards, Vibration, Dust, Vehicle Noise

HOURS / SHIFTS

SALARY

BENEFITS

OTHER

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by his or her supervisor.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.