Distribution Center Lead

Burkhart Dental Supply; Tacoma (WA); On-site; USD 32,373 - 33,751; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive hourly rate

Comprehensive benefit package

Generous PTO

401k program

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Burkhart Dental Supply is seeking a Distribution Center (DC) Lead in Tacoma, Washington. This full-time position involves overseeing daily warehouse operations, including receiving, picking, packing, and shipping.

The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills and 2-3 years of warehouse experience. Benefits include a competitive hourly rate, PTO, and a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of previous warehouse experience.
• Ability to build positive working relationships.
• Well-developed decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily warehouse operations including receiving, picking, packing, and shipping.
• Lead a team to meet productivity and accuracy goals.
• Maintain a safe and organized work environment.

Skills

Leadership skills

Warehouse or distribution experience

Positive communication skills

Productivity and efficiency

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Excel

RF Scanners

Forklift certification

Job description

We are seeking a Distribution Center (DC) Lead based out of Tacoma, Washington! The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills and experience in warehouse or distribution operations. This is a full-time position with a schedule of Monday through Friday, with Monday and Friday starting at 11:00 AM, and Tuesday through Thursday from 9:30 AM to 7:00/7:30 PM, with flexibility to work until 8:00 PM as needed.
Purpose: As a Distribution Center (DC) Lead, you will oversee daily warehouse operations, including receiving, picking, packing, shipping, and inventory organization, while leading a team to meet productivity and accuracy goals. You will play a key role in ensuring efficient operations, maintaining a safe and organized work environment.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive hourly rate of $23.50 - $24.50.
• Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental and vision coverage.
• Generous PTO Program, Paid Sick Leave, 8 paid holidays, and an anniversary day to celebrate your work anniversary.
• 401k program, Long-term disability, Short-term disability, and other supplemental benefits.
• Opportunity to work with a supportive team in a fast-paced environment.
• Career growth and advancement.
• Family-owned for 135+ years.

What you’ll be doing…

As a Distribution Center (DC) Lead, you’ll support daily warehouse operations while leading associates across a full range of distribution activities, including order fulfillment, packing and labeling shipments, receiving inbound freight, stocking inventory, preparing pallets for shipping, and processing returns. You will ensure accuracy and productivity standards are consistently met by carefully verifying orders and delivering the right products to the right customers. In this role, you’ll also provide an exceptional experience through positive and professional interactions with clients, partners, and team members. Maintaining a clean, organized, and safe work environment is essential, as you’ll help foster a “safety first” culture through daily practices and accountability. Success in this position also includes contributing to team performance, supporting company initiatives, taking on new responsibilities, and continuously improving processes as needed.

What success looks like…

• ATTENDANCE: You are reliable, on-time, and consistently adhere to the attendance policy. You can be depended upon to be punctual, and your work is completed in a timely manner.
• ACCURACY: Accurate work is a priority. You strive to eliminate errors and seek opportunities to improve processes/products/services. You document your work and processes to create redundancy and stability for your team and Burkhart.
• EXCEPTIONAL CLIENT EXPERIENCE: You go above and beyond to provide Exceptional Client Experience. Your communication and customer service skills are effective, respectful and consistently of the highest quality. You demonstrate professionalism while building and maintaining strong relationships. You are an active, engaged, collaborative, and positive teammate/leader with both internal and external customers.
• PRODUCTIVITY: You work efficiently to meet deadlines, performance and productivity standards and independently manage your workload.
• TEAM SUPPORT: You facilitate the success of your team by making sure that your team has the tools and support they need to meet their goals. Your team can depend on you to be highly organized and provide high quality work in a timely manner.

What you’ll need…

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• 2-3 years of previous warehouse experience.

Preferred Education and/or Experience:

• Ability to build positive working and professional relationships at all levels and across function – to inspire confidence and serve as a teacher and mentor.
• Ability to plan and prioritize daily and weekly work schedules for yourself and your team.
• Ability and commitment to support, communicate and apply Burkhart policies consistently.
• Well-developed decision making and task prioritization skills and abilities.
• Ability to type accurately at 40 words per minute.
• Efficiently operate computer programs that include Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Familiar with RF Scanners and other data entry hardware.
• Ability to learn warehouse management system.
• Certified or ability to become certified to operate forklift, stock picker, WAV picker, pallet jack, and other product moving equipment.

Salary Info:

The salary range for this position is: $23.50 - $24.50 per hour. Our pay ranges are built to allow for candidates with various levels of skill and experience to be considered, as well as for room for growth and tenure achieved in a role over time. Typical new hire salary offers fall within the minimum to midpoint of a pay range for many candidates. Any offer extended to a candidate will be based upon their unique set of knowledge, skills, education, and experience as well as internal equity.

Who we are…

Burkhart Dental Supply is a full-service dental supply company founded on three major principles: integrity, knowledge, and our client’s success. In addition to supplies, we offer equipment and technology, service and repair, practice consulting, and office planning and design. We are a family and employee-owned industry leader proudly led by President Lori Burkhart Isbell, the fifth-generation granddaughter of Founder William E. Burkhart, DDS. Headquartered in Tacoma, Washington, Burkhart has 400 associates, ten regional divisions in nineteen locations, and three distribution centers.

We pride ourselves on being an honest and ethical business partner and doing what's right for our clients. Holding ourselves accountable and investing in our Associate’s education and training increases their clinical, business, and technical expertise. This helps keep our clients informed. It also helps them make knowledgeable business decisions that contribute to their long-term success.

Please visit our website: https://www.burkhartdental.com/career-opportunities

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At Burkhart Dental Supply, we believe that a diverse and inclusive work environment allows us to better serve our customers and our associates. Through varying backgrounds, points of view, and experiences, we come together to provide products and services of the highest quality, reliability, and integrity across a diverse spectrum of customers. We believe that what each person brings to the table, as we stand shoulder to shoulder with those we serve, will allow us to do great things for our community.