Shipping & Receiving Team Lead — 1st Shift, $1K Sign-On

Owens Corning; Tiffin (OH); On-site; USD 33,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Owens Corning in Tiffin, OH is seeking a Shipping and Receiving Team Lead to coordinate daily shipping, receiving, and material-handling activities. You will direct forklift operators, support staffing and work assignments, monitor safety, and coach team members in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires forklift experience, strong safety awareness, and proficiency with SAP and L2L. This position offers a daytime shift with occasional overtime and a $1,000 sign-on bonus for qualifying

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Two or more years of related shipping, receiving, warehousing, material-handling, logistics, or manufacturing experience preferred.
• Previous forklift operating experience required; prior team lead, trainer, coordinator, or similar leadership experience preferred.
• Must successfully complete required forklift training, obtain plant authorization, and maintain required qualifications before operating a forklift.
• Demonstrated strong safety, quality, attendance, and reliability record.
• Ability to learn and effectively use SAP, L2L, Microsoft Office applications, and other required business systems.

Responsibilities

• Promote a zero-injury culture by reinforcing safe work practices for shipping, receiving, dock, forklift, pedestrian, PPE, load-stability, and applicable lockout activities.
• Report injuries, incidents, near misses, unsafe conditions, property damage, equipment concerns, and forklift defects; support investigations and corrective actions assigned.
• Coordinate daily shipping, receiving, and material-handling workflow based on production schedules, customer priorities, staffing, and equipment availability.
• Assign daily work, balance workload, coordinate break and absence coverage, lead shift start-up communication, and communicate priorities or changes to assigned employees.
• Monitor trailer loading and unloading to support safe practices, shipment accuracy, proper load placement, and protection of materials and finished goods.
• Verify shipment, receipt, and inventory accuracy, including item identification, quantities, labels, bills of lading, invoices, locations, and required documentation.
• Ensure raw materials, parts, skids, totes, work-in-process, and finished goods are moved to designated locations accurately and on time.
• Coordinate with Production, Customer Service, Quality, Operations, and Maintenance to address shipping priorities, customer-service risks, material issues, and equipment readiness.
• Support accurate inventory transactions, location control, cycle counts, physical inventories, and investigation of material or inventory discrepancies.
• Maintain timely and accurate records for shipments, receipts, inventory movement, equipment checks, training, and daily area performance using SAP, L2L, and other required business systems.
• Provide hands-on support for shipping, receiving, and forklift responsibilities when coverage or operating conditions require it.
• Train, coach, and mentor forklift operators and employees assigned to shipping and receiving; reinforce standard work, complete required training documentation, and provide constructive feedback.
• Observe work practices, address concerns in the moment when appropriate, recognize positive performance, and escalate performance or employee-relations concerns to the Operations Leader.
• Ensure necessary equipment, supplies, labels, paperwork, trailers, and shipping materials are available to complete scheduled work.
• Maintain clean, orderly, and safe dock, warehouse, and material-storage areas; support 5S, visual management, and continuous-improvement efforts.
• Partner with Quality and Operations to identify, segregate, document, and support disposition of damaged, non-conforming, or incorrectly identified material.
• Attend required training, meetings, safety activities, and continuous-improvement events.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Coaching

Escalation

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

SAP

L2L

Microsoft Office

Job description

Owens Corning in Tiffin, OH is seeking a Shipping and Receiving Team Lead to coordinate daily shipping, receiving, and material-handling activities. You will direct forklift operators, support staffing and work assignments, monitor safety, and coach team members in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires forklift experience, strong safety awareness, and proficiency with SAP and L2L. This position offers a daytime shift with occasional overtime and a $1,000 sign-on bonus for qualifying