VAS Lead 2

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Joliet, IL, USA
In-Office
Junior
Logistics • Transportation
The Role
Supervise, train, and lead warehouse/co-pack staff to maintain and exceed production goals. Oversee start-to-finish project production flow, identify waste using lean principles, report daily outputs, and fill supervisor duties as needed.
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Job Summary & Responsibilities
Job Purpose: This position is responsible for the oversight and production flow of multiple projects. Ability to quickly identify waste with keeping a lean mentality while also hitting production goals is required.
 
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Supervising/leading/training of warehouse employees. Maintain and surpass production goals. Monitor beginning to end production of project. Responsible for successful flow of production. Communicating end of day production to Supervisor Ability to fill in Supervisor role as needed.
 
Qualifications: Minimum 6 months - 1 year related experience and/or training in co-pack or warehouse environment.
Experience using WMS software (Synapse preferred).
PC literate with experience with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and Access Database is preferred.
 
Education and/or Experience Required: GED or H.S. DiplomaCollege experience or degree is a plus.Language Skills Sets: English -- Written / Oral is required.Spanish -- Written / Oral is a plus, but not required.
 
Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Ability to determine "root cause" of problem and determine corrective action.
 
Physical Demands: Must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Must be able to stand; walk; stoop; kneel; crouch; or crawl.
Must be able to activate phone systems utilizing keyboards and buttons.
Must be articulate and comfortable speaking in front of others
.Regularly works in an indoor/office environment and required to sit and/or use repetitive hand motion.Frequently required to talk, hear, stand and walk.
Must be able to work in excess of continuous 8 hours when required.
Must be able to work under stressful situations, have good cognitive skills, maintain work accuracy, and the ability to concentrate on more than one task at a time.
Must have the ability to read and discern visual images on a variety of media with 20/20 corrected vision.
Must be able to speak and communicate clearly over telephones.
Must be in sound physical health as determined by a certified licensed physician with no evidence of the use of controlled substances.
 
Work Environment:  While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment will range from quiet to moderately loud.
 
Employer Rights: This job description is intended to provide general information about the Co-Pack Leadposition. The above does not constitute an exhaustive list of the job duties to be performed by an associate holding the position of Co-Pack Lead, nor are the lists of the physical requirements and environmental conditions exhaustive. You may be asked by your supervisor or managers to perform other duties. Your performance will be evaluated in part based upon your performance of the job duties listed in this job description, as well as any job duties not specifically listed above that you may be asked from time to time to perform.
 
As with all positions, the duties and responsibilities are subject to change at any time as needs arise and at the discretion of the RJW Transport, Inc. The Company has the right to revise this job description at any time.
 
Employment-At-Will: It is the Company's policy that all associates, other than those covered by a written individual employment or labor agreement with the Company that has been authorized in writing by the Company's Chief Executive Officer or Board of Directors, are not employed for any fixed term and are employed at the will of the Company for an indefinite period. Just as our associate's, reserve the right to resign their employment at any time for any reason the Company reserves its right to terminate an associate any time for any reason either with or without cause.
 
Neither this Job Description nor any of its individual terms constitutes commitments between the Company and its associates as to the terms, conditions or duration of employment, nor does it modify the prevailing Employment-At-Will relationship.
Compensation & BenefitsWe offer a competitive benefits package that includes health, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability, paid holidays, time off, retirement savings plan participation, and additional employee programs.

Skills Required

  • Minimum 6 months - 1 year related experience in co-pack or warehouse environment
  • Supervising, leading, and training warehouse employees
  • Experience using WMS software (Synapse preferred)
  • Ability to maintain and surpass production goals and monitor production flow
  • GED or High School Diploma (college a plus)
  • English written and oral communication skills
  • Spanish written and oral communication skills
  • PC literacy; experience with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Access
  • Ability to occasionally lift/move up to 50 pounds and perform physical warehouse tasks
  • Comfortable speaking in front of others and reporting production
  • Able to work in excess of continuous 8 hours when required
  • Ability to interpret instructions, solve practical problems, determine root cause and corrective action
  • Be in sound physical health with no evidence of controlled substance use
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The Company
HQ: Woodridge, IL
256 Employees
Year Founded: 1998

What We Do

RJW Logistics Group is a leading retail logistics and consolidation provider that out-performs the market by bringing your product to the retail shelf on-time, in-full, and at a lower overall cost. We serve over 100 national retailers, delivering our customers’ products 98%+ OTIF on average, and offering compliance solutions that ensure you don’t experience fines and fees. Our full suite of in-house customer solutions and proprietary technologies streamline the supply chain process and simplify your retail efforts, including value-added services, asset-based transportation and warehousing, 99%+ inventory accuracy, automated dispute resolution, online traceability, trade show services, and more.

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