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Warehouse Supervisor
Overview
Dexter, a premier manufacturer and distributor of axles, suspension, brakes, doors, venting products, trailer parts and accessories, and towing components serving the commercial trailer, RV, heavy-duty, marine, agriculture, and manufactured housing markets, has an opportunity for a 1st Shift Warehouse and Shipping Supervisor at our distribution facility located in Spirngfield, MO.
Dexter, headquartered in Elkhart, Indiana, employs over 3,800 people in the U.S. and Canada, operates 20 manufacturing facilities, and distributes trailer parts and accessories through over 30 company-owned distribution locations. Dexter has achieved its many years of success through a commitment to the principles of superior quality, continuous improvement, and unparalleled customer service. Dexter is a wholly owned subsidiary of DexKo Global, Inc.
Founded in 1960 by Leonard Dexter, Dexter is recognized as a progressive industry leader providing quality products manufactured in the U.S. and Canada, employing state-of-the-art robotics, precision welding equipment, and automated machining processes. Through company-owned distribution, Dexter excels in providing customers with the best in value by delivering the trailer parts you need when you need them. With over 30 warehouses nationwide and thousands of trailer parts in stock, we help our customers get the job done quickly and correctly.
For more information about our company, access Dexter's web site at www.dexteraxle.com.
Dexter offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits. Dexter’s benefits package includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life, STD, LTD, FSA, HSA, and 401(k) Plan with company contributions.
Position Summary
The 1st Shift Warehouse & Shipping Supervisor involves overseeing various warehouse operations during the first shift, including order filling, packaging, loading, unloading, and equipment maintenance. As a supervisor, you’ll provide work directions, resolve problems, prepare schedules, and set deadlines to ensure timely completion of tasks. Additionally, you’ll coordinate activities with other Central Warehouse departments, ensuring accurate handling of inbound and outbound shipments to deliver damage-free products to branch facilities, subsidiaries, and vendors.
Warehouse Responsibilities:
1. Ensures an accurate and timely 1st shift order filling, packaging, loading, uloading, and all other 1st shift shipping processes
2. Investigate 1st shift order filling and shipping errors and prepare weekly summary reports and implement procedures to eliminate the errors
3. Ensure the procedures for the proper pulling, packaging, loading, and unloading of orders are followed
4. Supervise the unloading of all product from inbound trucks, ensuring that product is moved to the correct staging areas and positioned so that the product can be received in an accurate and timely manner during the 1st Shift's operating schedule.
5. Supervise the loading of all product on outbound trucks, ensuring that the product loaded is packaged appropriately, so that it can be transported safely and kept damage-free while in route to our outlying branch facilities, subsidiaries, and vendors during 1st shift operationg hours.
6. Review all scheduled outbound loads shipping to our Branch locations to ensure optimum utilization of cube space and licensed weight of road tractors and trailers. Investigate and act to resolve any found deficiencies regarding the full utilization of each outbound load.
7. Review productivity reports for direct reports. Ensure that all direct reports are maintaining pre-determined production/ accuracy standards.
8. Provide input regarding effective and efficient methods of managing the shift warehouse functions, as well as other warehouse functions.
9. Oversees the care and maintenance of equipment to ensure safe and efficient operation. Includes keeping maintenance logs and records for all equipment.
10. Report the maintenance needs of the Central Warehouse building and grounds to the Central Distribution Manager, following up to make sure these needs are resolved.
11. Maintain security of the facility and report any problem to the Central Distribution Manager
12. Follow personal safe work practices on equipment, use all personal protective equipment prescribed, and report all safety issues or injuries to management promptly no matter how minor.
Supervisor Responsibilities:
1. Establish priorities and procedures to regulate the processes, tasks, and activities of the Central Warehouse, use staff effectively to perform tasks or handle responsibilities based on their skills
2. Foster a work environment characterized by mutual respect, and effectively handle any disagreements or conflicts that may arise
3. Provide direction, define priorities, and set clear expectations for the Central Warehouse 1st shift staff
4. Use coaching skills efficiently to improve staff performance; conduct effective and timely performance reviews
5. Supervise the Central Warehouse staff, training them for tasks necessary to perform their jobs satisfactorily, scheduling their workload so that all customers are serviced in a timely fashion; provide recommendations for wage reviews, hiring decisions and disciplinary actions
6. Assume responsibility for the completion of all duties for vacant Central Warehouse positions in your area of responsibility
7. Ability to cover other areas and departments as needed to cover for other Supervisors
Requirements
- Associates Degree
- 4 years of relavent experience
- Equivalent combination of eductaion and experience will be considered
- Inventory Management
- Effective Decision Making
- Computers - computer applications and basic equipment
- Customer Service
- Effective Communication (verbal, written, and active listening)
- Management of Personnel - coaching, developing others, collaboration & teamwork, influencing, driving & managing change
- Time Management - planning & organizing
- Adabptability & Agility
- Ability to work weekends, to travel, and to work overtime as needed
- Capable of lifiting objects, of variable size, up to 50 pounds
Culture
Dexter is a world leader in developing and producing safe, reliable trailer components for the markets we serve—all thanks to our exceptional team of employees.
Our culture