Team Lead - Shipping and Receiving

Overview

Team Lead - Shipping and Receiving. Full-time Regular Ehrhardt, Granite City, IL, US.

Salary Range: $30.00 To $35.00 Hourly

• Provides daily work direction, training, and guidance to assigned personnel to ensure full understanding of, and compliance with, prescribed methods and procedures in the Shipping, Receiving, and Materials area.
• Monitors work quality and productivity to ensure a quality product is produced within the allotted time, and works with the team to actively reduce scrap and rework.
• Collaborates with Plant Leadership and Production Planning to respond to customer requirements and exchange accurate information promptly.
• Keeps management informed of important developments and coordinates area plans and activities to ensure a coordinated team approach.
• Anticipates and addresses causes of potential delays or defects and implements corrective actions.
• Responsible for the work, productivity, earned hours, and employees in their area.
• Supports and fosters a continuous improvement culture, including drive housekeeping, organization, and 5S efforts in the assigned area.
• Provides on-the-job training to department employees and identifies training deficiencies.
• Follows safe shop practices, identifies safety risks, and implements improvements.
• Maintains and cares for all shop tools, machines, and equipment.
• Conforms to the company quality system as documented and addresses deviations from standard work or policies not being followed.
• Receives and processes material orders daily, including accepting deliveries, labeling them, and distributing packages.
• Coordinates deliveries to customers and clients daily, including boxing goods, addressing packages, and staying in contact with shipping companies.
• Maintains company inventory by cleaning, organizing, and labeling items, and keeps material and paperwork in order and organized.
• Keeps records of goods shipped and received, and prepares regular shipping and receiving reports for management.
• Places merchandise in inventory by boxing and lifting items as necessary, and operates forklifts and/or pallet jacks for large items.
• Schedules large shipments and coordinates logistics to ensure adequate storage space and personnel to manage incoming shipments.
• Oversees the issuance and transfer of finished goods, and ensures product is shipped according to customer requirements.
• Ensures control of non-conforming products.
• Operates a forklift truck as needed.
• Performs all other duties as assigned by site leadership.

• Education/Certification: High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Required Knowledge: Able to understand shop and customer/mechanical requirements. Computer experience and knowledge using Microsoft programs.
• Experience
  
  Required:
  
  Experience leading a team;
  Shipping and Receiving experience required, with a minimum of 1 year in a shipping/receiving or materials role.
• Skills/Abilities: Ability to learn JobBOSS manufacturing software. Forklift driver certification.
• Other Requirements
• Physical Strength: Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds frequently and up to 80 pounds occasionally.
• Language Ability: Ability to understand and follow instructions in English.