Warehouse Lead

Novolex; Franklin (OH); On-site; USD 27,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Novolex is seeking a Warehouse Shipping & Receiving Lead in Franklin, Ohio. You will partner with Shift Leads to oversee daily dock activities, ensure safety, and drive inventory accuracy while supporting continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications include a high school diploma or GED, 3+ years in shipping/logistics, experience in a lead role, and working knowledge of SAP or similar ERP systems; forklift certification is preferred.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required; associate degree preferred.
• 3+ years experience in shipping, receiving, warehouse, distribution, or logistics.
• Lead/coordinator/supervisory role experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform Shift Lead duties in shipping/receiving, assign work and complete required paperwork.
• Ensure dock safety procedures are followed.
• Manage the training program and track progress.
• Coordinate with Load Planner for efficient dock scheduling.
• Maintain accuracy of shipping/receiving operations and inventory.

Skills

Shipping & Receiving processes

Dock operations

Inventory control

Forklift operation

Lead/coordinator experience

MS Office

SAP/WMS knowledge

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Associate degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, or related field

Tools

SAP

WMS

Microsoft Office

Job description

Company Overview

Why Choose Us?

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.

Our Sustainability Commitment

The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

Job Description

Warehouse Shipping & Receiving Lead

Franklin, OH

Compensation Includes

• Starting pay rate of $24.17/hour
  • Shift differential pay of $0.75/hour

Available Shift

• 3rd: 11pm - 7am

Overview

The Shipping Department Lead partners with Shift Leads to ensure the safe, efficient, and accurate execution of all shipping and receiving operations. This position serves as the department's subject matter expert and primary point of contact for resolving operational issues, coordinating daily dock activities, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives. The Shipping Department Lead plays a key role in maintaining inventory accuracy, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and leading department employees to achieve operational goals.

Responsibilities

• Able to perform all the job duties of a Shift Lead in the areas of shipping and receiving, assigning work to their teams, as well as required paperwork and tasks
• Ensures that all dock safety procedures are being followed
• Manages the training program, ensuring that training is effective and tracked
• Work with the Load Planner to ensure efficient dock scheduling
• Ensure that shift teams follow dock schedules
• Ensure that department personnel are following proper procedures to maintain the accuracy of all shipping and receiving operations, including outbound finished goods, blank transfers, and roll shipments, along with deliveries of roll stock, shippers, outsourced window blanks, pallets and sundry items
• Receives outsourced window blanks into SAP
• Ensures that received material is picked up from staging areas by responsible parties
• Ensure that Shift Leads are updating Open Dock with accurate status
• Ensure that drivers are being checked in and out professionally and efficiently
• Order supplies as needed such as airbags and trailer seals
• Timely resolution of any discovered inventory discrepancies in finished goods or blanks
• Ensures that all office files and required documentation are maintained as required

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required; Associate degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business, or a related field preferred
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in shipping, receiving, warehouse, distribution, or logistics operations
• Previous experience in a lead, coordinator, or supervisory role preferred
• Demonstrated knowledge of shipping and receiving processes, inventory control practices, dock operations, and warehouse workflows
• Ability to safely operate powered industrial equipment, including forklifts; current forklift certification preferred or ability to obtain certification upon hire
• Experience loading, unloading, staging, and transporting materials using forklifts and other material handling equipment
• Working knowledge of SAP, warehouse management systems (WMS), or similar ERP systems; SAP experience preferred
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Physically capable of prolonged standing and full‑range movement (bending, climbing, kneeling, twisting, reaching)
• Ability to read, write, and understand English sufficiently to perform job duties safely and accurately
• Flexible schedule, including potential overtime, weekend work, or call‑ins based on production needs

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Company Benefits

What You'll Get From Us

Benefits

With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.

Community Engagement

At Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.

Training and Development

We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that support and enhance employee skills at all levels of the organization.

Novolex is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices, including but not limited to selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, handicap or disability, genetics, citizenship status, service member or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. Any individual who, because of his or her disability, needs an accommodation in connection with an aspect of the Company's application process should contact [e-mail].

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