Warehouse Supervisor: Lead Operations & Safety (8% Bonus)

creative werks; Elk Grove Village (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

creative werks is seeking a Warehouse Supervisor to oversee shipping, receiving, inventory control, and related documentation in a full-time role at our Elk Grove Village facility. The position demands management of forklift operators and clerks, scheduling, and reporting on department performance to meet safety, quality, and cost objectives.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience with WMS and ERP systems, SAP knowledge, and strong leadership, communication, and time-management skills,

Qualifications

• Associates degree or five years of warehouse experience with two or more years of leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Supervises forklift lead, operators and warehouse clerks in warehouse activities.
• Supervises and assists in daily tasks including: filling and shipping orders, ensuring accuracy of shipments and supporting documentation, receiving material and routing to appropriate area or personnel, and providing production support as needed.
• Measuring and reporting the effectiveness of department activities, providing daily summaries and status reports
• Enforce company rules regarding safety, discipline, cooperation and teamwork.
• Coaching, training, mentoring and developing team members to meet current and future business requirements.
• Responsible for annual training of forklift operators after completing a train the trainer certification class
• Facilitating seamless handoffs between shifts and communicating key information to peers, team members and management.
• Understanding internal and external client systems reporting requirements to ensure timely compliance of transactions.
• Scheduling direct reports in response to rapidly changing product mix and seasonal demand.
• Assuring that correct items are on hand and stored properly for daily production requirements.
• Coordinating Conferring with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments and serving internal customers.
• Attend all food safety training sessions (GMP, SQF, HACCP, Allergen, Food Facility Security, Preventing Foodborne Illness)
• Participate in company GMP walks
• Regularly inspect warehouse and facility for compliance
• Enforce company rules regarding food safety and monitoring
• Perform other duties as assigned by Management.

Skills

WMS knowledge

ERP software

Inventory management

Microsoft Office

Leadership

Communication

Time management

Forklift experience

Education

Associates degree or 5+ years warehouse leadership experience

Tools

SAP

Job description

creative werks is seeking a Warehouse Supervisor to oversee shipping, receiving, inventory control, and related documentation in a full-time role at our Elk Grove Village facility. The position demands management of forklift operators and clerks, scheduling, and reporting on department performance to meet safety, quality, and cost objectives.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience with WMS and ERP systems, SAP knowledge, and strong leadership, communication, and time-management skills,