Team Leader, Warehouse Logistics - 1st Shift

THE ROLE: 
The Team Leader, Warehouse Logistics guides a team of warehouse and Logistics operators in the detailed coordination of complex operations involving many people, facilities, materials and supplies in a high paced manufacturing environment.  The position can lead and perform receiving, material transfers, inventory audits and control, and the issuance and return of materials to manufacturing and packaging.  The Team Leader, Warehouse Logistics will work closely between facilities & departments, including Planning, Production, Purchasing and Maintenance as well as Herbalife: Transportation, Deployment, Distribution Centers, and outside vendors.  

HOW YOU WOULD CONTRIBUTE:  

•    Planning, scheduling, and leading of warehouse & logistics team performing receiving, shipping, transfer operations, and the supply & return of materials to and from production and manufacturing, control of inventory and associated daily reports.
•    Oversee the transfer and replenishment of materials between facilities and distribution centers, in accordance with production campaign schedules, to ensure manufacturing efficiencies are maintained. 
•    Foster teamwork, between buildings on your shift, as well as between shifts & cross functionally.
•    Oversee and ensure all warehouse equipment is in safe operating condition and receives regular maintenance by conducting daily equipment inspections and reporting any equipment issues immediately to maintenance.
•    Operate standup reach and sit-down forklifts, pallet jacks, and other warehouse equipment in a safe and appropriate manner more than 25% of the time.
•    Support management’s efforts towards continuous improvement in processes, safety, and great place to work culture.
•    Additional duties as assigned.

WHAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT THE TEAM:

The warehouse department is responsible for all material receipts for the manufacture and packaging of protein powder meals, liquid aloe product, the transfer of all raw materials and packaging components between buildings, the transfer of finished product to Herbalife distribution centers via third party carriers and the final sale of the finished goods to Herbalife distribution centers.  The warehouse department interfaces with all other departments including Planning, Purchasing, Quality control, Production, Quality assurance, transportation and distribution in a high performing facility that functions as one team producing remarkable results within a modest footprint.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:  
•    The Team Leader, Warehouse Logistics is responsible for leading a team of up to 7 individuals in the Warehouse Department.
 

SKILLS AND BACKGROUND REQUIRED TO BE SUCCESSFUL: 
•    Working knowledge of inventory control & materials warehouse processes
•    Excellent leadership and team building skills in multi-facility production manufacturing, packaging, and warehouse setting.
•    Receiving, Shipping and inventory control of raw materials, components and finished goods in a FDA, GMP environment.
•    Ability to analyze data and develop reports.
•    Develop logical processes & techniques.
•    Must be able to communicate effectively, have a sense of urgency.
•    Excellent organizational skills and detail oriented.
•    Ability to resolve problems.

Experience: 
•    4 years of experience in warehouse operations and operating standup reach and sit-down forklifts
•    1 year of leadership experience
•    MS Office (Access, Excel, Word, Power point, Outlook) intermediate level 
•    RF scanner use in inquiries and product transfers.
•    Must have clean driving record.

Education: 
•    High School diploma, GED, or equivalent

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
•    Two (1) years of experience in an FDA, cGMP regulated manufacturing environment.
•    Oracle software experience preferred.
•    Prior OSHA Forklift certification 

Herbalife offers a variety of benefits to eligible employees in the U.S. (limited to the 50 States and the District of Columbia), which includes Group Health Programs, other Voluntary Benefit Programs, and Paid Time Off. Group Health Programs include Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Basic Life/AD&D; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP). Other Voluntary Benefit Programs include a 401(k) plan, Wellness Incentive Program, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), Supplemental Life/Critical Illness/Hospitalization/Accident Insurance, and Pet Insurance. Paid time off includes Company-observed U.S. Holidays, Floating Holidays, Vacation, Sick Time, a Volunteer Program, Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave, Bereavement Leave, Personal Leave and time off for voting.