Warehouse Lead

Job Summary

Position: Warehouse Lead

Salary Range: $46,700 - $65,000 (pending experience)

Sign-On Bonus: $2,500

Health Benefits: starting on DAY 1 of your Employment!

• Guides Logistics personnel including job assignments, training, scheduling, and OT reduction.
• Actively promotes and advances plant safety and PSM improvements through Smart and CARES program.
• Leads 5S/Housekeeping initiatives in their area and accountable for department personnel doing the same.
• Champions Continuous Improvement through shop floor use of problem‑solving tools (5W1H) and leading Tier meetings.
• Effectively communicates gaps with potential solutions and initiatives to engineering, leadership, and operators across all shifts.
• Develops and challenges Logistics team to improve their respective shifts while providing objective feedback to leadership and operators.
• Utilizes KPIs to make sound decisions and analyze gaps within process.
• Creates a positive culture within the department that emphasizes safety, quality, productivity.
• Leads on‑floor implementation of site initiatives such as behavior‑based safety, continuous improvement, and 5S.
• Works with Logistics manager to meet both Shipping and Cycle Count goals that meet customer requirements and allocate plant resources to meet the plan.
• Sets the tone for the department, with the ability to have tough conversations with underperforming operators in department.
• Interacts with Supply Chain and Customer Service teams as needed.
• Manages Logistics consumables inventory items.

• Practice and enforce safe work habits in accordance with OSHA and EPA guidelines, and Bostik specific EHS expectations.
• Leads and coordinates daily warehouse activities to meet plant OTS goals.
• Ensure all available shipping orders have pick lists created for both warehouses.
• Adjust distribution of workforce as needed to meet Shipping and Receiving demand or fill in for absence.
• Make regular rounds of warehouse floor to identify and correct issues as it pertains to safety, quality, housekeeping and production issues.
• Lead Logistics team in daily continuous improvement of safety, quality, housekeeping and productivity.
• Ensure production floor KPIs are tracked daily, and corrective actions are identified and implemented.
• Review training matrix for employees to ensure training is being filled and advancing in a timely fashion.
• Lead team‑oriented problem solving to identify and eliminate root causes of safety, quality and production concerns using RCA problem‑solving tools.
• Assist in Transportation scheduling, booking, closing shipping and receiving orders including troubleshooting/resolving issues.
• Ensure completion of weekly cycle counts and train other operators in department on process.
• Coach on troubleshooting, problem solving and report out on department operator performance.
• Maintain full compliance and support for overall company policies, procedures and practices.
• Complete and ensure Logistics team adheres to site‑wide 5S Program.
• Drive housekeeping and department improvements within the logistics team.
• Promote Plant Leadership objectives and execute vision on the ground floor with other operators.

• The job is 60% on the shop floor working directly with production employees, 40% administrative duties.

• Logistics team adherence to Bostik safety policy and procedures.
• Ensure Logistics team follows process work instructions to ensure quality of production.
• Completion of the Shipping plan daily.

• Must have the ability to work well with others in a team environment.
• Good time management and multitasking skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Transactional experience within SAP or other ERP system.
• Prior fork truck, reach truck, scissor lift and isle stacker experience.
• Hazardous Material Certifications a plus.

Not Applicable

Full‑time

Other

Chemical Manufacturing, Warehousing and Storage, and Chemical Raw Materials Manufacturing