Warehouse Lead

Warehouse Lead

Each year Scholastic Book Fairs, in partnership with schools across the country, hosts more than 100,000 book-sale events that give more than 35 million students and their families access to thousands of affordable and educational products, helping foster a lifelong love of reading.

Scholastic Book Fairs are wondrous in-person experiences that empower kids to discover books for themselves. Taking place in schools and rooted in Scholastic's greater mission to use the power of books for the betterment of all kids, Fairs bring entire communities together.

At Scholastic Book Fairs, we bring "the best school day of the year" in 110,000 unique pop-up shops annually. Irresistibly defying expectations of how one must act in a library, Fairs raise over 200 million dollars in funds and resources for schools that host Fairs. And we're just getting started

We're here to deliver an experience that inspires kids toward greatness. In everything we do, we are committed to ensuring every kid, parent, caregiver, teen / tween, book fair organizer, and Employee feels seen, respected, and welcome as part of the Scholastic Book Fairs family.

We are currently in search of a Warehouse Lead to help our managers guide our warehouse team in accomplishing their goal of creating Book Fairs of the highest quality for shipment to our local schools. This full time position offers medical, dental and vision benefits, a Paid Time Off program that includes vacation, personal, and sick time, a generous 50% off discount on Scholastic merchandise, and a 401k with a company match.

First Shift - 7 am to 3 : 30 pm

Summary

Serve as part of the team who builds and delivers Bookjoy as a Warehouse Lead. You are part of a dedicated team in an active environment where your daily activities of building a book fair include working safely, learning, demonstrating proficiency and meeting all productivity and quality requirement of your essential duties and responsibilities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Expertise / Functional :

• Demonstrates ability to lead warehouse team, ensuring maximum efficiency in both daily tasks as well as special projects within the branch.
• May prepare daily associate work / task assignments and assist BM / WHS with production planning.
• In conjunction with Branch Inventory Coordinator (BIC), monitor inventory levels of all product and materials to avoid out-of-stock situations.
• Demonstrate verbal and written communication skills with the ability to lead other employees.
• Consistently meet minimum required production, accuracy, and quality standards for all work performed.
• Follow all safety policies, processes, and procedures at all times.
• Ensure work area is neat, clean, safe, and organized at all times.
• May operate motorized pallet jacks upon successful completion of the SBF powered equipment program.
• At any time may perform other duties or tasks associated with other position descriptions as part of individual and team development.

Effectiveness :

Dependability & Reliability

Planning & Organizing

Working with Tools & Technology

Leadership Initiative

Interpersonal :

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and / or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and finger to, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb and balance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.