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All work must be directed to ensure that safety, quality, and cost metrics meet management and business objectives.\n\nResponsibilities of the Position:\n\nSupervises forklift lead, operators and warehouse clerks in warehouse activities.\nSupervises and assists in daily tasks including: filling and shipping orders, ensuring accuracy of shipments and supporting documentation, receiving material and routing to appropriate area or personnel, and providing production support as needed.\nMeasuring and reporting the effectiveness of department activities, providing daily summaries and status reports\nEnforce company rules regarding safety, discipline, cooperation and teamwork.\nCoaching, training, mentoring and developing team members to meet current and future business requirements.\nResponsible for annual training of forklift operators after completing a train the trainer certification class\nFacilitating seamless handoffs between shifts and communicating key information to peers, team members and management.\nUnderstanding internal and external client systems reporting requirements to ensure timely compliance of transactions.\nScheduling direct reports in response to rapidly changing product mix and seasonal demand.\nAssuring that correct items are on hand and stored properly for daily production requirements.\nCoordinating Conferring with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments and serving internal customers.\nAttend all food safety training sessions (GMP, SQF, HACCP, Allergen, Food Facility Security, Preventing Foodborne Illness)\nParticipate in company GMP walks\nRegularly inspect warehouse and facility for compliance\nEnforce company rules regarding food safety and monitoring\nPerform other duties as assigned by Management.\nRequirements:\n\nKnowledge/Skills/Abilities:\n\nKnowledge of conventional management and warehouse fundamentals including working knowledge of a Warehouse Management System (WMS).\nERP software experience\nInventory Management experience including Cycle Counting management preferred.\nProficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Work, Excel)\nKnowledge of SAP is a plus.\nSQF / Food Safety Knowledge highly desired\nSit-down and/or Reach Forklift experience\nExcellent interpersonal and communication abilities.\nStrong organizational and time management skills\n\nEducation and Experience:\n\nAssociates degree or five years of warehouse experience with two or more years of experience in a leadership role.\n\nWorking Conditions:\n\nOffice setting and warehouse environment with temperature range of 55 – 80 degrees\nThis position may require the employee to be on-call at times to respond to emergencies.\nAbility to work weekends or shifts other than their own to meet the needs of the business.\n\nPhysical Requirements:\n\nOperate standard office equipment\nReach with hands and arms\nLift up to 25 pounds","company":"Creativewerks","rawCompany":"creativewerks","city":"Bartlett","state":"IL","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-31T10:31:03.478Z","occupations":[{"code":"53-1042.00","title":"First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand","slug":"first-line-supervisors-of-helpers-laborers-and-material-movers-hand"},{"code":"53-1043.00","title":"First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators","slug":"first-line-supervisors-of-material-moving-machine-and-vehicle-operators"},{"code":"11-3071.00","title":"Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers","slug":"transportation-storage-and-distribution-managers"}],"industries":[{"code":"493110","title":"General Warehousing and Storage","slug":"general-warehousing-and-storage"},{"code":"493190","title":"Other Warehousing and Storage","slug":"other-warehousing-and-storage"},{"code":"493120","title":"Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage","slug":"refrigerated-warehousing-and-storage"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Warehouse Supervisor - 1st Shift","description":"Description:\n\nJob Summary:\n\nThe Warehouse Supervisor is responsible for overseeing a wide variety of warehouse activities including shipping and receiving materials and/or finished goods, maintaining inventory accuracy, completing and filing required documents for record keeping, and equipment records. 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All work must be directed to ensure that safety, quality, and cost metrics meet management and business objectives.\n\nResponsibilities of the Position:\n\nSupervises forklift lead, operators and warehouse clerks in warehouse activities.\nSupervises and assists in daily tasks including: filling and shipping orders, ensuring accuracy of shipments and supporting documentation, receiving material and routing to appropriate area or personnel, and providing production support as needed.\nMeasuring and reporting the effectiveness of department activities, providing daily summaries and status reports\nEnforce company rules regarding safety, discipline, cooperation and teamwork.\nCoaching, training, mentoring and developing team members to meet current and future business requirements.\nResponsible for annual training of forklift operators after completing a train the trainer certification class\nFacilitating seamless handoffs between shifts and communicating key information to peers, team members and management.\nUnderstanding internal and external client systems reporting requirements to ensure timely compliance of transactions.\nScheduling direct reports in response to rapidly changing product mix and seasonal demand.\nAssuring that correct items are on hand and stored properly for daily production requirements.\nCoordinating Conferring with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments and serving internal customers.\nAttend all food safety training sessions (GMP, SQF, HACCP, Allergen, Food Facility Security, Preventing Foodborne Illness)\nParticipate in company GMP walks\nRegularly inspect warehouse and facility for compliance\nEnforce company rules regarding food safety and monitoring\nPerform other duties as assigned by Management.\nRequirements:\n\nKnowledge/Skills/Abilities:\n\nKnowledge of conventional management and warehouse fundamentals including working knowledge of a Warehouse Management System (WMS).\nERP software experience\nInventory Management experience including Cycle Counting management preferred.\nProficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Work, Excel)\nKnowledge of SAP is a plus.\nSQF / Food Safety Knowledge highly desired\nSit-down and/or Reach Forklift experience\nExcellent interpersonal and communication abilities.\nStrong organizational and time management skills\n\nEducation and Experience:\n\nAssociates degree or five years of warehouse experience with two or more years of experience in a leadership role.\n\nWorking Conditions:\n\nOffice setting and warehouse environment with temperature range of 55 – 80 degrees\nThis position may require the employee to be on-call at times to respond to emergencies.\nAbility to work weekends or shifts other than their own to meet the needs of the business.\n\nPhysical Requirements:\n\nOperate standard office equipment\nReach with hands and arms\nLift up to 25 pounds","datePosted":"2026-08-31T10:31:03.478Z","dateModified":"2026-08-31T10:31:03.478Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Creativewerks","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Bartlett","addressRegion":"IL","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"4e48d55b28e76c39bb90102f"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/4e48d55b28e76c39bb90102f"}}