Warehouse Supervisor
Joerns Healthcare LLC
- London, ON
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- Supervises personnel at the warehouse for accountability, performance, and productivity and provides feedback, coaching, and training, as necessary.
- Manage the day-to-day duties including outbound/inbound activities, inventory control, budget control, invoices, staffing decisions and employee development.
- Ensure safety, quality and productivity goals are met, and ensure that employees have a positive working environment.
- Assist in the selection of transportation services and the day-to-day management of these services.
- Create and maintain schedules and job assignments of department teammates.
- Conduct routine departmental business and distribution safety meetings.
- Collaborate with all other departments (Inventory Planning, Manufacturing, Customer Care, Transportation companies, Commercial, etc.)
- Serve on and drive the following administrative committee and safety functions:
- Implement effective checklist and preventive maintenance for Housekeeping, Safety Committee, lift truck training, and warehouse safety training.
- Lead and maintain a clean, professional, and safe working environment.
- Identify and communicate performance issues or operational needs with the Logistics Operations Manager.
- Enforcement of company rules on safety, housekeeping, attendance, and security.
- Identify areas of improvement, cost initiatives and establish innovative or adjust existing work procedures and practices.
- Develop a team environment that values diversity and uses various individual’s strengths to improve team performance.
- Provide input in the administration of performance appraisals, safety reports, monthly operational reports, weekly activity reports, and accident reports.
- Checks emails on a scheduled basis while keeping the priority on spending time on the floor with employees.
- Ensure that all required training is identified and completed by all direct reports.
- Assists in the recruitment, hiring, promoting, and terminating processes as needed.
- Assist in daily operational activities and operates forklift equipment as needed.
- Keeps equipment and tools operating by enforcing operating instructions; troubleshooting breakdowns; requiring preventive maintenance; calling for repairs.
- Organize and ensure accurate and periodic cycle counts and stock takes.
- Maintain customer’s confidence by keeping confidential information.
- Update personal job knowledge and education certificates by participating in educational opportunities, corporate training, and reading professional publications.
- Accomplish company mission statement by completing expected tasks when required.
- Additional responsibilities as requested or required.
- Must be able to work overtime and weekends as required.
- Ability to perform all functions in area of supervision (i.e., assist, monitor, coach, manage conflict, performance improvement plan implementation, discipline, etc.).
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in a professional manner, both orally and in writing, at all levels within and outside of the organization
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated success in problem-solving and decision-making to overcome obstacles and maximize opportunities.
- Outstanding organizational and leadership skills
- Strong working knowledge of distribution center operations.
- Ability to safely lift, push or pull up to 100 lbs.
- Must be able to work independently without the need for direction.
- Working knowledge of SAP, Microsoft Packages, Inventory software, Internet Explorer
- Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
- Must pass background screening, drug test and reference checks.
- Must be forklift certified or have the ability to be forklift certified.
- Must be dependable, reliable and thorough in work performed.
- Ability to stand/bend for extended periods of time.
- Capable of being entrusted with company assets and confidential information.