Warehouse Lead

Warehouse Lead

Department: Warehouse
Reports To: Warehouse Manager
Location: Greenville, SC

Employment Type: Full-Time

The Warehouse Lead is responsible for coordinating the day-to-day activities of the warehouse and ensuring materials, parts, and inventory are received, stored, picked, staged, and delivered accurately and efficiently. This position serves as a working lead for Warehouse Material Handlers and provides direction and support to the warehouse team.

The Warehouse Lead helps maintain a safe, organized, and productive warehouse while supporting production schedules, inventory accuracy, material flow, and company policies and procedures.

• Lead and coordinate daily activities of warehouse personnel.
• Assign daily work and prioritize tasks based on production and operational requirements.
• Receive, inspect, identify, and properly store incoming materials and components.
• Pick, stage, and deliver materials to production areas according to schedules and work orders.
• Ensure materials are properly labeled, organized, and stored.
• Maintain accurate inventory records and assist with cycle counts and physical inventories.
• Investigate inventory discrepancies and communicate issues to the Warehouse Manager.
• Monitor material shortages and communicate potential production impacts.
• Coordinate with Production, Purchasing, Quality, Engineering, and Supply Chain teams to ensure timely material availability.
• Assist with shipping, receiving, and material movement activities.
• Operate forklifts, pallet jacks, carts, and other material-handling equipment as authorized.
• Ensure proper handling and storage of materials to prevent damage.
• Maintain warehouse organization, housekeeping, and 5S standards.
• Ensure employees follow safety procedures and company policies.
• Identify unsafe conditions and immediately report or correct them when appropriate.
• Assist with training and onboarding of new warehouse employees.
• Provide day-to-day coaching and direction to warehouse team members.
• Monitor employee attendance, productivity, work quality, and adherence to procedures.
• Escalate employee performance or conduct concerns to the Warehouse Manager.
• Assist in developing and improving warehouse processes and material-flow procedures.
• Ensure accurate completion of receiving, inventory, picking, and shipping documentation.
• Support lean manufacturing and continuous-improvement initiatives.
• Maintain confidentiality of company, customer, supplier, and inventory information.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Oversized material handling requiring crane operation.

The Warehouse Lead provides day-to-day direction to warehouse employees and is expected to:

• Set clear expectations for daily work.
• Coordinate workflow and manpower.
• Lead by example in safety, attendance, productivity, and professionalism.
• Help resolve routine operational issues.
• Train employees on warehouse procedures and equipment.
• Communicate production priorities to the warehouse team.
• Escalate significant operational or employee issues to the Warehouse Manager.

• Follow all OSHA and company safety requirements.
• Promote a safety-first culture within the warehouse.
• Conduct or participate in daily safety checks as required.
• Ensure proper use of PPE and material-handling equipment.
• Report accidents, incidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions promptly.
• Maintain clear aisles, emergency exits, and designated storage areas.
• Follow proper forklift and powered industrial truck procedures.

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• 2–4 years of lead warehouse, logistics, manufacturing, or material-handling experience.
• Previous experience operating forklifts or other material-handling…