Warehouse Team Lead

VWR, part of Avantor; Batavia (IL); On-site; USD 47,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Avantor is seeking a Warehouse Team Lead at our Batavia, IL location. This full-time role oversees loading/unloading, stacking, palletizing, and inventory tasks, using scanners and equipment to maintain accurate records.

You will promote teamwork and safety while aligning with management on continuous improvement. The position requires promotion of efficient operations, adherence to safety policies, and supervision of staff to meet daily production metrics.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 3 years related experience desired.
• Good supervisory and communication skills desired.
• Familiarity with personal computers and material handling equipment is essential.
• Strong decision making and coaching skills.
• Ability to drive results.

Responsibilities

• Oversee warehouse operations such as loading/unloading trucks, stacking bags, handling product and palletizing.
• Document all completed work and record inventory data; use scanners/computers and equipment as needed.
• Promote teamwork and pursue continuous improvement of warehouse operations.
• Ensure inbound/outbound paperwork is accurate and shipments are complete and damage-free.
• Attend planning meetings and act as liaison between employees and management.

Skills

Supervisory skills

Communication skills

Decision making

Coaching

Team leadership

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Personal computers

Material handling equipment

Job description

The Opportunity:

Avantor is seeking a Warehouse Team Lead to assist with overseeing warehouse operations such as loading/unloading trucks, stacking bags, handling product, palletizing, etc.

The Lead will document all completed work, record inventory data, utilize scanners/computers and equipment as necessary, interact regularly with peers and management to pursue continuous improvement of warehouse operations and promote teamwork.

This is a full‑time position based out of our Batavia, IL l ocation.

Work Schedule: Mon-Fri, 5am-1:30pm with OT & weekends as needed.

How you will thrive and create an impact:

• Understand and adhere to all safety policies and procedures.
• Helps establish work schedules.
• Ensures that the schedules are correctly implemented and that jobs are completed properly.
• Applies sound communication and motivational techniques in leading, supervising, coaching and disciplining associates.
• Provides input into performance evaluation for recommending promotions, wage increases, associate development and terminations.
• Supervises checking and unloading of inbound shipments, orderly stacking of product and picking and staging of outbound shipments in accordance with high level of productivity.
• Verifies required inbound/outbound paperwork with drivers, ensuring that all products are properly counted.
• Ensures inbound and outbound shipments are complete and free of damage.
• Completes all necessary records and reports in a timely and accurate fashion.
• Computes and analyzes daily, weekly production metrics.
• Assists in physical inventories and cycle counts.
• Maintains product locator system.
• Ensures the optimal utilization of space.
• Rotates product as appropriate.
• Operate forklifts and hand carts.
• Ensures the efficient and safe operation of material handling equipment.
• Maintains a clean, neat and orderly work area.
• Assists in maintaining warehouse security.
• Conducts operations in a manner that promotes safety and in accordance with OSHA and other appropriate standards.
• Attends warehouse planning meetings.
• Acts as liaison between employees and management.
• Communicates industry and brand knowledge to associates.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What we’re looking for:

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience: 3 years related experience desired.
• Additional Qualifications:
• Good supervisory and communication skills desired.
• Familiarity with personal computers and material handling equipment is essential.
• Strong decision making and coaching skills.
• Ability to drive results.

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL EFFORT:

The work environment characteristics and physical effort described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the associate is exposed to an industrial warehouse environment. The associate works near moving mechanical machinery and noise level in the work environment is usually loud. The job requires working in heights, exposure to changes in temperature, driving equipment, and maybe exposed to dust, fumes, or gases.

The associate is required to stand and walk for the majority of the working day. The physical requirements of the job are for associates to talk, hear, bend/stoop, squat, crawl, climb height, reach above shoulder height, crouch, kneel, balance, and push/pull. Furthermore, the job requires associates to lift/carry/push or pull up to 75 pounds with or without assistance. Associates use both hands for repetitive actions such as grasping and manipulating as well as both feet for repetitive movement operating foots controls. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Disclaimer:

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Why Avantor?

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life‑changing science.

The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.

We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world.

Pay Transparency:

The expected pre‑tax pay for this position is

$47,000.00 - $75,900.00

Actual pay may differ depending on relevant factors such as prior experience and geographic location.

EEO Statement:

We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state/province, or local law.

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