Assistant Supervisor - Warehouse Job at The American Legion in Indianapolis

GENERAL SUMMARY: Shares responsibility for supervising picking, packing, shipping, and receiving operations in the warehouse. Responsible for accountability of supply inventory. Printing, sorting, distributing daily orders and rush orders ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: # Performs duties of Warehouse Supervisor in their absence. # Perform quality control of packed orders as needed to ensure orders are packed accurately and properly. # Rate shop to determine best shipping method to send overweight packages (ex., UPS, FedEx, Commercial Truck) # Fills out truck bills of lading. # Prints, sorts, and distributes daily invoices and rush orders daily. # Completes assembly orders. # Prepares orders for outside vendors. # Assist Supervisor onboarding new employees. # Operate sit-down and stand-up forklift. # Performs forklift training of employees as needed. # Checks the weekly inventory of packing supplies and orders when quantity is low. # Maintains current knowledge of the commercial shipping industry. # Maintains working knowledge of all subordinate positions in the warehouse. # Actively demonstrates teamwork. # Identifies problems, find, and implements solutions. # Works with Print/Production supervisory staff to ensure efficient use of warehouse space. # Performs other duties as assigned REPORTING RELATIONSHIP (reports directly to): WAREHOUSE SUPERVISOR MINIMUM SKILLS REQUIRED FOR ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS (Select only one under each category): Education/Technical Knowledge: Requires a thorough knowledge of a given vocation or trade procedures, or a working knowledge of broad shop or trade procedures, or training in commonly used commercial business machines, methods and practices. Additional Skills Needed: # High school graduate preferred. GED acceptable with equivalent work experience # Basic math required # Read scales and postage meter # Excellent communication skills # General knowledge in shipping procedures # Forklift Operations # Previous training in mailing and shipping operations desirable Experience: One year up to 3 years