Warehouse Lead

Company: LeSaint Logistics
Location: Memphis
Posted on: November 23, 2020

Job Description:

LeSaint Logistics has a great opportunity for a Warehouse Lead to join our outstanding team! JOB SUMMARY
The Group Lead is to assist the Distribution Center Manager or any manager he/she is reporting to for the overall performance of the warehouse, and operations. The Group Lead plans, organizes, helps staff, directs, and controls the warehouse activities. The selection, training, and motivation of the workforce are key responsibilities. The Group Lead is accountable for achieving company objectives in regard to safe workplace, properly trained work force, labor cost efficiency, employee productivity, customer service, efficient storage, accuracy and clean food grade warehouse.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

* OPERATIONS *

Plan, direct, train and implement warehouse employees to meet productivity and service goals for each customer. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in loading and unloading products from trucks and or performing any handling or value-added function for our customer. Make sure that every employee follows the work instructions of the bill of lading, receiver or any specific work instruction. Operate in compliance with federal, state, and local statutes, OSHA requirements and Federal Labor law and requirements.

* LABOR MANAGEMENT *

Develop and maintain a productive work team by hiring, training, motivating, apply sound communication, directing the work force in the most efficient way, praising, counseling, and discipline employees. Utilize the performance evaluation system for recommending promotions, wage increases, and terminations. Must have a productivity program in place and track all important job characteristics, which will allow the Group Lead to be able to evaluate employees properly.

* EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES *

Must make sure that all equipment is in good working condition, properly maintained and all safety equipment is being used. Must have proper documentation and employee involement to achieve this properly. Make sure that all employees are trained properly on the equipment and they are operating it correctly. Must make sure that the building is being maintained properly and is kept as a food grade facility. The security of the facility and integrity of customer products is mandatory.

* CUSTOMER SERVICE *

Must work very closely with Customer Service Representative to assure the warehouse and office are working in unison to provide 100 percent customer satisfaction for all shipments and receipts. Inventory accuracy must be maintained by product and location. All Customer accounts must be given proper priority levels that allows for required level of operations, administrative support, appropriate contacts and response to special requests.

* Other duties as assigned by management.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

All employees assigned to them by his/her manager as determined by shift. This could be limited to warehouse employees or expanded the include customer service representatives, and maintenance personnel.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Three years distribution experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS Ability to read, write and communicate effectively.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS Ability to perform calculations involving adding, counting, subtracting, division and multiplication. Pass math test.

REASONING ABILITY Ability to follow procedures and instructions. Be able to listen to employee's needs and concerns.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS Must pass the written test and obstacle course for Forktruck Certification if applicant does not have valid forklift permit.

PHYSICAL & WORK DEMANDS: The physical and work environment demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Employee will be required to manually lift and stack products that ranges from 5 pounds to 75 pounds and must be able to roll drums weighing 500+ lbs. Must be capable of sitting, standing, bending, climbing, lifting, or walking for extended periods of time. Ability to operate a forklift, order picker, reach trucks and other types of equipment and attachments is required. The work element will be hot in the summer and cold in the winter. This position is not in a controlled environment. Must be able to work 12-hour shifts and seven days a week if workload warrants.

I have received the job description and can perform all the essential functions of the job without any accommodations.

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