Material Handler Supervisor

Kelly Services; Macungie (Lehigh County); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Telemedicine

Life insurance (term)

Whole life insurance

Accident insurance

Critical illness

Legal plan

Short-term disability

Transit spending account

Eight paid holidays per benefit year

Retirement savings plan

Job summary

Kelly Services in Macungie, PA is seeking a Material Handler Supervisor to lead warehouse operations and ensure safe, efficient material movement with a strong focus on team development. The role reports to site leadership and offers robust benefits within a dynamic distribution environment.

Pay is competitive at $40 per hour with an 8.5-hour workday, and a commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in material handling or logistics leadership.
• Ability to lead a team in dynamic warehousing or distribution environment.
• Strong communication, coaching, and team development skills.
• Demonstrated focus on safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Proficient with data-driven decision making and metrics management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate material handling operations to ensure safe, efficient, and timely movement of materials.
• Oversee inventory control, receiving, storage, shipping, material delivery, and production support.
• Establish team priorities, monitor employee performance, and implement process improvements for safety, quality, delivery, cost.
• Develop team through coaching, mentoring, training, and empowerment.
• Use data and operational metrics to drive decisions and performance.
• Anticipate and address problems proactively to avoid disruptions.
• Maintain effective cross-shift communication with employees, peers, and leadership.
• Drive standardization and consistency in material handling processes.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication skills

Safety focus

Data-driven decisions

Continuous improvement

Experience in material handling/log

Job description

Material Handler Supervisor | Macungie, PA

Pay: $40/hr. | 8.5 Hours per Day

Duties/Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate material handling operations to ensure safe, efficient, and timely movement of materials
• Oversee inventory control, receiving, storage, shipping, material delivery, and production support
• Establish team priorities, monitor employee performance, and implement process improvements for safety, quality, delivery, cost
• Develop team through coaching, mentoring, training, and empowerment
• Use data and operational metrics to drive decisions and performance
• Anticipate and address problems proactively to avoid disruptions
• Maintain effective cross-shift communication with employees, peers, and leadership
• Drive standardization and consistency in material handling processes

Required Qualifications

• 2-5 years relevant experience in material handling or logistics leadership
• Ability to lead a team in dynamic warehousing or distribution environment
• Strong communication, coaching, and team development skills
• Demonstrated focus on safety, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Proficient with data-driven decision making and metrics management

Preferred Experience/Certifications

• Experience as Material Handling Supervisor, Logistics Manager/Lead, Supply Chain Manager/Lead, or Material Manager/Lead
• Process improvement or lean manufacturing exposure
• Track record in inventory control and shipping/receiving leadership

Why Kelly?

Competitive pay, strong benefits, local assignments, and opportunities for growth.

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here (https://www.mykelly.com/help-support-working-with-kelly-us/#Benefits) for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

Kelly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and we take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in the workforce. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to the Kelly Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California's state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

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Kelly Services is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirm action employer. We welcome, value, and embrace diversity at all levels and are committed to building a team that is inclusive of a variety of backgrounds, communities, perspectives, and abilities. At Kelly, we believe that the more inclusive we are, the better services we can provide. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to Kelly's Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California's state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment.