- Location
- Hodgkins, IL
- Seniority
- Manager
- Education
- High School
- Source
- Paylocity
Description
Description
We are seeking a highly motivated, results-driven Replenishment Supervisor to oversee daily replenishment operations within our fast-paced distribution center. This position is responsible for leading and developing a team of warehouse associates while ensuring the timely, accurate, and efficient replenishment of inventory to support picking, packing, shipping, and overall order fulfillment operations. Working closely with the Operations Manager and cross-functional warehouse teams, the Replenishment Supervisor plays a critical role in maintaining optimal inventory availability, minimizing operational disruptions, improving productivity, and ensuring that replenishment activities align with daily fulfillment requirements.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong leadership capabilities, hands-on warehouse experience, and a commitment to operational excellence, workplace safety, inventory accuracy, and continuous improvement. This is a floor-focused leadership position requiring active engagement with associates, effective resource allocation, and proactive problem-solving in a high-volume distribution environment processing thousands of orders daily. The regular work schedule for this position is M-F, from 5:30 a.m. to 2:00 pm.
Essential Duties and Key Responsibilities:
- Replenishment Operations: Direct and oversee daily replenishment activities to ensure the timely, accurate, and efficient movement of inventory from reserve storage locations to designated picking locations, supporting uninterrupted order fulfillment.
- Inventory Availability and Accuracy: Monitor inventory levels, replenishment priorities, and stock availability to prevent stockouts, minimize picking delays, resolve inventory discrepancies, and maintain accurate inventory records.
- Team Leadership and Supervision: Lead, coach, train, and develop replenishment associates and team leads, establishing clear performance expectations while fostering accountability, teamwork, employee engagement, and a positive work environment.
- Productivity and Performance Management: Monitor daily replenishment productivity, task completion rates, inventory accuracy, and other key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure established operational goals are consistently achieved.
- Warehouse Management Systems: Utilize Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), inventory tracking tools, and operational reports to assign replenishment tasks, monitor inventory movements, evaluate performance, and identify opportunities for improvement.
- Training and Employee Development: Provide onboarding, hands-on training, and ongoing coaching to ensure associates understand replenishment procedures, equipment operation, productivity expectations, quality standards, and company policies.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with inventory control, receiving, picking, packing, shipping, and other warehouse departments to coordinate replenishment priorities, improve inventory flow, and support overall distribution center performance.
- Performance Reporting and Communication: Provide timely updates to the Operations Manager regarding replenishment performance, staffing needs, productivity results, inventory concerns, safety incidents, and operational improvement initiatives.
- Shift Coordination and Operational Readiness: Conduct daily shift meetings, communicate operational priorities, monitor outstanding replenishment tasks, and ensure effective shift transitions to maintain continuity across warehouse operations.
- Operational Flexibility: Support changing business priorities, extended shifts, and scheduled overtime to ensure replenishment and fulfillment objectives are met.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED required.
- Minimum of 2 years of supervisory or leadership experience in a warehouse, distribution center, logistics, or related operational environment.
- Demonstrated experience in replenishment operations, inventory management, and warehouse fulfillment.
- Working knowledge of Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), inventory tracking, and replenishment processes.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, for tracking operational performance, analyzing data, and preparing reports.
- Proven ability to supervise warehouse associates, manage competing priorities, and achieve operational performance targets.
- Experience operating forklifts, reach trucks, order pickers, pallet jacks, and other warehouse material handling equipment
- Excellent organizational, communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with voice-directed warehouse technology, including Numina or comparable voice-picking and replenishment systems.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-volume warehouse environment while maintaining accuracy, safety, and productivity.
Physical Requirements and Work Environment
- This is a hands-on supervisory position requiring a significant portion of the workday to be spent on the warehouse floor actively supporting and overseeing replenishment operations.
- Ability to stand, walk, bend, reach, crouch, and kneel throughout the shift or longer
- Ability to lift, lower, push, pull, and maneuver materials or packages weighing up to 50 pounds repeatedly, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Ability to work safely around forklifts, reach trucks, pallet jacks, conveyors, and other material handling equipment.
- Ability to operate required warehouse equipment upon completion of applicable training and certification.
- Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced distribution environment with varying workload demands and operational priorities.
- Must follow all company safety policies and applicable workplace regulations.