Assistant Warehouse Lead

JPosition Summary The Assistant Warehouse Lead supports the Warehouse Project Manager in coordinating daily warehouse operations, material handling, customer order fulfillment, inventory transfers, production support, and warehouse management system (WMS) activities. This position leads by example, helps direct warehouse team members, and ensures raw materials and finished goods are safely and accurately received, moved, stored, picked, staged, and documented. The Assistant Warehouse Lead is expected to operate a forklift and use a WMS and scanner as needed while helping maintain an organized, productive, accurate, and safe warehouse environment. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Support the Warehouse Project Manager with daily warehouse priorities, work assignments, workflow coordination, and WMS activities. Help assign, monitor, and follow up on tasks related to customer orders, inventory transfers, receiving, shipping, production support, and inventory control. Use the WMS and handheld scanners to receive, put away, locate, pick, transfer, stage, and issue materials and finished goods. Accurately scan barcodes, verify item numbers and quantities, confirm storage locations, and complete required system transactions. Safely operate forklifts and other authorized material-handling equipment to load, unload, store, retrieve, and stage materials. Ensure raw materials and finished goods are properly placed in racking and accurately pulled for customer orders, transfers, and production needs. Support the small production area by coordinating timely delivery of raw materials and movement of finished goods. Assist with training and guiding warehouse team members on safe work practices, material-handling procedures, WMS and scanner use, and daily responsibilities. Verify that materials are accurately identified, counted, labeled, scanned, and stored in the correct locations. Help maintain orderly warehouse racking, aisles, staging areas, workspaces, and system location accuracy. Conduct and ensure completion of pre-use forklift inspections; promptly report damaged equipment, safety concerns, scanner or WMS issues, inventory discrepancies, or location errors. Assist with inventory counts, cycle counts, receiving, shipping, loading, unloading, and related documentation and system transactions as needed. Investigate and communicate inventory variances, short picks, damaged materials, and other discrepancies to the Warehouse Project Manager. Communicate work status, delays, safety concerns, equipment issues, WMS or scanner problems, and operational issues to the Warehouse Project Manager. Follow and reinforce all company safety policies, procedures, and personal protective equipment requirements. Perform other warehouse duties as assigned. Qualifications Current forklift certification is required. Previous warehouse, material-handling, forklift operating, and inventory control experience required. Experience using a warehouse management system, handheld scanner, or similar inventory technology preferred. Prior experience leading, training, or coordinating warehouse employees preferred. Ability to prioritize work, delegate tasks, and support a team in a fast-paced environment. Working knowledge of warehouse inventory processes, barcode scanning, shipping and receiving practices, and safe material-handling procedures. Strong attention to detail, communication skills, dependability, and problem-solving ability. Ability to accurately enter, retrieve, and verify information using a WMS, scanner, and other warehouse technology. Physical Requirements Ability to stand, walk, bend, reach, and operate a forklift for extended periods. Ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials weighing up to 50 pounds , with or without reasonable accommodation. Ability to safely use handheld scanners and other warehouse technology while performing material-handling tasks. Ability to work in a warehouse environment with varying temperatures, noise levels, …

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