Inbound Lead – 1st Shift

Here at Siemens, we take pride in enabling sustainable progress through technology. We do this through empowering customers by combining the real and digital worlds. Improving how we live, work, and move today and for the next generation! We know that the only way a business thrive is if our people are thriving. That’s why we always put our people first. Our global, diverse team would be happy to support you and challenge you to grow in new ways. Who knows where our shared journey will take you? 

Transform the everyday with us! 

This is a departmental support position that will directly support the overall execution of Inbound activities within the Southaven Logistics Center in Southaven, MS. This position will be responsible for cross training of job functions within the department. This role will serve as the department Lead for a specific work area within department and will be responsible for monitoring and maintaining key KPI’s within work area including daily Operations Checklist and weekly Safety Audit Checklist. This position will also support facets of the entire workforce.

We are looking for an Inbound Lead - 1st Shift: 7:00am-3:30pm. This position will be based at our Southaven, MS location (Memphis Distribution Center). 

Responsibilities:

• Communicate all directives to employees under the direction of the Operations Supervisor
• Ability to serve as back up as needed
• Ability to communicate daily departmental matrix and communicate daily production trends within specific work area
• Complete Operations Checklist daily
• Must be able to maintain forklift certification
• Support tasks such as emails between customer service and other business partners internal and external
• Provide suggestions to IE and Operations Supervisor on process improvements
• Provide feedback to operational team as defects occur
• Participate in feedback sessions and Focus Groups Team
• Must have effective written and oral communication skills
• Investigate and conduct in-depth research on all discrepancies and provide resolution to supervisor/manager.
• Ability to maintain a positive work environment and team focus
• Ability to apply critical thinking skills and multi-task
• Proficient SAP & RF Scan knowledge and Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)
• Database management skills
• Maintain daily, weekly, and monthly logs for the respective department.
• Support the company and team Objectives, encourage teammates to support changes. Promote improvements and changes to the process in a positive way
• Interacts with supervisor, coordinators, Inbound, Inventory control, and Outbound staff to reconcile open issues 
• Lead by example

Communication

• Report to Operations Supervisor when additional support is needed within work area
• Provide feedback to Supervisor regarding individual performance and communicate training plan of action (as needed)
• Report all Inbound material handling variances and quality issues internally to the Inventory Controller.
• Openly and actively, communicate internally through the respective Dept., and externally with every other department.
• Ensure communication occurs with all peers in a polite and professional manner
• Perform communication daily regarding open issues regarding work in progress, defects, slotting activities, and ideas for improvements
• Communicate all material needs to complete daily assigned tasks
• Reconcile all equipment, order, location, inventory, or process issues as reported by employees.
• Follow the open-door policy, informing your chain of command with your issue, and if unhappy with the answer presented, request a conversation at the next level.
• Directly responsible for ensuring a clean and clear work area for teammates to fully perform their job duties and our expectations.
• Actively provide feedback to supervisors and managers on all daily incidents, good and bad.

 Productivity

• Monitor your work performance, to develop sense of pride in your work and sense of urgency.
• Actively provide feedback to supervisors and managers on all daily incidents, good and bad.
• Become authority on key metrics and how they are derived, and ensure you understand how you will be measured.
• Ability to lead personnel within work area and perform production activities at a high level
• Be clear and concise on direction(s) given and follow-up.
• Address Ineffective or counterproductive processes also support facets of the entire workforce.

You’ll win us over by having the following qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Computer skills required, to include warehouse management systems experience.
• Material Handling Experience required
• Minimum of 3: Stand Up Dock Truck, Order/Stock Picker, or any equivalent
• At least 4 years’ experience working in a high-volume distribution center or large retail operation.
• Ability to lift up to 50lbs with or without accommodation. 
• Must be able to work in a non-climate-controlled warehouse environment
• Must be detail-oriented and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Legally authorized to work in the United States on a continual and permanent basis without company sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficient with SAP & RF Scan knowledge and Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)
• 5 years of direct operations experience.

You’ll benefit from:

• Siemens offers a variety of health and wellness benefits to our employees. Details regarding our benefits can be found here: https://www.benefitsquickstart.com/siemens/index.html

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