Job Title: Warehouse Supervisor   

Department: Warehouse

Reports To: Operations Manager/VP of Operations

FLSA Status: Exempt

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Advises employees on care and preservation of items received, methods and use of equipment in handling, storing, and maintaining stock and related problems.
• Reviews records for accuracy of information and compliance with established procedures.
• Determine work procedures, prepares work schedules, and expedites workflow.
• Issues written and oral instructions.
• Assigns duties and examines work for exactness, neatness, and conformance to policies and procedures.
• Studies and standardizes procedures to improve efficiency of subordinates.
• Maintains harmony among workers and resolves grievances.
• Adjusts errors and complaints.
• Other duties may be assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has supervisory responsibilities as assigned.

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Building a Successful Team - Using appropriate methods and a flexible interpersonal style to help build a cohesive team; facilitating the completion of team goals.

• Decision Making – Identifying & understanding issues, problems, and opportunities; comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions; using effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; taking action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences.

• Ethics – Treats people with respect; Upholds organizational values.
• Managing Conflict - Dealing effectively with others in an antagonistic situation; using appropriate interpersonal styles and methods to reduce tension or conflict between two or more people.
• Planning and Organization – Establishing courses of action for self and others to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
• Safety Awareness – Being aware of conditions that affect employee safety.

• Stress Tolerance – Maintaining stable performance under pressure or opposition (such as time pressure or job ambiguity); handling stress in a manner that is acceptable to others and to the organization.
• Work Standards – Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.

Education and/or Experience

Bachelor Degree from four-year college or university; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write reports & business correspondence. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, employees of the organization, and the general public.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, and percentages. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate and percent. Ability to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram from. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer/System Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have Intermediate knowledge of:

• Microsoft Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Outlook
• Company Specific Programs

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Current valid driver’s license
• Current valid forklift operator’s license  

Other Skills and Abilities

• Bar Code Scanner Knowledge
• Bolt Gauge Knowledge
• Scale Knowledge/weigh counts 

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The Essential Duties and Responsibilities listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Travel Requirements

Must be able to travel up to 10% of the time.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to: stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands & arms and stoop, kneel, or crouch and walk, talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 30 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50-75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristic described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regular exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud.