Description
Warehouse supervisor
Company: Hitachi Industrial Equipment & Solutions America, LLC
Division: Industrial Components & Equipment Division
Location: Elk Grove Village, IL
Status: Permanent
Summary
Responsible for overseeing the general operations of warehouse and its staff. Handle the recording and maintaining of inventory transactions. Train new workers and monitor performance and productivity. Act as lead on warehouse floor on as needed basis.
Responsibilities
- Ensure warehouse is a safe working environment and complies with OSHA standards.
- Overseeing the integrity of the receiving, inventorying, shipping of goods.
- Assuring quality of goods in storage.
- Orchestrating the flow of inventory in, out and within the warehouse including logistics scheduling optimization.
- Measuring and reporting the effectiveness of warehousing activities.
- Organizing and maintaining inventory storage area
- Ensure shipments’ and inventory transactions’ accuracy.
- Support warehouse staff with on floor activities on an as needed basis
- Communicate job expectations and coach employees.
- Interface with all levels or HIESA organization to answer questions or solve problems related to warehousing and shipping.
- Identify areas of process improvement and support warehouse manager in improving procedures and practices.
Skills
- Proven work experience as a Warehouse Supervisor
- Highly effective supervisory skills and techniques
- Proficient with Microsoft Office applications
- Ability to input, retrieve and analyze data
- Able to lift at least 50lbs.
- Able to operate all warehouse handling equipment.
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Knowledge of warehouse management software packages.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience in shipping HAZMAT preferred.
- Licensed forklift and order picker operator
