Description

Are you looking to work for an established company in that offers a culture where each employee has a voice and is empowered to do their best work? Does it sound amazing to work with a fast-paced world-class team that supports a service-based organization? If you answered “yes” to these questions, then we invite you to apply to join our team as one of our Warehouse Operations Supervisors! We succeed thanks to a diverse mix of talented people who want to come, to stay, and do their best work. If you love learning, being part of a team, and making a true impact, you are going to love working here!

URM Stores, Inc. is looking for a talented Warehouse Operations Supervisor to join our Warehouse Operations team based in Spokane, WA. The ideal candidate has extensive experience coordinating the functions of an operations facility, including receiving, order scheduling, inventory control, order selection, storage, loading and will-call.

Your Week to Week as one of our Warehouse Operations Supervisors:

• Manage timely data collection to update operations metrics to achieve productivity targets, reduce cost per unit, eliminate errors, and deliver excellent customer service.
• Forecast staffing, workload, and performance results to meet business demands for workload and performance results for area of responsibility
• Prepare, review, and/or analyze reports, and use information to identify operational improvements (e.g., production, quality, safety).
• Assist with maintaining and training a staff that can carry out the immediate and future needs of the company by communicating clear expectations that drive performance and personal accountability.
• Lead a high-performance culture in which team members are motivated, highly engaged and empowered with trust to achieve a safe work environment with best-in-class quality, cost control and efficiency.
• Oversee and monitor inbound and outbound activities in the warehouse (grocery, frozen, chilled and Repack/GM/HBC).
• Advise managers of operational condition, especially any situation that may create a current or future problem.
• Assure teams remain compliant with sanitation/safety requirements according to FSMA, WISHA and Federal OSHA regulations.
• Delegate responsibilities & assign personnel to carry them out. Follow up on the execution of assigned responsibilities to determine adequacy of performance.
• Ensure all policies and procedures are followed to minimize product loss and damage, including but not limited to inventory damages, inventory exceptions, claims, and transfers.
• Create partnerships as a team player with management across the organization.
• Foster individual employee development through a variety of daily engagements such as: coaching, mentoring, and training.
• Analyze existing business processes and logic that impact inventory throughout the company through personal observation and user interaction.
• Sustain a strong reputation for ethics and credibility within the company.
• Scheduled shifts may vary from days to swing shift and will be discussed during interviews.
• Achieve production objectives and perform other duties as assigned.

To Be a Successful Candidate, You will Need the Following Experience:

• Successful working experience in a lead/supervisor/management role in an operations facility.
• Ability to execute supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws, including but not limited to training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office: Outlook, Word, Excel.
• Comfortable working in an extremely fast-paced environment with rapid and everchanging priorities.
• Professional demeanor, keen social awareness skills with developed interpersonal communication skills to effectively interact with all parties involved with our business.
• Must have high-level of integrity, dependability, and a strong work ethic with a keen sense of urgency and results oriented approach.
• Excellent leadership and motivational skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence others and to create cross-functional alignment.
• Must possess excellent communication skills, especially in the development of actions plans and to ensure accountability and follow through.
• Union experience a plus!
• Logistics experience a plus!

You Belong Here!

It is fun to work in a company where employees are appreciated, and people truly believe in what they are doing. For over the last century, URM has been committed to bringing “best-in-class” service to our customers. Employees at URM are proud to be a part of the number one food distributor in the Inland Northwest, supporting the communities that surround us! 

We work in a supportive team environment and in addition to our amazing culture, our employees enjoy many perks. Below are a few of the highlights:

• Starting at $67,800 annually DOE, plus all our employees enjoy;
• Insurance Benefits – So that our non-union employees have more to take home from their paycheck, URM pays 100% of the Medical/Dental/Vision/RX Insurance premiums for the employee and over 93% for the employee’s dependents!
• 401k Retirement Plan with an amazing Company match up to 9% of your annual salary!
• Subsidized Life Insurance for employees and great rates for the employee’s family
• Company paid Long-Term Disability insurance
• Short-Term Disability and Cancer Insurance available
• Life Flight Insurance at Special Rate
• Great vacation plan!
• Six Paid Holidays and three Paid Personal Holidays
• Paid Sick Days
• Paid Volunteer Service Day! Get paid to volunteer at your favorite non-profit!
• Experience enjoyable Company sponsored activities through events like URM March Madness Brackets, Family Hockey Night with the Chiefs, Holiday Mingle & Jingle with great raffle giveaways, Summer Evening Wine & Music Event, and Winter Break Movie Night, which are just a glimpse of the fun we have to offer for employees and their families! 
• Plus, enjoy exclusive employee product discounts at our all of Companies!

Our Company:

We are proud to be one of the largest privately owned Companies in Washington State! Since 1921 URM has been a retailer-owned business. URM’s core business is the purchasing, warehousing, and delivery of grocery and food service merchandise to its customers who serve communities throughout the Northwest. URM operates on a cooperative basis, which means that all its net earnings on business are allocated and paid to its Member-Owners in the form of patronage dividends. Over the years, sales volume has grown to over $1.6 billion and employment to over 3,000 employees at URM and its wholly-owned subsidiaries—Rosauers Supermarkets and Peirone Produce.

URM Stores, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of Race, Religion, Color, National Origin, Citizenship, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Age, Disability, Ancestry, Veteran Status, Genetic Information, or any other classification protected by state or federal law. We are also committed to providing a work environment that is free of all forms of discrimination, regarding recruiting, hiring, training, promotions, compensation, and all other conditions of employment. The selected candidate must be able to successfully complete a pre-employment background check, and drug test, as URM is a drug free workplace.