Logistics Team Leader 2

Supervises material handlers within assigned work teams. Assigns and schedules work, reviews performance and recommends employee compensation, coaches for improved performance and disciplines as necessary. Establishes a team training model and a developmental plan for each employee. Ensures that all employees are trained to perform effectively and efficiently. Reassigns personnel as necessary to optimize production. Meets and communicates regularly with employees regarding site safety standards, ISO standards, customer awareness training, etc. Develops, improves and enforces compliance with documented procedures for material handling practices. Ensures accurate counts, packaging, handling, stock rotation, shelf-life, part identification, etc. Supervises the process for receiving, checking and stocking raw materials; sorting and delivering raw materials to production; and, packaging finished products and shipping to customers. Evaluates departmental metrics to measure performance. Identifies and drives process improvements. Manages departmental budget. Interacts with peers and other departments to communicate information, resolve issues and continually improve processes.

Provides leadership and support to order fulfillment employees. Makes decisions involving workload allocation and hiring practices. Provides guidance on account issues, workload issues, processes and personnel issues. Facilitate team meetings. Provides input on direction on department activities and staffing/ personnel. Provides training and mentoring to new and existing employees. Facilitate the development of new processes and best practices models for outbound order fulfillment.

Knowledge of warehouse management operations and inventory control methods in a manufacturing environment.
Knowledge of manufacturing resource planning.
Knowledge of cost accounting practices.
Good leadership and coaching skills.
Ability to manage multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy and working under tight time deadlines.
Ability to evaluate, prioritize and problem solve a variety of tasks to ensure their timely and accurate completion.
Ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of internal and external customers.