Warehouse Lead - Full-time / Part-time

Warehouse Lead

This position will work the 2nd shift.

Summary:

With minimal supervision, supports Operations Manager/GOM with leading, guiding and directing a group of associates while ensuring that daily departmental goals are met through the Williams-Sonoma objectives in Safety, Service, Quality and Cost in the East Coast Distribution Center.

Essential Functions:

• Establish and promote hard work ethics through teamwork and collaboration with associates.
• Utilize Williams Sonoma's Mission, Vision, and Values to govern daily activities, including guidance to other associates and departments.
• Solicit opinions of team members on departmental operations in an effort to maximize productivity and quality objectives.
• Share business information with teammates through floor presence, suggest improvements to current techniques.
• Promote safety awareness and cultivate the safety culture throughout the company. Maintain a clean and safe work environment by communicating safety topics and conducting safety audits.
• Works cooperatively and harmoniously with supervisor, co-workers, and others.
• Train and direct a team of associates to achieve departmental and division production goals in order to provide customers with the ultimate delivery experience.
• Control the workflow on the floor to include prioritizing team goals to ensure that deadlines are met.
• Track productivity, research and resolve issues, provide feedback on productivity and quality related performance to teammates, peers and manager by using departmental resources.
• Coordinate team assignments by balancing resources as the volume requires.
• Willingness to be part of a team - performing other duties as necessary.
• Ability to multitask and be extremely detailed while performing all tasks and reports.
• Other projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• College or certificate in logistics, distribution or manufacturing
• 2 years of supervisory experience in distribution or manufacturing environment
• 1 year experience working knowledge of MS Access
• 1 year previous forklift driving experience
• Bilingual
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent and 1 year of experience in distribution, manufacturing or retail environment. In lieu of distribution, manufacturing or retail environment experience, 5 years of progressive work experience 
• 1 year of experience working with a warehouse management system
• 1 year of experience working with MS Word, Excel and Outlook
• Ability to lift up to 75 pounds
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent attendance