Warehouse Operations Lead — Process & People Champion

Drive Medical Ltd.; Georgia; On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Drive Medical in Palmetto, GA is seeking a hands-on Warehouse Manager to lead order planning, cross-functional coordination and ensure efficient warehouse operations. You will supervise a team, implement best practices, and drive safety, quality and productivity across all shifts.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, 2 years in warehouse management, and SAP/MS Office proficiency. Schedule Monday-Friday with flexibility; on-site in Palmetto, GA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 2 years of experience in warehouse management.
• 2 years of experience in a position with occasional customer contact.
• Knowledge/experience in SAP or an equivalent ERP system.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel & PowerPoint).
• Lean/Six Sigma certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establishing a culture of advocating for continuous improvement.
• Managing workload for non-exempt employees.
• Develop and support warehouse best practices.
• Ensure correct shipment of all customer orders; by training pickers, billers, auditors and other team members to perform to the best of their abilities and high standards of productivity.
• Collaborating cross-functionally within your team and their strengths to better react to the different workloads that come down each day.
• Developing people: Propose training, mentor associates, build-up your team, coach and counsel performance and productivity on a regular basis.
• Maintaining communication and harmony amongst team members.
• Creating awareness through daily productivity meetings and visual communication boards.
• Maintain and ensuring compliance of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Partner with safety to ensure proper procedures are followed; and ensure documentation is filled out after accidents or incidents.
• Ensure the compliance of safety norms to include maintaining a clean, orderly, and safe work area.
• Serves as contact for customers when necessary.
• Ensuring the compliance of all legal documentation and completion of necessary paperwork for the receipt, storage or shipment of goods.
• Maintains warehouse staff job results by coaching, guiding, development and leading associates with planning, monitoring and appraising job results.
• Demonstrate an attitude of support and foster participation in the environment of continuous improvement.
• Engage, manage, and drive accountability to direct reporting staff.
• Develop people through appropriate training, performance reviews and structured succession plans as appropriate.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Ability to effectively interact with various internal and external customers/ vendors.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Ability to organize efficiently and effectively.
• Ability to exercise logical and sound judgment.
• Ability to work independently.
• Willingness to be on call for emergencies.
• Proficient decision making and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient knowledge in SAP or equivalent warehouse management systems.
• If you are assigned as an Inventory Supervisor, additional requirements of proficiency in math as well as experience in inventory control practices and procedures.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Communication

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

SAP

MS Office

Job description

Drive Medical in Palmetto, GA is seeking a hands-on Warehouse Manager to lead order planning, cross-functional coordination and ensure efficient warehouse operations. You will supervise a team, implement best practices, and drive safety, quality and productivity across all shifts.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, 2 years in warehouse management, and SAP/MS Office proficiency. Schedule Monday-Friday with flexibility; on-site in Palmetto, GA.