Lead Warehouse Operator - Waco

Location: Waco, TX Department: Warehouse Reports To: Warehouse Supervisor FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

The Warehouse Lead is a front-line supervisory role responsible for ensuring safe, accurate, and efficient warehouse operations in support of production and customer shipments. This role leads day-to-day pick/pack/ship and receiving activities, enforces safety and quality standards, oversees inventory accuracy in SAP/LFS, and serves as the primary coach and escalation point for warehouse operators.

• Lead and coordinate daily warehouse workflows including picking, checking, packing, staging, loading, and unloading to meet production and shipping schedules.
• Fulfil customer orders by accurately selecting products per pick tickets; for LTL shipments arrange orders on pallets, record bag/lot numbers, and apply required labels.
• Stage and prepare shipments; verify compliance with pick ticket specifications and shipping standards before dispatch.

• Accurately identify, label, and store raw materials, supplies, and finished goods according to procedures.
• Ensure timely and accurate documentation of inventory transactions in SAP/LFS and other warehouse systems.
• Perform cycle counts, support periodic physical inventories, and reconcile discrepancies; report inventory variances to supervisors.

• Support plant operations for raw material receipts, staging, and storage to ensure timely availability of materials for production.
• Safely operate material handling equipment (forklifts, electric walkies, pallet jacks) and oversee equipment use by staff.
• Load/unload trucks and containers carefully; coordinate with carriers and receiving to minimize delays and damage.

• Inspect stored inventory; immediately report discrepancies, damages, or nonconformities to Warehouse Supervisor.
• Maintain clean, organized work areas consistent with 5S, company safety policies and safe material handling practices.

• Onboard, train, and develop warehouse staff through hands‑on coaching and documentation of training progress.
• Act as the primary shift coach and go-to resource for warehouse operators—provide real-time feedback, mentoring, and direction to resolve operational issues.
• Monitor team performance, balance workloads, and support supervisors with performance appraisals, corrective actions, and succession planning.
• Identify process inefficiencies, safety risks, and opportunities to reduce costs, improve quality, and increase throughput.
• Implement and sustain process improvements and standard work; support Lean/CI initiatives as assigned.

• Maintain accurate shipping and receiving documentation, complete required logs and reports, and communicate status to supervisors and stakeholders.
• Support scheduling, shift handovers, and coordination with production, quality, and logistics teams.
• Perform other duties as assigned and adapt responsibilities to changing business needs.

Preferred:

• High school degree, GED, or equivalent

Required:

• Ability to learn and use SAP software for shipping and inventory documentation and processes.
• PC proficiency in Windows, Word, Excel, Outlook, Lotus Notes, and PowerPoint.