Warehouse Supervisor - 1st Shift

1st Shift Warehouse Supervisor – Shipping (Verona Road Location)

Are you a strong leader with warehouse experience looking for an opportunity to make an impact? Join Certco Inc. as a 1st Shift Warehouse Supervisor at our Verona Road Distribution Center! This critical role is part of a team of five supervisors leading operations within our grocery distribution network, ensuring efficiency, accuracy, and teamwork in our shipping department.

What You Will Love:

Key Leadership Role: Lead warehouse operations during 1st shift within our shipping department, ensuring orders are processed and shipped accurately and efficiently.
Team Collaboration: Work closely with a team of five supervisors to maintain seamless coordination within grocery distribution.
Impactful Work: Ensure inventory accuracy, optimize workflow, and maintain high safety and performance standards while mentoring a dedicated team.
Stable & Growing Company: Be part of a trusted, family-oriented company that values hard work, innovation, and teamwork in a fast-paced environment.

What You’ll Do:

• Supervise and coordinate warehouse staff to maintain productivity and accuracy in daily shipping operations.
• Oversee order fulfillment and loading to ensure timely and efficient deliveries.
• Train, coach, and mentor team members to foster a culture of accountability and safety.
• Monitor workflow and staffing levels, identify challenges, and implement improvements for continuous success.
• Collaborate with other departments and shifts to ensure seamless warehouse operations and customer satisfaction.

Why Certco? Our Supervisor Role Offers:

• Competitive salary with excellent opportunities for growth!
• Voted one of Madison’s Top Workplaces in 2024 & 2025!
• Premium, low-cost insurance options including health, dental, vision, life, and short/long-term disability.
• Generous 401(k) match, profit sharing, and paid time off.
• Robust wellness program featuring gym reimbursement, smoking cessation support, on-site flu shots, fitness center, and weekly chiropractic care.
• Fun company culture with events like picnics, holiday parties, sports sponsorships, and more!
• A growing and thriving company that values its people and promotes from within.

2024, 2025 & 2026 Top Workplace

Certco has been recognized as a Top Workplace in Wisconsin by the Wisconsin State Journal for three straight years! This award reflects our commitment to fostering a positive and supportive work environment built on teamwork, integrity, and passion. As we continue to grow, we remain dedicated to investing in our people and maintaining our top workplace culture.

Schedule: Sunday - Thursday

Hours: 6:30am -3:30pm

Position Summary

As a Warehouse Supervisor, you will play a key role in managing and coordinating activities for our warehouse personnel, ensuring workflow optimization, productivity, and a commitment to safety. Your focus will be to oversee the accurate movement of inventory, uphold our rigorous safety protocols, and drive performance within your team. Your contribution will ensure we maintain a productive, organized, and safe warehouse that exceeds customer expectations.

Essential Job Functions

• Oversee and regulate all warehouse functions, fostering a highly productive environment

• Mentor and develop team members through hands-on training and coaching

• Provide instruction and evaluations for equipment operators

• Uphold safety standards and ensure a secure working environment for all employees

• Navigate employee relations, including initiating appropriate disciplinary actions when necessary

• Respond promptly and professionally to customer inquiries, striving for 100% customer satisfaction

• Maintain a clean, organized, and efficient warehouse environment

• Communicate critical production details to the Director of Warehousing and fellow shift leaders to ensure seamless operations

• Execute additional tasks and duties as assigned by the Director of Warehousing

• Is regular in attendance and complies with the Company Attendance Policy

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of warehouse shipping and receiving functions

• Knowledge of and skill in using computer software, including Microsoft Office suite

• Skill in operating various office equipment, such as personal computer, calculator, fax and copy machine

• Ability to pay close attention to detail and coordinate various activities simultaneously

• Ability to communicate with customers, co-workers, and business contacts in a courteous and professional manner

• Ability to work with minimal supervision

• Ability to maintain confidentiality

Education and Experience

• High school graduate or equivalent and excellent math skills

• 3 Years of related experience

• Experience working with powered industrial equipment

• Warehouse Management System (WMS) experience preferred

• D.O.T. and Logistics experience preferred

• Experience in identifying operational issues, recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems

• Experience building and maintaining relationships within a team

Certco is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.