Shift Logistics Lead — DC Operations & WMS

Novolex; Covington (GA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Tuition Reimbursement Program

Learning & development programs

Job summary

Novolex in Covington, GA seeks a Warehouse Supervisor to deploy customer orders on the Distribution Center floor using the Warehouse Management System to balance capacity and prevent bottlenecks. You will supervise Lift Truck Operators, coordinate with the Site Leadership Team, and monitor workflow efficiency to ensure timely order execution and service levels.

Experience with WMS and ERP is preferred; you will coach and develop staff, optimize replenishment, picking, and shipping processes, and

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree preferred, and/or 3-5 years business experience in Distribution/Warehouse Logistics.
• Experience with Warehouse Management Systems (WMS); JDA (Red Prairie) a plus.
• Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP); SAP a plus.
• Self-Directed & demonstrates the ability to proactively identify and resolve discrepancies or potential issues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrates the ability to work well with a variety of individuals.
• Demonstrates an understanding of automated distribution.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, engage, coach and counsel the Lift Truck Operators working the same shift.
• Monitors and assesses WMS and WCS to determine efficiency of workflow.
• Coordinates the daily workflow with the Site Leadership Team and Lift Truck personnel.
• Identifies inefficiencies in workflow between replenishment, picking, put away and shipping; makes wave and labor adjustments as needed.
• Monitors order queue and ensures balanced labor, equipment and warehouse work tasks.
• Awareness of load by time cut-offs to ensure loads are ready to be shipped.
• Execute daily work plan created by the Supply Chain Planner, and identifies problems that prevent efficient execution of the plan.
• Plan, release and ensure timely completion of the waves in the warehouse management system.
• Plan, release and ensures timely completion of the Interleaving tasks in the warehouse management systems.
• Plan, release and ensure timely completion of cross dock opportunities.
• Identifies and ensures timely unload of HOT inbound shipments.
• Identifies and ensures timely completion of consolidation moves.
• Monitors and ensures timely completion of replenishment moves.
• Utilize reports to monitor work flow progress.
• Ensure communication to shift supervision status of wave progress and problems.
• Update shipping schedules.
• Monitor and maintain flow of automation traffic control systems within the DC.
• Coordination of Automatic Guided Vehicle (AGV) tasking and usage to maximize productivity.
• Maintain Yard and Door trailer statuses.

Skills

WMS experience

ERP experience

Communication skills

Problem solving

Team leadership

Education

BA/BS degree preferred

Tools

JDA (Red Prairie)

SAP ERP

Job description

Novolex in Covington, GA seeks a Warehouse Supervisor to deploy customer orders on the Distribution Center floor using the Warehouse Management System to balance capacity and prevent bottlenecks. You will supervise Lift Truck Operators, coordinate with the Site Leadership Team, and monitor workflow efficiency to ensure timely order execution and service levels.

Experience with WMS and ERP is preferred; you will coach and develop staff, optimize replenishment, picking, and shipping processes, and