Warehouse Assoicate II Lead

APM Terminals; Cinnaminson Township (NJ); On-site; USD 56,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Performance Team is seeking an experienced warehouse supervisor to lead a 10+ person team in material handling and distribution. You will interpret schedules, direct loading and unloading, and ensure accurate storage and order fulfillment across the facility.

The role emphasizes safety, accuracy, and efficiency, with duties including inventory recording, cycle counts, and coordinating with production lines. Strong leadership and organizational skills are essential.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED is required.
• Experience with warehouse operations preferred.
• Bilingual abilities are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct a team of 10+ employees in warehouse operations.
• Read production schedules and orders to determine items to move or distribute.
• Convey materials from receiving to storage or other areas.
• Sort and place materials on racks according to product code.
• Fill requisitions and distribute items to production workers.
• Assemble customer orders and place on pallets or packing stations.
• Record quantities received or distributed.
• Weigh or count items for distribution to ensure accuracy.
• Maintain product arrangement for assembly by others.

Job description

Job Summary

Receives, stores, and distributes material and products within the warehouse.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct a team of 10 or more employees in warehouse operations.
• Read production schedules, customer orders, work orders, shipping orders, or requisitions to determine items to move, gather, or distribute.
• Convey materials and items from receiving or production areas to storage or other designated areas.
• Sort and place materials or items on racks, shelves, or in bins according to predetermined sequence such as size, type, style, color, or product code.
• Fill requisitions, work orders, or requests for materials, tools, or other stock items and distribute items to production workers or assembly line.
• Assemble customer orders from stock and place orders on pallets or convey orders to packing station or shipping department.
• Mark materials with identifying information such as labels.
• Record amounts of materials or items received or distributed.
• Weigh or count items for distribution within the plant to ensure conformance to company standards.
• Arrange product in specified sequence for assembly by other workers.

Competencies

• Judgment: Makes timely decisions, demonstrates sound judgment, and includes appropriate people in the decision‑making process.
• Motivation: Sets and achieves challenging goals, demonstrates persistence, and takes calculated risks to accomplish goals.
• Planning/Organizing: Prioritizes work activities, uses time efficiently, and develops realistic action plans.
• Safety and Security: Observes safety and security procedures, reports unsafe conditions, and uses equipment and materials properly.
• Dependability: Follows instructions, responds to management direction, keeps commitments, and completes tasks on time.
• Initiative: Volunteers, seeks increased responsibilities, and offers help when needed.

Qualifications

Perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education and Experience

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Language Skills

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one‑on‑one and small‑group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills

• Knowledge of Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) is helpful.

Other Skills & Abilities

• Bilingual skills are highly desirable.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and talk or hear.
• Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

Work environment characteristics: moderate noise level.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Performance Team is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.