Fulfillment Center Team Leader: Grow, Coach & Optimize

Kroger-54356a75; Romulus (MI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts

Job summary

The Kroger Family of Companies is seeking a Team Lead at our Romulus, MI DC/FC to oversee merchandise flow and supervise associates while ensuring safety, accuracy, and quality across receiving, put-away, picking and shipping.

You will lead daily huddles, assign resources, monitor performance to engineering labor standards, and resolve production issues through teamwork. This on-site role requires weekend/evening availability and a commitment to our core values.

Qualifications

• Must be at least age 18.
• 2 years of DC/FC experience as a production associate.
• Strong computer skills using operating production system to track production flow.
• Ability to train, coach and develop associates.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients and team members.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.
• Ability to work through problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Accuracy and a high attention to detail.
• Ability to meet production standards.
• Ability to work within set timeframes and fixed deadlines.
• High school education or general education degree (GED).
• Prior coaching, team lead and/or training experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead DC/FC operations as a team leader.
• Perform duties within established engineered labor standards.
• Identify and troubleshoot production issues and communicate to supervision for resolution.
• Assist supervisors in assigning resources.
• Provide training and lead daily huddles and other team meetings.
• Coach/direct team members in the performance of their duties; provide frequent feedback.
• Operate industrial equipment in a safe/efficient manner.
• Verify/keep records on incoming shipments and route records to processing areas.
• Select orders according to preferred methods.
• Follow voice commands and/or read orders to ascertain whether the correct case number and quantity of merchandise has been selected.
• Obtain merchandise from bins/shelves/pick slots.
• Build pallets and sort merchandise.
• Wrap completed store orders and submit orders to shipping.
• Load shipments onto trucks in a safe/efficient manner.
• Complete outbound product paperwork.
• Use power lift equipment to move incoming merchandise from the receiving area to the proper location in the warehouse.
• Separate and move pallets.
• Replenish order selection locations.
• Learn to operate special, job-specific equipment, machinery and/or tools.
• Maintain flexibility to work weekends, nights, overtime and holidays on a regular basis.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this posi tion with or without reasonable accommodation.

Skills

Team leadership

Coaching/Training

Communication

Basic math

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Time management

Computers/production systems

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

The Kroger Family of Companies is seeking a Team Lead at our Romulus, MI DC/FC to oversee merchandise flow and supervise associates while ensuring safety, accuracy, and quality across receiving, put-away, picking and shipping.

You will lead daily huddles, assign resources, monitor performance to engineering labor standards, and resolve production issues through teamwork. This on-site role requires weekend/evening availability and a commitment to our core values.