Plant Warehouse Coordinator

JOB PURPOSE (JOB SUMMARY):

The warehouse coordinator is responsible for overseeing daily warehouse operations, ensuring efficient workflow, accuracy in inventory handling, and compliance with safety and quality standards. This role provides hands-on leadership to warehouse associates, coordinates inbound and outbound activities, and serves as a key communication link between warehouse staff, supervisors, customer service and other departments.

Work schedule 6pm-230am Monday-Friday (some weekends)

Full-time; may require early mornings, evenings, weekends, or overtime as business needs require.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES:

• Operational Leadership

o Lead, train, and support warehouse associates in daily tasks.

o Assign tasks and monitor performance to maintain productivity, accuracy, and timeliness.

o Serves as acting supervisor when leadership is unavailable.

• Inventory Management

o Ensure accurate inventory by completing cycle counts or physical inventory counts daily/weekly.

o Investigate and resolve inventory discrepancies

o Maintain proper stock rotation, labeling, and organization within the warehouse and warehouse grounds.

o Receive, review, and enter purchase orders in the SAP system.

o Reconcile planned versus actual material consumption, yields, labor, scrap, production output, and inventory movements.

o Review production order closeouts to verify that components, quantities, by products, scrap, and finished goods are accurately reported.

• Logistics and Workflow coordination

o Coordinate inbound deliveries and outbound shipments to meet customer and production deadlines.

o Communicate with carriers, drivers, and internal departments to resolve scheduling or delivery issues.

o Optimize workflow by identifying bottlenecks and recommending improvements.

• Safety and Compliance

o Enforce safety policies, warehouse procedures, and regulatory requirements.

o Conduct routine safety checks on equipment, storage areas, and over facility.

o Complete all the training courses required.

o Promote a clean, organized, and hazard-free work environment.

• Documentation and Reporting

o Complete and maintain required logs, reports, and documentation (receiving logs, shipment paperwork, inventory adjustments, etc.).

o Track and report key warehouse metrics such as pick accuracy, productivity, and damages.

WORK EXPERIENCE / KNOWLEDGE:

• Proven work experience working in a Warehouse setting
• Warehousing and stock control methods and procedures
• Knowledge of warehouse software packages and MS Office proficiency
• Ability to input, retrieve and analyze data
• Warehouse operations, procedures, equipment, and terminology
• Proper methods of storing equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Excellent inventory methods and practices.

SKILLS / OTHER PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES REQUIRED:

• Ability to adapt to changing operational and organization needs.
• Strong team player with the ability to work across multiple functions and disciplines.
• Ability to assess, evaluate and solve problems.
• Experience working in a union environment.
• Experience in using SAP.
• Must be able to use Microsoft Office Suite.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to adapt to work schedule dependent on business and operation needs.
• This position requires regular and prompt attendance during working hours.

FORMAL EDUCATION:

• High school diploma or G.E.D. Certificate and three years warehouse or related experience.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Work is performed while standing, sitting and/or walking.
• Requires the ability to communicate effectively using speech, vision, and hearing.
• Requires the use of hands for simple grasping and fine manipulations.
• Requires bending, squatting, crawling, climbing, reaching.
• Requires the ability to lift, carry, push, or pull medium weights, up to 75 pounds
• Requires activities involving being around moving machinery, exposure to marked changes in temperature and humidity, and exposure to dust, fumes and gases

LALA Branded Products is an Equal Opportunity Employer.