Warehouse Supervisor

Our warehouse team is expanding and looking to hire a Warehouse Supervisor. We are looking for a dynamic and driven candidate interested in joining a fast-growing global company in the automotive sector.

The Warehouse Supervisor will train and direct associates in moving materials throughout the warehouse within specified productivity, cost, and quality standards. Other duties includes:

• Assigns directs, and monitors the work of associates
• Designs and implements work methods and procedures to increase productivity and improve service within an assigned department
• Motivates associates to ensure that predetermined productivity, cost, and quality standards are achieved or exceeded
• Ensures safety and housekeeping
• Trains new associates
• Maintains accurate and organized shipping and receiving documentation
• Ensures correct and on-time shipment and receiving of all materials entering or leaving the building
• Responsibility for providing functional guidance to other individuals, departments, divisions, etc. Provides optimum handling alternatives to other facility operating departments.
• Utilizes experience, intelligence, and ingenuity in developing new strategies on the expeditious movement of materials
• Ensures uniform execution of policies and procedures to all associates
• Works within facility budgets
• Discipline associates in accordance with policies and procedures
• Recommends termination to facility management of union associates
• Recommends extraordinary achievers for merit increase consideration
• Recommends modifications or innovative ideas to Materials Supervisor and Sr Plant Manager in order to improve materials handling procedures

To be a qualified candidate you must meet the following:

• Minimum formal education: An Associate's degree in Business is recommended
• Minimum job content knowledge: Basic knowledge of economy of motion techniques

Key to being successful in this role:

• Ability to handle people under high-stress situations
• Minimum experience: Six (6) months distribution or manufacturing experience
• Specific jobs that could prepare an individual for this job: Work managing or supervising in a production environment; Operations Scheduler; Merchandise Coordinator, Loss Prevention Supervisor