Warehouse Equipment Supervisor - Week-End Shift - Friday-Monday

ReaderLink; Salem (VA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

ReaderLink seeks a Warehouse Supervisor to lead weekend shift operations (Friday–Monday, 7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.). The role plans, organizes, and monitors staff to meet production goals under the Operations Manager’s guidance.

You will oversee shipping, receiving, storage, and distribution while ensuring safety, quality and productivity. Strong leadership and communication are required to maintain a positive work environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Minimum of 3 years warehouse experience or equivalent.
• Basic proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Must be able to work flexible schedules including weekends.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate the ability to lead people and get results through others.
• Plan ahead and prepare action plans to achieve results.
• Conduct employee performance reviews and discipline.
• Develop a positive work environment.
• Ensure shipping, receiving, storage, distribution and production are performed efficiently.
• Make hiring decisions including interview, selection and retention of employees.
• Conduct employee training and development.
• Assign employees to the correct work area based on production needs.
• Balance safety, quality, productivity, cost and employee relations.
• Resolve employee issues through problem solving.
• Maintain accurate inventory records.
• Coordinate daily workflow with management.
• Investigate accidents and near misses.
• Conduct employee team meetings.
• Be available to work in all areas of the operation.
• Communicate priorities up and down the organization.

Education

High school diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Warehouse Management System

Job description

Warehouse Supervisor - Equipment - Week-End Shift

Friday - Monday 7:00a.m. - 5:30 pm

Summary

Plans, organizes, and monitors employees to achieve stated production goals at the desired level outlined by the Operations Manager.

Essential Functions

• Demonstrate the ability to lead people and get results through others.
• Plan ahead and prepare action plans to achieve results.
• Conduct employee performance reviews and discipline.
• Develop a positive work environment.
• Ensures shipping, receiving, storage, distribution and production are performed in an efficient manner.
• Makes employee decisions including interview, selection and retention of employees.
• Conduct employee training, career counseling, and development.
• Continually review production requirements and assign employees to the correct work area.
• Ability to balance and achieve positive results in the areas of safety, quality, productivity, cost and employee relations.
• Resolves employee issues through problem solving.
• Measures and maintains accuracy of inventory.
• Manages multiple problems.
• Coordinate daily workflow with other management personnel.
• Performs accident and near miss investigations.
• Conduct employee team meetings.
• All operations supervisors are expected to be available to work in all areas of the operation.
• Promotes accurate, timely communication up and down the organization to ensure priority issues are addressed.
• Sets an example to co-workers.
• Coordinate daily workflow with other warehouse personnel.
• Ensures the work areas are appropriately maintained and correct any unsafe conditions immediately.

Non-Essential Functions

• Other duties may be assigned, directed or requested

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Minimum of 3 years warehouse experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.
• Basic proficiency in the use of Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Must be able to work flexible schedules as required which may include working off shifts and weekends.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Proficiency in English and Spanish oral and written communication
• At least 1 year experience utilizing a warehouse management system

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to stand up to 10 hours in a day.
• Must be able to walk up to 8 hours.
• Will continuously reach up and out.
• Will occasionally climb.
• Will occasionally push/pull from 11-25 pounds.
• Will frequently bend, stoop, reach up and out, crouch, kneel, and push/pull from 36-50 pounds.
• Will frequently lift up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift up to 75 pounds.
• Will occasionally have repetitive foot movement.
• Will frequently have repetitive hand/arm movements for simple reaching, simple and firm grasping and/or fine hand manipulation.
• Specific vision ability required by this job includes close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• Regularly required to stand; use hand to finger, handle or feel objects; and reach with hands and arms.
• Must be able to wear gloves occasionally.

Language Skills

• Must have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to speak with all levels of the organization
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Be able to write routine reports

Mathematical Skills

• Must be proficient in mathematics.
• Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's
• Ability to perform these operations using American money and weight measurements, volume, and distance

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Compensation

$60,000 - $65,000

Work Environment

• The work performed is in a warehouse environment
• The employee is frequently exposed to vibrations and dust and will be working around moving machinery
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate at low decibels
• Must be able to work in a fast paced, team environment

Employee Benefits Include But Are Not Limited To:

• Health Plans - Medical, Dental & Prescription
• Flexible Spending Accounts - Health & Dependent Care
• Disability, Life and Accident Insurance
• Vacation Pay & Paid Holidays
• 401(k) with Company Match

EOE/Minorities/Females/Vets/ Disabled

ReaderLink is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. EOE/Minorities/Female/Disabled/Veteran.
ReaderLink is committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting people with disabilities and veterans. If you need an accommodation to assist with completing the electronic application, please email your request to [email protected], or call: [phone].