Day Warehouse Worker

Mikehudsondist; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in food service distribution seeks a Warehouse Team Leader in Cincinnati, OH. This role involves coaching, motivating team members, ensuring safety compliance, and optimizing warehouse operations for efficient product handling. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership skills and a proven track record in warehouse settings, focusing on safety and inventory accuracy.

Benefits

Paid Vacations

Health, Dental and Medical Benefits

Weekly pay

Life Insurance

Employee discounts for travel and events

401k

Qualifications

• Experience as a selector, replenishment team member, loader, or receiver.
• Ability to engage teams and manage diverse tasks effectively.
• Knowledge of standard operating procedures in a warehouse setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach warehouse team members for efficient operations.
• Identify safety hazards and ensure compliance with safety standards.
• Analyze operations for improvements in cost control and efficiency.

Skills

Leadership

Motivational skills

Attention to detail

Job description

Posted Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at 4:00 AM

About The Chefs' Warehouse
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. ( http://www.chefswarehouse.com ) combines exceptional quality and brand building with broadline food service distribution for more than 35 years. With Protein, Specialty, Produce, and Broadline offerings, we service the most discerning chefs in a hybrid approach of convenience and superior quality. We introduce more than 2,000 artisan producers of the world’s finest ingredients from over 40 countries to the finest chefs in the world. We passionately consult, sell, and build relationships with more than 35,000 customers through the most experienced network of over 600 consultive sales associates, best-in-breed technology, rapid service, and support levels that solidify our long-standing ties to both established and up-and-coming premium restaurants.

Mission:The mission of The Chefs’ Warehouse is to provide the world’s greatest ingredients to the world’s best chefs.

Our C.H.E.F.S. Values:

Curious & Creative

Hungry For Food & Results

Forward Thinking & Flexible

Position Summary: Lead and positively coach night warehouse team members to select, replenish, receive, and load product for customer orders safely, accurately and efficiently.Motivates and positively engages team members and their assigned team to deliver results.

What you’ll do:

• Engage team members to consistently achieve and/or exceed individual performance goals and objectives by positively leading by example.
• Proactively identify and remove obstacles for teams and individual team members.
• Fully support the consistent application of all policies, procedures, and guidelines while leading by example and consistently and effectively communicating expectations to team members.
• Responsible for associate development through positive coaching and training on policy & procedures and equipment.
• Complete required daily feedback and coaching with selectors partnering with individuals and teams to identify the “root cause” of "mis-picks" and shorts.
• Acts through positive coaching and interaction to correct behaviors.
• Proactively identifies safety hazards and either resolves them or reports them to the safety committee as appropriate.Accountable for maintaining the physical condition of the warehouse and its equipment.Leads team and individuals to support assigned daily/weekly cleaning schedules and plans.
• Analyzes the current operation and makes recommendations to improve on expense and cost control.Supports business change and development through process improvements.
• Works with operations management team to lead initiatives to reduce damages while ensuring teams and individuals accurately report and record damaged inventory items.
• Is proactively engaged in coaching individual team members to accurately use voice and computer systems which in turn reduce “mis-picks,” improve inventory accuracy through accurate replenishments and picking, and support a more accurate and balanced incentive program.
• Safeguards warehouse operations and contents by establishing and monitoring security procedures and protocols.
• Maintains physical condition of warehouse; inspecting equipment; issuing work orders for repair and requisitions for replacement.
• Consistently supports warehouse operations regarding employee schedules, workloads and productivity immediately identifying individual obstacles or team barriers to supervisors and managers across multiple shifts and/or the department.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA standards and company safety requirements.

About you:

• Has successfully performed job functions at the company as a selector, replenishment team member, loader, or receiver.
• Has the experience positively engaging peers and teams while working through diverse and challenging opportunities to effectively deliver results.
• Leadership, motivation and managerial skills.
• Knowledge of and demonstrated success in following standard operating procedures (SOPs) while providing input and ideas for “best practices” in a warehouse distribution setting with a focus on inventory control, replenishment, and outbound loading and shipping operations.
• Ability to understand data and results while articulating the same to individual team members.
• Manages time effectively and adapts quickly to changing priorities.
• Accurate with attention to detail.

The above job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

• Paid Vacations, Paid Holidays
• Health, Dental and Medical Benefits
• Weekly pay
• Life Insurance
• 5% above cost for our high-quality food products
• Employee discounts for travel and events
• 401k

The Chefs' Warehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation,pregnancy, gender identityor any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment.We are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce.