Warehouse Supervisor

Amsive LLC; Bolingbrook (IL); On-site; USD 34,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

Amsive LLC in Bolingbrook, IL is seeking a Warehouse Supervisor to lead a high-volume warehouse supporting bulk mailing and print production. You will supervise staff, manage inventory accuracy, and ensure timely material flow to production.

Requirements include 5+ years in warehouse leadership, forklift operation experience, and strong attention to FIFO inventory practices. Overtime and weekend hours may be required; bilingual skills are a plus.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of warehouse experience in a supervisory or leadership role.
• Experience with large-scale bulk mailing or high-volume printing operations preferred.
• Proficient in inventory control, cycle counts, and FIFO practices.
• English fluency in reading, writing, and speaking required.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily warehouse operations supporting high-volume print production and bulk mailing, ensuring materials are received, stored, staged, and delivered on schedule.
• Supervise warehouse employees, assign daily tasks, set priorities, monitor productivity, and ensure safety compliance.
• Maintain accurate inventory records, locations, and transactions; perform cycle counts and annual inventories.
• Coordinate with Production and Purchasing to ensure material availability and timely stock pulls.
• Oversee training and certification for forklift and other powered industrial equipment.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Conflict resolution

English fluency

Tools

MRP systems

ERP systems

WMS

Job description

Who We Are

Amsive is a leader in high-volume print and mail manufacturing with over 40 years of experience.

Our success depends on people who are dependable, performance-focused and take pride in meeting production goals. Production is completed in-house using modern high-speed print and mail manufacturing equipment. Our facilities are clean, well-lit, and temperature controlled.

At Amsive, results matter. We offer career opportunities in print and mail production, with medical, dental, vision insurance and a competitive 401K.

Location: 605 Territorial Drive Bolingbrook, IL 60440

Day Shift Work Hours: 7am - 3:30pm M-F, with expected additional hours/weekends mandatory.

Pay: Starting at $30.00/hr based on skills and experience

What we are looking for:

The Warehouse Supervisor is responsible for leading warehouse operations in a high-volume, large-scale bulk mailing and print production environment. This position supervises warehouse team members, coordinates the safe and efficient flow of paper, roll stock, mail materials, finished goods, and production supplies, and ensures materials are available to support demanding production and mailing schedules. Responsible for inventory accuracy, receiving, material movement, cycle counts, physical inventories, warehouse organization, and First In, First Out (FIFO) inventory practices. The position also oversees safe operation and training for warehouse lift equipment, including forklifts, clamp roll trucks, and swing-reach trucks.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead daily warehouse operations supporting high-volume print production and bulk mailing operations, ensuring materials are received, stored, staged, and delivered to production on schedule.
• Supervise warehouse employees, assign daily work, establish priorities, monitor productivity, and ensure compliance with warehouse procedures and safety requirements.
• Ensure paper, roll stock, envelopes, inserts, mailing materials, production supplies, and finished goods are properly received, identified, stored, and controlled.
• Ensure incoming goods are promptly and accurately received and verified against purchase orders, bills of lading, packing slips, and other shipping documentation.
• Maintain accurate inventory records, including quantities, warehouse locations, transactions, cycle counts, excess and obsolete materials, and red-tag inventory.
• Implement and enforce First In, First Out (FIFO) inventory practices to ensure older inventory is consumed before newer inventory and to minimize aging, damage, waste, and obsolete materials.
• Establish and maintain clearly identified warehouse stocking locations within the inventory/MRP system to support accurate material tracking and full system utilization.
• Coordinate with Production to ensure accurate and timely material stock pulls, staging, replenishment, and identification of materials required for print and mailing operations.
• Maintain an organized material staging process to support production schedules while preventing material shortages, incorrect stock usage, and production delays.
• Work closely with Purchasing, Production, Manufacturing, and Operations teams to maintain appropriate inventory levels and warehouse min/max quantities.
• Conduct and oversee cycle counts, monthly inventories, and annual physical inventories. Research discrepancies and perform root-cause analysis of inventory gains, losses, and adjustments.
• Accurately complete inventory transactions for all material movements and transfers between warehouse, production, staging, and finished-goods locations.
• Ensure the safe handling and storage of large paper rolls, pallets, bulk mailing materials, and other production inventory.
• Ensure employees operating powered industrial equipment are properly trained, certified, and authorized to operate assigned equipment.
• Lead and document lift-equipment training, certification, refresher training, and safe operating practices.
• Oversee the safe operation and daily inspection of forklifts, clamp roll trucks, swing-reach trucks, pallet jacks, and other warehouse material-handling equipment.
• Ensure clamp roll trucks are operated correctly when receiving, storing, staging, and supplying paper rolls to production while minimizing product damage.
• Ensure swing-reach equipment is operated safely and efficiently for material placement and retrieval within high-density warehouse storage and racking systems.
• Maintain safe aisles, racks, staging areas, loading areas, and equipment operating zones.
• Implement, maintain, and continuously improve 5S standards throughout warehouse, receiving, storage, and staging areas.
• Maintain accurate warehouse documentation and provide timely inventory, material availability, shortage, and operational communications to Production and Operations teams.
• Identify opportunities to improve warehouse layout, inventory flow, material handling, labor utilization, safety, and overall warehouse efficiency.
• Maintain a safe, clean, organized, and accident-free working environment and ensure compliance with company safety policies and procedures.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications:

• Minimum 5+ years of warehouse experience, including supervisory or leadership experience in a high-volume manufacturing, printing, mailing, distribution, or similar production environment.
• Experience supporting large-scale bulk mailing, commercial printing, paper handling, or high-volume production operations strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of inventory control, cycle counting, physical inventory, warehouse location management, and FIFO inventory practices.
• Experience working with MRP, ERP, warehouse management, or inventory-control systems.
• Experience handling paper rolls, palletized materials, production supplies, and finished goods preferred.
• Forklift certification required or ability to successfully complete company certification.
• Experience operating and/or supervising operators of clamp roll trucks and swing-reach trucks strongly preferred.
• Ability to conduct or lead powered industrial truck safety and operator training.
• Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Ability to coordinate warehouse priorities with Production, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Shipping, and Operations.
• Strong attention to inventory accuracy, material identification, documentation, and transaction discipline.
• Proficient with Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• English fluency in reading, writing, and speaking required. Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
• Must be available to work overtime and adjusted schedules as production and mailing volumes require.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Supervises the warehouse employees

Work Environment: Indoor, temperature controlled, production facility.

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to stand, walk, stoop for at least 12 hours/day
• Must be able to lift, push and pull up to 50 pounds

Security Clearance: Amsive is a Federal Contractor, and this position may require government security clearance for certain projects.

Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Certain weekends and overtime may be mandatory based on business needs. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

If you need reasonable accommodation with the application process, please reach out.

Amsive is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building a supportive and inclusive environment for all employees. It is Amsive’s continuing policy to provide equal employment opportunity and not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, pregnancy or childbirth, marital status, national origin, ancestry or citizenship status, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including (but not limited to) application for employment, recruiting, hiring, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers, training, layoffs, rehires, termination of employment and all other terms and conditions of employment.

All offers of employment with Amsive are contingent upon the successful completion of background checks, which may include criminal history, drug test, and reference verification, conducted in compliance with applicable state, federal, and local laws.

As part of the Company's equal employment opportunity policy, Amsive will also take affirmative action as called for by applicable laws and Executive Orders to ensure that minority group individuals, females, disabled veterans, recently separated veterans, other protected veterans, Armed Forces service medal veterans, and qualified disabled persons are introduced into our workforce and considered for promotional opportunities.