Lead Material Handler

Hillman Group; Kansas City, Northern (MO, KY); Hybrid; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Hillman Group in Kansas City, MO is seeking a Material Handler to perform, monitor, and assign warehouse duties, ensuring productivity and safety. The role emphasizes a culture of safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities include moving materials, operating pallet jacks and forklifts, receiving and stocking, and supporting ongoing efficiency initiatives while maintaining accuracy and strong communication with teammates and leadership.

Qualifications

• Material handling experience preferred.
• Forklift certification required.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Able to follow verbal or written instructions.

Responsibilities

• Communicates with manager to determine priorities, observes work-in-progress, and advises manager of issues.
• Serves as a resource to team members – answers questions and resolves operating problems.
• Demonstrates model work habits and fosters teamwork within the department.
• Enhances team morale – discusses issues and follows up with the manager and team.
• Conducts on-the-job training and provides constructive feedback to employees.
• Picks up incoming materials from the Receiving dock.
• Unloads and puts away stock in Bulk storage area.
• Provides replenishment materials to workstations in a timely manner.
• Transfers finished products to designated areas.
• Stacks empty skids and pallets in designated areas.
• Continually seeks opportunities to improve department operations.
• Encourages team members to maintain a clean and organized work environment.
• Operates a manual pallet jack, powered pallet jack, forklift, order picker; performs safety checks and reports problems.

Skills

Forklift certification

Material handling experience

Attention to detail

Interpersonal communication

Verbal & written instructions

Education

High School diploma or GED

Tools

RF Scanner

Pallet jack

Powered industrial equipment

Job description

Job Summary

Perform, monitor, and assign work duties to warehouse personnel, prioritized and established by the Area Manager, to ensure maximum productivity and efficiency. Drive a culture of safety, be self-motivated, with good organizational and team-building skills, and achieve high level results by embracing continuous improvement methodologies.

Essential Job Functions *

• Communicates with manager to determine priorities, observes work-in-progress, and advises manager of issues
• Serves as a resource to team members – answers question and resolves operating problems
• Demonstrates "role model" work habits and fosters teamwork within the department
• Enhances team morale – discusses issues and suggestions with manager and follows up with team members
• Conducts on-the-job training and provides constructive feedback to employees
• Picks-up incoming materials from the Receiving dock
• Unloads and puts away stock in the Bulk storage area
• Provides replenishment materials to workstations in a timely manner
• Transfers finished products to designated areas
• Stacks empty skids and pallets in designated areas
• Continually seeks opportunities to improve department operations
• Encourages team members to maintain a clean and organized work environment
• Operates a manual pallet jack, powered pallet jack, forklift, order picker, and Drexel. Performs safety checks prior to use. Reports machine problems to manager. Charges industrial truck batteries as needed.

* This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Employees are expected and encouraged to participate in safety and health program activities including immediately reporting hazards, immediately reporting unsafe work practices and incidents to supervisors, wearing required personal protective equipment, and participating in and supporting safety committee activities.

Education & Experience

• High School diploma or GED equivalent required, or equivalent combination of education and experience

Competencies – Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Material handling experience is strongly preferred.
• Forklift Certification required.
• Related experience is highly preferred.
• Good attention to detail.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Able to work from verbal and written instruction
• Able to work accurately from verbal and written instructions.
• Able to work accurately with numbers and use a calculator

Operational Equipment

• Hand-held RF Scanner, manual/motorized pallet jack, Powered Industrial Equipment

Work Environment and Physical Demands

Work Environment

Material Handler: Must be forklift operation certified. Standing on concrete floors up to 8 hrs/day. Exposure to loud noise. Functional vision and hearing required.

Physical Demands

Material Handler: Medium - Heavy, lifting up to 70 lbs.