Warehouse Team Leader – Shipping; 1st shift

Shift & Compensation

Shift: 1st shift (7:15AM-3:15PM, Monday-Friday OT on weekends as needed)
Rate of Pay: $20-24/hour depending on experience

The Shipping Team Leader oversees daily warehouse and shipping operations, leading a team to ensure safe practices, accurate inventory, and timely, error‑free shipments that meet customer demands. The position requires strong leadership, communication, and ERP (SAP) expertise to drive continuous improvement, uphold 6S standards, and maintain a high‑performance, safety‑focused culture.

• Maintains a safe working environment by complying with all safety and environmental policies in the workplace. Advocates for and promotes a safe work environment by reporting Near Misses and/or other safety and environmental hazards, wearing all required PPE and encouraging others to do the same.
• Supervises up to 20 full‑time and temporary employees, and ensures they are all properly trained.
• Coordinates manpower to ensure needs are met in the event of an employee absence (i.e. vacation). Interprets specifications and job orders to Material Handlers, and assigns duties.
• Promotes and supports a teamwork approach to achieving goals, ensuring open and effective communication.
• Leads a culture of safety across the warehouse, ensuring that steps are proactively taken to ensure compliance with Company Safety requirements and investigate accidents when needed.
• Ensures the development for Material Handlers through cross‑training and monitoring job performance.
• Embraces a continuous improvement approach through effective leadership, with high levels of integrity and performance for his/herself and others.
• Performs as a superior role model for all associates (i.e. attendance).
• Ensures implementation of 6S throughout area of responsibility.
• Works with dock personnel to resolve receiving, shipping, and storage concerns.
• Ensures inventory accuracy through real‑time receiving, auditing, and tracking all inbound non‑compliance.
• Maintains an organized and well documented warehouse area.
• Assists in maintaining the current Warehouse Management System; and Warehouse Management module in SAP.
• Monitors customer demand to ensure shipment accuracy.
• Communicates with Scheduling team to share relevant information pertaining to outbound shipments.
• Monitors and investigates inventory discrepancies to ensure shipment accuracy
• Performs regular and random audits of outbound customers shipment to ensure accuracy prior to delivery of goods to the customer.
• Interfaces with various customer websites/applications to ensure shipment preparedness and obtain relevant documentation when necessary.
• Collaborates with scheduling team to deal with any high priority shipments.
• Operates the forklift when needed to move product or assist with loading and unloading trucks.
• Works closely with Warehouse Supervisor to eliminate waste and increase overall efficiencies.
• Ensures compliance and safety of all activities within the organization standards and policies.
• Performs all other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

• Demonstrated experience leading and motivating teams in situations associated with high volumes of work and/or customer demands. This would include providing direction, coaching, and effective feedback to team members.
• Demonstrated understanding of inventory management strategies, as well as inventory transactions and the physical movement of inventory.
• Demonstrated knowledge of transportation management, inventory management, and Customer communication skills.
• Experience working in a warehouse environment safely operating facility material handling equipment (e.g. forklift, pallet jacks, automated storage & retrieval systems, carousel) and picking and packing equipment (e.g. scanner, scale, tape machine).
• Experience operating various stand‑up forklifts.
• Experience working with large ERP systems (SAP in WM module preferred).
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Products (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Demonstrates a strong customer focus along with a great work ethic and willingness to do what needs to be done (without taking shortcuts).
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment with…