Freight Team Lead Details

Freight Team Lead

Fleet Farm - Appleton, WI

Employment Type : Full-Time

Do you enjoy serving customers, mentoring others, and enacting processes to ensure customers are receiving the best possible customer service? Do you have a positive attitude and love interacting with people? If so, this opportunity is for you!

The Freight Team Lead is responsible for overseeing the freight team and the process of sorting, preparing and staging inbound freight for the efficient stocking of the store.

• Plan and prioritize the freight team’s daily activities & assign daily tasks.
• Train, coach, mentor, and supervise the freight team.
• Receive, sort, prepare and stage freight for morning stocking team. Ensure that all freight is processed and floor ready by end of shift.
• Supervise backroom organization, conditions and ensure back stock remains “count ready.”
• Coordinate with Stocking and warehouse Team Lead(s) and Store Support Center on Door to Floor(D2F) operations.
• Receive pallets, totes, and items from the distribution center.
• Utilize the Freight Team to stock items based on business needs.
• Execute down stocking procedures as needed.

Education/Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• 1-3 years of retail logistics or warehouse/logistics supervisory experience preferred.
• Ability to be certified to operate a forklift.
• Proven ability to lead, coach and build relationships in an environment of fast change.
• Must be able to direct and motivate a diverse population that includes full- time and part-time Team Members.
• Demonstrated ability to act decisively, implementing solutions, multi-task and respond flexibly in a quickly changing environment.
• Primary work hours will be in the evenings, however, the ability to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the business including early mornings, weekends and holidays and the occasional overnight is required.