Shipping & Kitting Supervisor
The Shipping and Kitting Supervisor provides leadership to important aspects of our fulfillment operations including on-time shipping, management of CDL drivers, planning, forecasting, and staffing. Responsibilities also include maintaining productivity, quality and on-time service levels as established by senior management. The Shipping and Kitting Supervisor will work closely with the Warehouse Manager to create and maintain a culture of best-in-class (BIC) operations.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Oversee shipping operations including on-time fulfillment, picking, packing, kitting, documentation, and loading
- Ensure the Kitting department meets and/or exceeds kitting goals in a timely manner
- Understand, work within, communicate, evaluate, and achieve department’s KPIs
- Demonstrate an absolute commitment to safety and model safe behavior
- Supervise and lead shipping and kitting employees, including scheduling, timecard approval, and labor management practices
- Provide thoughtful feedback and innovative ideas in support of daily operations
- Report defective material or questionable condition to Warehouse Manager
- Train, coach, and assess team members, performing corrective actions as necessary
- Lead the team to participate in decision making, problem solving, and continuous improvement process
- Work with minimum supervision and predict, identify, and resolve problems
- Transfer and assign work within work areas and relieve and replace team members as required
- Communicate effectively to teams across shifts, positively motivating team members and leading by example
- Perform other duties as assigned
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree preferred, but not required
- 5+ years’ experience in a warehouse distribution field with 3+ years previous leadership experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Proven ability to lead a diverse team to achieve goals
- Ability to work overtime hours as needed
Physical Requirements:
- Duties of this job requires daily lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling of objects weighing up to 50 lbs.
- This role requires continuous standing for up to 12hrs
- The warehouse conditions reflect those outside the warehouse and is subject to hot and cold climates