Warehouse Team Leader- Focus on LTL/Shipping

JAS is an international, non-asset-based supply chain services and solutions company. Our services include air and ocean freight forwarding, contract logistics, customs brokerage, distribution, inbound logistics, truckload brokerage and other supply chain management services, including consulting, the coordination of purchase orders and customized management services.

The Warehouse Team Lead plays an integral role in ensuring the smooth operation of the warehouse, overseeing the receipt, storage, and dispatch of goods. This position involves coordinating the daily activities of warehouse personnel and ensuring the accuracy of shipments and inventory. By maintaining a clear line of communication between warehouse staff and management, the warehouse lead ensures that operations run efficiently and effectively. Through their leadership, they support the overall objectives of the warehouse, ensuring that all orders are fulfilled on a timely basis.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Acting in a team lead capacity over a specific function of the logistics operation.

• Training staff on specific responsibilities and tasks.

• Supporting various human resources tasks such as attendance and day-to-day performance.

• Communicating customer needs and updates effectively to logistics department.

• Communicating potential temporary associate needs to Account Lead or Supervisor.

• Assisting with overseeing inventory of customer products and warehouse equipment and supplies. • Assisting with overseeing the receiving, shipping, picking, packing, VAS, and other departments, as instructed.

• Completing day-to-day operations in the warehouse as needed, including receiving, shipping, picking, packing, VAS, and other departments.

• Adhering to and enforcing safety standards set by company and OSHA.

• Performing additional duties as assigned SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES.

• This job does not have supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 2+ years’ experience in logistics warehouse environment / 1+ years’ experience leading teams and projects.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma, GED, or education in logistics or supply chain

• Forklift machinery certification.

ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• This role requires individuals to talk, hear, use hands, stand, walk, sit, and see.

• Ability to lift, lower, and maneuver packages between 20 and 70 lbs.

• This position involves heavy lifting and carrying, stooping, bending, kneeling and reaching.

• A collaborative culture of logistics and supply chain enthusiasts.

• Work is generally performed in a warehouse environment around machinery and moving parts.

• Warehouse duties may be subject to varying temperatures and high levels of dust and noise.

• Reasonable accommodation may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this role. JAS Forwarding USA, Inc. is an EEO/AA employer.

ADDITIONAL:

The responsibilities associated with this job will change from time to time in accordance with the Company’s business needs. More specifically, the incumbent may be required to perform additional and/or different responsibilities from those set forth above.

The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.

DEFINITIONS: (if any abbreviation, the meaning needs to be inserted)

VAS – Value Added Services

OSHA – Occupational Safety and Health Administration

AA – Affirmative Action

Management retains discretion to add or change duties of this position at any time.

JAS Forwarding (USA), Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Where required by state law and/or city ordinance; this employer will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS

JAS USA IS A CUSTOMS BROKER, GOVERNED BY FEDERAL REGULATION. FEDERAL REGULATIONS PROVIDE THAT JAS MAY HAVE IT BROKERAGE LICENSE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED IF IT “KNOWINGLY EMPLOYED, OR CONTINUES TO EMPLOY, ANY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY, WITHOUT WRITTEN APPROVAL OF THAT EMPLOYMENT FROM THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER.” JAS WILL PERFORM A BACKGROUND CHECK TO DETERMINE IF YOU HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY AND IF SO, ABSENT SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, YOU WILL NOT BE HIRED OR WILL BE TERMINATED IMMEDIATELY.