Warehouse Lead - Reading, PA - CDS Logistics & Home Services

Title: Warehouse Lead

Department: Warehouse

Position Status: Full Time

Exempt Status: Hourly Non-Exempt

About CDS Logist...

Key Leadership Success Factors:

Strong communication both up and down.

Ability to communicate expectations and hold employees accountable equitably.

Ability to communicate with employees and stakeholders in person and via email professionally and clearly. (Strong written and verbal communication)

Able to communicate and boost the company message leading with our guiding principles in mind (Cultural leader and personal example)

Able to manage employees through the change cycle and establish consistently executed best practices. (Leadership soft skills)

Able to manage and delegate full lifecycle of complex departmental projects to completion and report out on results.

Strong ability to manage and impact metrics and KPI’s.

Reliable, consistent leader. 

Required Education and Experience

High School Diploma or GED

1-2 years of warehousing experience.

Highly proficient with RF Scanners

High attention to detail

Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

Strong interpersonal skills

Strong communication and level of professionalism when speaking with co-workers.

We are looking for an individual who works two steps ahead, identifying and eliminating roadblocks long before they appear on the horizon.

Experienced on the double electric pallet jack

Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment

Experience in a leadership role

Literacy – English language

Ability to pass certification courses for essential warehouse equipment for the job.

Preferred Qualifications

2-3 Years of warehousing/order pulling experience.

1+ years of team lead/leadership experience.

Experience receiving and palletizing bulk products.

Experience working for a last mile delivery company.

Experience on a double reach truck.

Experience on a Forklift

Experience on an Electric Pallet Jack

Supervisory Responsibility

This position will be responsible for the management of Break Bulk employees. This position will manage the daily production, training, and personnel management, including but not limited to, coaching, development, and disciplinary actions.

Competencies

Warehouse Operations

Communication

Leadership

Interpersonal Relationship Management

Critical Problem Solving

High Attention to Detail

Sense of Urgency

Physical Demands

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear, stand, walk for 8+ hours per day, use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift, push, pull and/or move up to 50 pounds consistently and lift and/or move up to 100 pounds frequently. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Travel

Little to no travel is expected for this position.

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.

Work Environment

This job operates in a warehouse environment. This role routinely uses power industrial equipment such as forklifts, double electric pallet jacks, clamp trucks, and double reach trucks.