Distribution Center Lead

Anchor Harvey; Elgin (IL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life insurance

Travel insurance

Disability insurance

Flexible spending account

401K plan

Job summary

Anchor Harvey in Illinois seeks a Warehouse Supervisor to lead a team handling shipping, receiving, loading and palletizing finished goods while ensuring accurate inventory and FIFO compliance. You will coordinate with drivers and uphold safety standards.

Responsibilities include training staff, conducting audits, preparing shipments, and communicating with internal/external customers. The role emphasizes continuous improvement and adherence to company policies.

Qualifications

• Warehouse operations to include shipping and receiving.
• Computer operations to include email and warehouse software.
• Ability to read, write and speak English at a level sufficient to perform job duties.
• Ability to become a trainer.
• Mathematical and reasoning skills.
• Excellent communication skills and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Supervises employees within area of control.
• Train all personnel on work instructions and job aids.
• Follows FIFO policy of components and materials and/or inventory.
• Unloads and loads shipments and receives manufactured and purchased components.
• Prepares shipments to customers both internal and external.
• Coordinates activities of employees and truck drivers to meet goals.
• Completes power industrial truck inspections (PIT).
• Conducts inventory audits for accuracy.
• Communicate to supervisor all accuracy issues and all safety concerns.
• Communicate with internal and external customers.
• Follow Corporate and Departmental Environmental Quality and Safety Programs, including PPE usage.
• Follow company policies, procedures and guidelines including the company handbook.
• Offer plant/companywide continuous improvement suggestions.

Skills

Warehouse operations

Computer operations

English literacy

Trainer capability

Math & reasoning

Communication

Organization

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Warehouse software

Job description

Supervises employees engaged in a combination of shipping, receiving, loading and unloading trucks, stacking, picking, packing and/or palletizing finished products, parts and accessories ensuring a maintained stock base.

Essential Functions:

• Supervises employees within area of control.
• Train all personnel on work instructions and job aids.
• Follows FIFO policy of components and materials and/or inventory.
• Unloads and loads shipments and receives manufactured and purchased components.
• Prepares shipments to customers both internal and external.
• Coordinates activities of employees and truck drivers to meet goals
• Completes power industrial truck inspections (PIT).
• Conducts inventory audits for accuracy.
• Communicate to supervisor all accuracy issues and all safety concerns.
• Communicate with internal and external customers.
• Follow Corporate and Departmental Environmental Quality and Safety Programs, including: the use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) such as ear plugs, safety glasses, badges, steel toe shoes as applicable.
• Follow company policies, procedures and guidelines including the company handbook.
• Offer plant/companywide continuous improvement suggestions.

Education and Training:

• High School Diploma or GED

Minimum Qualifications:

• Warehouse operations to include shipping and receiving
• Computer operations to include email and warehouse software.
• Ability to read, write and speak English at a level sufficient to perform job duties
• Ability to become a trainer
• Mathematical and reasoning skills
• Excellent communication skills and organizational skills

Physical Demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to stand for long periods of time, walk, sit, climb or balance and stoop. Frequent twisting, turning, reaching, bending, pulling and pushing are also required. The employee must be able to handle up to 60 lbs repeatedly throughout the shift. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision .

Environmental Conditions:

• Warehouse setting
• Active Listening – Offer their full attention when others speak. Listen actively, giving verbal and nonverbal cues of their interest.
• Sensitivity – Value and respect the concerns and feelings of others. Communicate empathy towards others, respect for the individual, and appreciation of diversity among team members.
• Team Player – Identify with the larger organizational team and their role within it. Share resources, respond to requests from other parts of the organization, and support the company’s long term objectives.
• Results Orientation – Maintain appropriate focus on outcomes and accomplishments. Motivated by achievement, and persist until the goal is reached. Conveys a sense of urgency to make things happen. Respect the need to balance short- and long-term goals.
• Positive Impact – Make positive impressions on those around them. Optimistic and enthusiastic about what they do. Energizes those around them.
• Initiative – Proactive and take action without being prompted. Don’t wait to be told what to do or when to do it. See a need, take responsibility, and act on it.

*This is not a comprehensive list of duties. Duties may change without notice in management’s sole discretion. Anchor Harvey is an at-will employer, each employee is free to resign at any time, just as Anchor Harvey is free to terminate employment at any time without cause or notice.

Anchor Harvey is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

We offer a full complement of benefits that include medical, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, travel insurance, disability insurance, a flexible spending account as well as a 401K plan.

Anchor Harvey is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.