Warehouse Lead- 1st shift

Avient Corporation; Norwalk (OH); On-site; USD 26,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Avient Corporation is seeking a Warehouse Associate to perform duties in the assigned area and assist in leadership activities. The role includes supervising during the manager's absence, delegating work, and ensuring safety and policy compliance on a 1st shift schedule in Norwalk, Ohio.

Starting pay is $23.00 per hour with benefits for experience. Candidates will train new staff, maintain records, and contribute to a productive, compliant team within a manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Training and mentoring others at an intermediate level.
• Attention to detail with thoroughness and accuracy.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite (Word/Excel).
• Experience with SAP and administrative tasks.
• Strong reading and quantitative skills with good comprehension.
• Self-motivated and capable of independent work.
• Effective conflict resolution and team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Assist in delegating work assignments in department.
• Monitors and verifies tasks align with company policies and standards.
• Participates in training new employees and retraining staff.
• Maintains departmental records and paperwork.
• Leads the team on safe work practices and housekeeping/compliance.
• Inspects equipment and reports issues to supervisor or manager.
• Assists in completing performance evaluations.
• Provides direction in the manager/supervisor's absence.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Training/Mentoring Others

Attention to Detail

Manual Dexterity

Quantitative Skills

Reading Comprehension

Self Motivated

Conflict Resolution

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

SAP

Tools

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

SAP

Job description

Position is responsible for performing the duties of the assigned area Warehouse Associate and also assists in performing the following leadership activities.

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Pay: Starting @ $23.00 Per Hour (We Pay For Experience!)

Hours: Days (1st Shift) - 7:00AM - 3:30PM

Days: Monday - Friday

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist in delegating work assignments in department.
• Monitors and verifies that tasks are being performed in accordance with the company's policies and standards.
• Participates in training new employees and re-training present departmental employees in processes and methods as required.
• Assists in completing and maintaining departmental records, files and paperwork.
• Leads the Team in all matters of safe work practices, reporting exceptions when necessary. Leads the Team in matters of housekeeping and environmental compliance.
• Inspects and reports equipment, supplies, material issues/problems to Warehouse Manager or Supervisor.
• Assists in completing performance evaluations.
• In the Manager/Supervisor's absence, provides direction for Warehouse Associates.
• Other duties as assigned.

Physical/Environ. Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; sit; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and use foot/feet to operate machine. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 55 pounds and frequently move more than 250 pounds. Specific vision abilities may be require by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Requires the use of safety equipment as dictated by the work area such as safety glasses and shoes, dust mask, hard hat, respirator, face shield, hearing protection, chemical suit, gloves, aprons, etc. Work is inside and the typical noise level is loud. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, extreme heat, and risk of electrical shock. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; outside weather conditions and explosives. Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles. The employee is frequently exposed to vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals.

Scope

Manufacturing Plant

Experience

• Cross Functional - Leadership Experience: 3 Years
• Supply Chain - Scheduling: 3 Years
• Manufacturing - Materials: 3 Years
• Administration - Office Equipment: 3 Years
• Supply Chain - Inventory Control: 3 Years
• Manufacturing - Warehouse Experience: 3 Years
• Cross Functional - Problem Solving Techniques: 3 Years

Skills and Certifications

• Personal Skills - Training/Mentoring Others: Intermediate
• Personal Skills - Attention to Detail: Intermediate
• Software Skills - Microsoft Office: Intermediate
• Personal Skills - Manual Dexterity: Intermediate
• Personal Skills - Quantitative Skills: Intermediate
• Personal Skills - Reading/Comprehension: Intermediate
• Personal Skills - Self Motivated: Intermediate
• Software Skills - Microsoft Word: Intermediate
• Software Skills - Microsoft Excel: Intermediate
• Software Skills - SAP: Intermediate
• Personal Skills - Conflict Resolution Skills: Intermediate

Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.

Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it's powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you're a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you'll find your place at Avient.

Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!

We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.

By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient's strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.

At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person's qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.

Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran's status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application, please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing, [e-mail].