Warehouse Lead
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- Provide day-to-day leadership, support, and guidance to Warehouse Coordinators and Assembly personnel.
- Establish work priorities and ensure resources are aligned with operational demand.
- Monitor team performance and productivity metrics.
- Provide operational support to receiving, inventory control, shipping, and distribution functions as business needs dictate.
- Assist with critical shipments supporting drilling operations and customer requirements.
- Support inventory reconciliation activities, cycle counts, and physical inventories.
- Coordinate with transportation providers and internal logistics teams to ensure on-time delivery performance.
- Maintain work order completion rates that support operational and customer commitments.
- Achieve and sustain high levels of inventory accuracy.
- Ensure on-time execution of warehouse priorities.
- Reduce work order aging and operational backlog.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives that improve efficiency and service levels.
- Maintain a strong safety culture with zero preventable incidents.
- Foster collaboration across warehouse functions to ensure seamless operational support.
- Lead daily work order management activities and ensure timely completion of all operational requirements.
- Monitor work order status, prioritize critical requests, and remove barriers that may impact delivery commitments.
- Coordinate workload distribution among Warehouse Coordinators and assembly personnel to ensure efficient execution of daily activities.
- Review backlog reports and drive closure of open work orders.
- Ensure accurate transaction processing and inventory movement documentation within company systems.
Partner with operations and planning teams to align warehouse priorities with customer requirements.
Inventory & Process Management
- Ensure inventory transactions are completed accurately and in a timely manner.
- Investigate inventory discrepancies and implement corrective actions.
- Support inventory optimization initiatives and material availability objectives.
- Monitor operational KPIs including work order completion, inventory accuracy, shipping performance, and backlog management.
Identify opportunities to improve warehouse processes and operational efficiency.
Safety & Compliance
- Promote and maintain a safe working environment consistent with company HSE standards.
- Ensure compliance with warehouse procedures, operating standards, and regulatory requirements.
- Support safety observations, training activities, and incident investigations.
- Maintain housekeeping and operational discipline throughout warehouse operations.
Education
- High School Diploma or GED required.
Experience
- 5+ years of warehouse, distribution, inventory, or logistics experience.
- 2+ years of lead or supervisory experience preferred.
- Experience within oil and gas, drilling, downhole tools, completions, or energy services strongly preferred.
- Experience managing work orders, inventory transactions, and ERP systems.
Knowledge & Skills
- Strong understanding of warehouse operations, inventory management, and material flow processes.
- Knowledge of downhole drilling tools and oilfield service operations preferred.
- Ability to coordinate multiple priorities and meet aggressive deadlines.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and team leadership abilities.
- Proficiency with ERP systems, inventory software, and Microsoft Office applications.