Warehouse Team Lead

Job Title: Warehouse Team Lead

Location: Russellville, AR

The primary objective of this position is to lead the warehouse team safely and achieve inventory and shipping accuracy at the Russellville XPS Foam Plant.

This role is accountable for daily warehouse performance.

As a warehouse team member, you will have many opportunities to extend your skill base and will be expected to accept responsibility and be accountable for contributing to the successful operation of the plant. We expect pride in workmanship and team involvement in ensuring a safe environment, eliminating waste, and working together to solve problems, make decisions and improve operations.

We need people who are all about making a difference at work and making things better day by day.

Reports to: Controller

Model for Plant Safety Culture

• Uphold warehouse safety and housekeeping standards.
• Ensure incident reporting is completed by the team in a timely manner.
• Drive reduction of Warehouse Risk Profile score through improvement projects
• Actively participate in and follow requirements for vehicle and pedestrian interactions in warehouse.
• Forklift Safety Program Owner

Drive Warehouse Productivity

• Lead warehouse huddle communications
• Coordinate team in planning shipping and receiving activities.
• Drive team toward plant performance targets of inventory cycle counting, inventory accuracy, loading accuracy.
• Act as first escalation contact for all warehouse items.
• Deliver warehouse summaries to Controller/Warehouse Leader

Advanced Problem Solving

• Accountable for troubleshooting and resolving warehouse issues.
• Maintain and update warehouse training documentation.

• Actively work to improve all areas of the warehouse daily.
• Follow-up on training plans for all members in the warehouse
• Alignment with Operations and Quality

Invigorate and Strengthen Culture

• Collaboration and professionalism in interactions with carriers, suppliers, corporate warehouse leaders, transportation support specialist, and customer service
• Model the desired Russellville Team culture for other employees.
• Conduct daily informal touch-base conversations with each member of warehouse.
• Provide coaching feedback for each member of warehouse regularly.
• Initiate team meetings and discussions as necessary to ensure good communication and alignment.
• Ensure warehouse is adequately staffed at all times.
• Have flexibility as to daily responsibilities to fill in best where is needed in the warehouse.

All other duties as may be assigned.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• High School Diploma or GED Equivalent
• Safe work history
• Dependable attendance record
• Strong performance record
• History of accountability for actions
• Demonstrated critical thinking and decision making
• Demonstrated leadership abilities and conflict resolution
• Demonstrated ability to deliver immediate performance feedback for all warehouse personnel
• Demonstrated ability to influence and raise performance of all warehouse personnel

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• SAP Competency
• Maintains poise under pressure and readily demonstrates an optimistic nature
• Demonstrated organizational skills
• Demonstrated communication skills
• Strong ability to learn and speak to multiple Gresham process areas
• Forklift operation experience

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES

• Ability to work overtime when pre-authorized & required
• Ability to earn Hazard Recognition Certification

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employee(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

A review of this position has excluded the marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of fundamental job duties. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and abilities.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.