Shipping Warehouse Leader — 2nd Shift

World Wide Technology; Edwardsville (IL); On-site; USD 58,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellbeing benefits

401k Plan with Company Matching

Paid Time Off

Job summary

World Wide Technology is seeking a Warehouse Supervisor to lead 10-25 personnel in receiving, moving, picking and shipping within our network of warehouses. You will report to the Warehouse Manager and drive safety, efficiency and process improvements.

The role requires experience with warehouse equipment, strong communication, and the ability to optimize workflows while maintaining a safe, organized operation.

Qualifications

• Associate’s Degree.
• Experience operating a Powered Industrial Truck (PIT), hand truck, pallet jack, and other warehouse equipment.
• 5+ years of warehousing experience preferred.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient computer skills.

Responsibilities

• Review safety protocols and processes for best practices of equipment operation, making recommendations as needed for enhancements.
• Identify the interrelatedness of work activities across teams and recommend improvements to processes to increase effectiveness.
• Remove team barriers to implementing new ideas or approaches by securing the necessary resources or support from senior management.
• Ensure process improvement initiatives focus on measurable results, and help teams establish measures of success.
• Provide insight on ways to address short-term production capacity constraints or issues (e.g., through increasing the number of workers or machines, increasing the number of shifts, sub-contracting arrangements).
• Guide the ordering, shipping, and warehousing processes to ensure a consistent flow for production; implement new strategies and designs to improve the movement of materials.
• Conduct a deep review of data and issues to quickly reveal the root cause of problem.
• Recommend interim and long-term solutions to complex problems to ensure successful resolution.
• Execute solutions to complex problems; guide the analysis of a problem all the way to a successful resolution.
• Listen attentively, clarifying messages and expectations and asking thoughtful questions to determine any unstated needs of the speaker.
• Respond to others’ non-verbal behavior and pick up on the true message, whether spoken or unspoken.
• Validate the intent of the message and offer appropriate constructive input.
• Consider team members’ time commitments in creating schedules and project plans, carefully structuring the amount of time devoted to each task.
• Follow up and keep others (i.e., senior leaders and team members) informed of progress on tasks and project responsibilities.
• Define the objectives and resources required to successfully complete a project and manage the team to complete work within established timeframes.
• Promote WWT safety guidelines.
• Drive teams to maintain a clean and organized (5S) warehouse operation.

Skills

PIT operation

Team supervision

Safety compliance

Warehouse equipment

Education

Associate’s Degree

Tools

Pallet jack

Forklift

Job description

World Wide Technology is seeking a Warehouse Supervisor to lead 10-25 personnel in receiving, moving, picking and shipping within our network of warehouses. You will report to the Warehouse Manager and drive safety, efficiency and process improvements.

The role requires experience with warehouse equipment, strong communication, and the ability to optimize workflows while maintaining a safe, organized operation.