Job Details
**Warehouse Team Lead**
**Chicago, IL**
This position requires excellent leadership skills along with the ability to monitor workflow in a fast-paced warehouse operation to oversee coaching and leading fellow associates in a productive and professional manner.
**QUALITIES:**
* Ethical with sound judgment
* Possess a passion to help team members
* Detail-oriented
* Reliable, follows through
* Balances teams needs with goals of organization
* Outstanding written, verbal, presentation and organization communication skills
**ESSENTIAL DUTIES and FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:**
The following reflects managements definition of essential functions for this job but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
* Perform tasks safely
* Ensure area housekeeping requirements are met
* Abide by all OSHA rules and Vantec Hitachi Transport System (USA), Inc.s safety practices
* Meet established procedures and productivity, safety and quality standards
* Attendance at designated work facility
* Communicate both orally and in writing in a clear and concise manner
* Maintain the security and safety of the warehouse and distribution
* Develop and maintain WMS
* Assist the Warehouse Manager in the successful and timely flow of production
* Ability to work independently and in support of the team
* Ability to review work area and determine requirements.
* Safely operate forklifts and other types of materials handling equipment
* Perform & document forklift safety inspections
* Safely load / unload trucks, trailers and ocean containers
* Accurately weigh, measure and document all shipments.
* Ability to re-package, re-palletize and uncrate freight as directed
* Maintain safe and orderly freight and product storage
* Maintain a safe, secure, clean and orderly warehouse
* Ability to accurately pick orders
* Ability to accurately maintain inventory control and cycle counting
* Perform product inspection and re-packaging per customer specifications
* Process small parcel shipments (UPS / FedEx)
* Ability to supervise offsite loading, unloading and installation activities
* Arrange transport of local and regional shipments
* Ability to use radio to coordinate trailer movements with switcher to designated docks
* Create and retrieve bill of ladings, shippers and master labels from the trailer and verify parts match
* Ability to identify, document, and report damage to parts and trailers to supervision
* Ability to work in fast paced warehouse environment around moving powered industrial equipment
* Manage multiple customers across the globe coordinating shipments between multiple carriers and modes of transportation
* Perform other duties as assigned by manager
**COMPETENCIES:**
* Strategic Thinking
* Problem Solving/Analysis
* Project Management
* Communication Proficiency
* Personal Effectiveness/Credibility
* Multi-tasking
**EDUCATIONAL and EXPERIENCE**
**REQUIREMENTS and PREFERENCES:**
* High school diploma / GED; prefer post-secondary education
* Available to work flexible hours, including weekends, depending on business needs
* Effective, clear, and concise communication skills, both orally and in writing
* Detail oriented with ability to solve problems independently as well as in a team environment
* Demonstrated experience interacting, developing and maintaining customer relationships
* Proven success in and improving quality, service, safety and client relationships in a fast-paced high-pressure setting
* Intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Office products
* Ability to safely operate a Powered Industrial Truck and receive certification
* Ability to understand any and all safety requirements and regulations (OSHA)
* Ability to pass all TSA background requirements
* Ability to understand and comply with EMCP (Export Management & compliance Program)
**ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY QUALIFICATIONS:**
* Ability to read, analyze and interpret documents
* Ability to respond effectively to inquiries or complaints
**WORK AUTHORIZATION/SECURITY CLEARANCE (if applicable):**
* Must be legally authorized to work in the United States
**OTHER DUTIES:**
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
**PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:**
The physical demands described here 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.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk or sit for prolonged periods of time; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, bend crouch or crawl frequently; talk or hear consistently; taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move objects up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
**WORK ENVIRONMENT:**
Work time is spent in a warehouse environment around moving powered industrial equipment, where temperatures are hot or cold (seasonally), and frequently may be subjected to loud noises.
Vantec Hitachi Transport System (USA), Inc. is an equal opportunity organization. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law. PAY TRANSPARENCY NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISION The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information.
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