Warehouse Lead

Primary Responsibilities

The Warehouse Lead would be responsible for:

Daily Operations

• Coordinate daily receiving, put-away, picking, staging and outbound priorities
• Assign workload based on customer requirements and daily volume
• Conduct shift start-up meetings and communicate priorities
• Monitor work throughout the day and rebalance resources as needed
• Verify work is completed within established cutoff times and customer requirements

Inventory Control

• Reinforce location and inventory-control processes
• Support cycle counts and inventory audits
• Escalate inventory discrepancies immediately
• Coordinate with the Inventory Control team on reconciliation and corrective actions
• Ensure material movement and system transactions are completed accurately

Training & Development

• Provide hands-on training for new warehouse employees
• Reinforce SOPs and standard work
• Maintain cross-training across key warehouse functions
• Identify training gaps and provide coaching
• Support development of employees capable of taking on additional responsibilities

Quality & Safety

• Perform daily process checks
• Reinforce customer-specific handling requirements
• Ensure housekeeping and 5S standards are maintained
• Reinforce warehouse safety requirements
• Identify process deviations before they become customer-impacting issues
• Support root-cause investigations and corrective actions when errors occur

Communication & Escalation

• Serve as the first operational escalation point on the warehouse floor
• Communicate operational risks to the Operations Supervisor
• Coordinate priorities between Customer Service, Receiving, Inventory Control and warehouse operations
• Provide timely updates regarding delays, shortages, discrepancies and other operational exceptions

Knowledge:

Expeditors company policies and procedures.

Expeditors products and services

Skills:

Effective interpersonal skills, including proven abilities to listen, comprehend, effectively communicate clearly and concisely to obtain positive results.

Pro-active, strong organizational skills.

Good Microsoft Office skills

Fluent in operational English, both oral and written

Behaviors:

Adhere to the company’s 10 cultural attributes:  Appearance, Attitude, Confidence, Curiosity, Excellence, Integrity, Pride, Resolute, Sense of Humor, and Visionary

Meet company standards of 52 hours training per year

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