Shift Lead- Operations

advatixinc; Trenton (NJ); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

HRforGrowth is conducting a search for a Shift Lead in the warehouse environment. The role focuses on ensuring controlled, safe, and efficient operations while assisting supervisors in coaching and developing team members.

Responsibilities include assigning work, aligning methods and labor to meet service deliverables, and collaborating across departments to meet KPIs and client SLAs. The role emphasizes training, safety, LEAN activities, and ongoing process improvements.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED required; 4-year college degree preferred.
• 2 years of warehouse leadership experience preferred.
• Lean Manufacturing experience and use of warehouse automation equipment (RF, Voice) a plus.
• Proficient in Excel and Word.
• Excellent math, reading, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist supervisor in directing work to team members.
• Help determine production methods and staffing to meet service deliverables and KPI targets.
• Coordinate with supervisors, team members, and other departments to meet client SLA.
• Train and coach employees; provide performance feedback to supervisors.
• Support ISO audits and LEAN activities; promote 5-S and safety policies.
• Update work instructions and process flows; maintain clean, safe work areas.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Warehouse experience

Lean Manufacturing

5S

Excel

Math skills

Verbal/written communication

Education

High School Diploma/GED

4-year college degree preferred

Tools

RF scanners

Voice picking

Excel/Word

Job description

Shift Lead

HRforGrowth® is engaged as the exclusive talent acquisition partner to conduct this search on behalf of a client organization that is hiring for this role. HRforGrowth is not the employer for this position. HRforGrowth identifies, evaluates, and presents top-tier candidates through its global talent acquisition practice; all employment decisions — including final selection, offer terms, compensation, and conditions of employment — are made solely by the hiring organization.

Role Summary

Ensure that all warehouse/production operations are performed under controlled conditions; safely and efficiently. Assist supervisors in coaching and training team members; provide support to supervisors.

MAJOR AREAS OF PERFORMANCE

• Assist supervisor in assigning work-direction to team members
• Assist with determining appropriate production methods and labor levels to meet service deliverables by understanding the impact of work flow on productions by meeting performance standards
• Work and communicate with supervisor, team members and other departments to meet client SLA and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) as required
• Responsible for training and coaching employees
• Provide ongoing information to supervisor regarding team member performance and participate in performance discussions
• Where applicable assist ISO Coordinator in ISO Audits and ISO certification requirements
• Promote LEAN Methodology by assisting in LEAN Manufacturing activities
• Promote 5-S to maintain a clean, organized and safe work area; comply with all safety and quality policies and conduct audits where assigned
• Regularly updating work instructions and process flows
• Maintain a clean, organized and safe work area
• Support and maintain corporate quality, health and safety standards, processes, policies, practices and work instructions. (ISO standards where applicable)
• All other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS (EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS) REQUIRED:

• High School Diploma/GED required; 4-year college degree preferred
• Previous leadership responsibilities required
• A minimum of 2 years’ warehouse experience preferred
• Lean Manufacturing experience and use of various warehouse automation equipment (RF, Voice, Etc.) a plus
• PC skills including Excel and Word
• Excellent math, reading, and communication (both verbal and written) skills
• Ability to effectively communicate and provide coaching and feedback to employees
• Superior attention to detail to ensure accuracy
• Ability to work independently and in a team leadership role
• Ability to balance and effectively utilize team resources
• Ability to lift/move up to 40 pounds solo and greater weights in a team-lift environment

Physical requirements include: lifting, carrying, bending, stretching, and standing for long periods of time.

About HRforGrowth:

HRforGrowth is a full-service HR and talent partner built to support companies that are scaling, transforming, or navigating change. HRFG is globally recognized for delivering quality, speed, and cost-effective talent solutions across every level of the workforce. Through its global talent acquisition practice, HRforGrowth applies world class rigor and precision to identifying exceptional professional and executive talent on behalf of its clients — from temporary staffing to permanent hourly workers through to placing C-suite executives. HRforGrowth is presenting this opportunity in its capacity as the retained search partner and does not serve as the employer of record for this position.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

In its recruiting and search practices, HRforGrowth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity, and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals. HRforGrowth evaluates and presents candidates to its clients without regard to any protected characteristic.

The hiring organization for this position is expected to comply with all applicable federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws — including those enforced by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) — in its hiring decisions, terms of employment, and workplace practices.