What are the responsibilities and job description for the Warehouse Lead 2nd Shift - Clark, NJ position at Kerry?
Requisition ID: 67627
Position Type: (US)Full Time
Workplace Arrangement: #LI-Onsite
About Kerry
About the role
Coordinate and lead daily warehouse execution across receiving, material handling, shipping, and related logistics support activities. This role provides direct floor leadership, technical guidance, training support, and standard-work follow-up to ensure safe, compliant, accurate, and efficient operation of the assigned shift or functional area.
Key responsibilities
- Assign work, communicate priorities, and provide floor-level direction to associates based on daily schedule, labor availability, production demand, carrier timing, and operational risk.
- Act as the first point of support for operators needing guidance on process execution, task sequencing, documentation requirements, system transactions, or problem escalation.
- Ensure work is performed in accordance with SOPs, GMP requirements, food safety expectations, allergen controls, sanitation standards, and applicable warehouse or transport regulations.
- Support daily huddles, shift handovers, and same-shift issue escalation so priorities, gaps, and carryover items are clearly communicated and controlled.
- Monitor process execution and verify that physical activity and SAP/RF transactions align for receipts, moves, picks, staging, loading, and inventory-related tasks.
- Train, coach, and reinforce standard work with warehouse associates and support cross-training to build functional depth across critical tasks.
- Identify and escalate issues related to inventory discrepancies, shipment delays, receiving errors, documentation gaps, equipment concerns, or safety and quality risks.
- Support KPI performance through disciplined execution in areas such as receiving accuracy, inventory accuracy, dock flow, GI/GR timeliness, OTIF, and load or document accuracy.
- Maintain clean, organized, and visually controlled work areas that support audit readiness and efficient warehouse operation.
- Provide backup leadership or direct support across other warehouse areas during staffing gaps, peak periods, vacations, or abnormal operating conditions.
- Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor or manager.
Qualifications and skills
- Warehouse, shipping, receiving, material handling, or logistics experience preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to organize work, guide others, solve problems, and reinforce standards.
- Strong communication, teamwork, and attention to detail.
- Forklift/warehouse equipment experience preferred.
- SAP/RF knowledge preferred. (or, similar WMS)
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. and work in an active warehouse environment.
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. Must be able to bend, reach, stand, and walk for extended periods. Must be able to visually distinguish labels, product markings, and location identifiers and work safely around forklifts, trailers, and warehouse traffic.
- Ambient warehouse and factory environment with exposure to raw materials, packaging, finished goods, forklift traffic, trailers, and basic product chemicals.
Compensation Data
Kerry is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Kerry will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditional upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen. Additional information can be found at: Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal (dol.gov).
Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent us. A Kerry employee will not solicit candidates through a non-Kerry email address or phone number. In addition, Kerry does not currently utilise video chat rooms (e.g., Google Hangouts) to conduct interviews. Refuse any request that asks you to provide payment to participate in the hiring process (e.g., purchasing a “starter kit,” investing in training, or something similar). Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses. In addition, any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.
Recruiter:
Posting Type: DNI
Benefits:
Vacation & Paid Time Off, Health Insurance, 401K PlanSalary : $22 - $36