We are seeking an energetic individual with strong communication, leadership and distribution skills to fill a Team Leader role on Domestic Distribution Team.

 Monday-Thursday: 12PM-8:30PM       Friday 9:00AM-5:30PM

Responsibilities include:

• Support the establishment and maintenance of performance metrics.
• Provide immediate supervision to assigned staff; including personnel recruitment, regular performance evaluation and monitoring for development purposes, as well as ensuring appropriate resources are available and the effective use thereof. Provide strong leadership direction working within a very diverse workforce.
• Take ownership of safety initiatives including incident investigations and reporting within the required timeframe. Participate in safety walkthroughs and continuous improvement activities.
• Oversee the shipment of material and/or finished goods in a timely manner according to customer requirements.
• Provide role-model leadership in driving change to achieve continuous improvement through Lean best practices in Warehousing, Material Flow and Logistics.
• Support inventory management processes (cycle-counting, MDR processing, warehouse slotting optimization, pick-path optimization, etc.)
• Support inventory accuracy activities to achieve annual targets for the Grand Island Site.
• Balance labor resources across distribution operations as necessary to assure the overall success of the Department.
• Serve as a point of escalation for Customer, Supplier and/or Manufacturing supply issues.
• Contribute to labor resource forecasting under the direction of the Distribution Sr. Manager.
• Support and contribute to continuous improvement activities for service level performance
• Engage with various carriers on both the inbound and outbound side of the operation.
• Review and update Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) ensuring consistent and reliable processes and procedures comply with all regulations and current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP).
• Maintain work areas within the spirit and guidelines of 5S in accordance with Lean manufacturing and company guidelines.

Education:

• Associate's Degree in Operations Management or related field or equivalent professional leadership experience in an operations environment.

Experience:

• 2-3 years of experience within a distribution/operations environment
• Minimum of one year of leadership experience in a team lead or team leader position

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability to motivate teams and establish goals, metrics, data and plans to achieve organizational objectives.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with key internal and external customers / suppliers; including success functioning as a change agent / team leader and team member in a multi-skilled, dynamic and matrix business environment.
• Knowledge of lean material concepts and application in warehousing and logistics.
• Knowledge E1 transactions.
• MS-Office Capabilities (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).

Working conditions:

Works in a warehouse environment and may operate under various temperatures including room temperature (59-86 degrees F), cold-room (36-46 degrees F), and/or Freezer-room (minus 4-23 degrees F). May on a continuous basis walk, bend and lift up to 40 lbs. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high. May intermittently sit at a desk for a long period of time to answer the telephone and write or use a keyboard to communicate through written means. Must be flexible to work varying schedules and hours as needed. Occasional local travel may be required. The physical demands described above are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.