WAREHOUSE SUPERVISOR (REGIONAL)

NAVY EXCHANGE SERVICE COMMAND (NEXCOM); Suffolk (VA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Northeast Distribution Center in Suffolk, VA is seeking a Supervisory/Management professional to lead a warehouse section and shift. You will direct receipt, inspection, ticketing, order picking, and storage activities, ensuring efficiency and compliance across the distribution process.

The role requires coordinating packing, shipping, and inventory control while supervising staff, maintaining equipment, and enforcing safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Three years of general experience in administrative, professional, investigative or other responsible work gaining knowledge of physical distribution support.
• Education substitution: 1 year of related study above high school can substitute for up to 3 years of general experience with a 4-year bachelor degree.
• Two years of progressively responsible experience in distribution/warehouse management systems and supervisory tasks.

Responsibilities

• Directs receipt, inspection, ticketing, order picking, and storage of warehouse merchandise; may arrange clearance through customs.
• Coordinate consolidation, packing, and shipping of merchandise from warehouse to branches and store locations.
• Controls merchandise from receipt to shipment and oversees disposition and distribution.
• Maintains quality assurance to verify quantity, quality, and order accuracy.
• Arranges returns to vendors for damaged or incorrect items.
• Plans work assignments, supervises staff, and schedules equipment and personnel.
• Inspects equipment and work areas; ensures maintenance and safety standards.
• Manages safe operation of fleet vehicles, including maintenance, compliance with regulations, and daily inspections.
• Provides guidance on maintenance and safety of vehicles; reviews cost and performance for efficiency.
• Establishes preventative maintenance plans and prioritizes repairs; monitors compliance with standards.
• Coordinates training needs for distribution center vehicle operations; tracks safe driving information.
• Oversees inventories and personnel decisions related to staffing.
• Trains associates and maintains licenses and medical checks; keeps training records.
• Assists in preparing operational statistical reports for analysis.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Supports internal reporting and data analysis for warehouse effectiveness.
• HazMat training within 90 days of hire per DOT regulations.

Job description

Job Summary

Supervises a specific section or work shift at a Regional Distribution Center.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Directs activities involved in the receipt, inspection, ticketing, order picking, and storage of warehouse merchandise. May be responsible for arranging clearance of merchandise through customs.


• Arranges and coordinates the consolidation, packing, and shipping of merchandise from the warehouse to the branch and location stores.


• Controls merchandise from receipt in the warehouse until shipment and is accountable for the distribution and/or disposition of all receipts.


• Administers a quality assurance program to assure acceptance of the quantity and quality of merchandise ordered and the accuracy of orders shipped to NEX locations.


• Arranges for return to vendor of items which are damaged, shipped in error, unsellable, etc.


• Plans and schedules work assignments and arranges for necessary equipment and personnel. Supervises and evaluates the performance of subordinate associates. Plans the utilization of work areas.


• Conducts regular inspections of equipment and work areas; follows the prescribed maintenance program and makes recommendations for repair or replacement.


• Responsible for the management and safe operation of fleet vehicles. Includes equipment requirements, maintenance programs, and delivery schedules, along with compliance with federal, state, and DOD regulations.


• Provides assistance and guidance concerning maintenance and safety of vehicles. Reviews cost and performance data to determine operating efficiencies, the efficiency and economy of the motor vehicle fleet, compliance with all established policies and procedures, and the validity of vehicle authorizations. Ensures that operators perform daily inspections of fleet equipment.


• Establishes and monitors preventative maintenance and repair programs for motor vehicles. Determines maintenance and repair priorities; establishes maintenance schedules; reviews and evaluates work in process and completed work to ensure compliance with established standards. Reviews and analyzes major component repairs; guides as required. Ensures that operators perform daily inspections of fleet equipment and that all federal, state, and DOD regulations are complied with.


• Coordinates training needs of personnel involved in the operation of the distribution center motor vehicles (with emphasis on Safety and HAZMAT operations). Collects safe driving information and mileage data for the National Safety Council to stay current with driver award programs.


• Plans and schedules work assignments and arranges for necessary equipment and personnel. Supervises and evaluates the performance of assigned associates. Recommends the selection, retention, reassignments, and promotion of subordinates.


• Supervises and participates in the taking of periodic and special inventories.


• Responsible for training associates and ensuring that all material handling equipment operators have current licenses and physical examinations. Keeps an up-to-date training file on each operator.


• Assists in the preparation of a variety of reports consisting of operational statistical data to be used for analysis and evaluation of the effectiveness of the warehouse.


• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Training Requirement

Associates must receive Hazardous Material (HazMat) training within 90 days of hire per Department of Transportation regulations.

Experience

Requires a total 5 years experience in any combination listed below:

GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Three years of experience in administrative, professional, investigative or other responsible work that enabled the applicant to gain general knowledge of one or more aspects of physical distribution support. Such experience may have been gained in warehousing, purchasing, accounting, inventory control, merchandising, industrial planning, engineering, traffic or data processing.

Substitution of education for experience

1 year of related academic study above the high school level may be substituted for 9 months of experience up to a maximum of a 4 year bachelor's degree for 3 years of general experience.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE

Two years of progressively responsible experience which provided a knowledge of distribution and warehouse management systems, and techniques; materiel handling practices and procedures; or experience in one or more areas of storage and distribution activities such as physical receipt, inspection, storage, stock rotation, stock levels and distribution flow to location sites; and exempt or nonexempt supervisory experience; or similar work which demonstrated the knowledge and abilities required to supervise in a distribution environment.

Primary Location

United States-Virginia-Suffolk

Organization

Northeast Distribution Center

Job

Supvervisory/Management

Schedule

Full-Time (35 + hours)

Unposting Date

Ongoing