Warehouse Shipping Supervisor

Parts Authority, founded in 1973, is a leading national distributor of automotive replacement parts, tools/equipment and transmissions. Headquartered in Long Island, New York, Parts Authority is rapidly expanding, and today has more than 200 locations servicing customers in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, Ohio, Georgia, Florida, Texas, Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington.

Parts Authority has grown through both organic initiatives and acquisitions. Over the past several years Parts Authority has acquired over a dozen companies as part of its expansion strategy. Parts Authority’s catalog of over 3 million parts covering more than 125 million applications, ensures our customer partners receive the parts they want, when they want them.

What makes Parts Authority different is OUR TEAM. Parts Authority has a team of professionally trained, experienced counter people to assist in finding the right parts and the right brand for each application.

Parts Authority carries the best brands in the business for domestic and import vehicles. AC Delco, Motorcraft, Denso, Bosch, KYB, Monroe, Gates, Dorman and Exide are just a few of the more than 400 suppliers from around the world, that Parts Authority partners with to bring our customer partners the best parts.

Each and every team member plays a vital role in our success. We are rapidly expanding and looking for a professional, self-motivated individual to fill the role of Warehouse Shipping Supervisor.

**** Must be able to work Weekends! *****

TheWarehouse Shipping Supervisor is responsible for planning, guiding, and directing staff members in an efficient and timely manner to meet customer demands, expectations, deadline, and all administration duties.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Maintain a high level of shipping productivity and efficiency
• Directs and oversees the dispatch shipping process of picking, sorting, packing, and processing to meet customer deadlines
• Maintains a staffing level to accomplish the receiving mission in an effective and efficient manner.
• Plans and coordinates work, trains and motivates, monitors and evaluates performance of dispatch associates
• Ensures the dispatch associates are capable of safely operate material handling equipment to move materials 
• Monitors the loading of all merchandise; ensures merchandise are staged for speedy process, ensures shipping reports accurately report merchandise ready to ship.
• Use the dispatch program to track orders from other stores and set up/ distribute runs to drivers
• Supports Dispatchers in ensuring that driver counts money collected and put delivery times on bills
• Work with Parts Pullers to help deliveries go out correctly
• Work with drivers and verifies they know the correct route
• Work with customers over the phone to update them on the status of their orders
• Properly assist drivers who have difficulty with routes or any other aspect of the job
• Work well with customers
• Assist in resolving discrepancies with accounting regarding invoices and shipping reports.
• Monitors the flow of paperwork from inventory controls to shipping for timely data entry.
• Monitors and measures performance.
• Performs additional duties as assigned

Staff Management:

• Lead and supervise a team of shipping agents 
• Counsels, records and discipline shipping associates as necessary.

Supervise Operations: 

• Maintain a meticulous standard for cleanliness, organization, and safety throughout the shipping department.
• Maintain a safe working environment.  Ensure that safety and compliance practices meet DOT and OSHA standards
• Maintain 5S warehouse principles are administered and followed on a routine basis
• Directs movement of shipments from shipping and receiving platform to shipping and work areas.

Requirements: Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Must be able to work Weekends!
• 2-3 years hands on supervisory experience required
• 1 year shipping/receiving experience
• Supervisory experience, team building.
• Experience with WMS/ inventory management system and RF technology.
• Must possess ability to multi-task and adjust to dynamic order flow fluctuations as needed
• Must be a self-starter and possess the ability to identify areas drifting behind in production and proactively act to get back on track
• Experience in tracking metrics, including key performance indicators such as team member productivity.
• Knowledge of automotive parts preferred
• Must have excellent skills in Microsoft Office applications.
• Must possess outstanding customer relations skills
• Strong skills and experience in team/personnel management
• Excellent communication skills
• Demonstrated drive to achieve results
• Ability (with or without reasonable accommodation) to lift, push and pull up to 50 pounds, stand/ walk for up to 10 hours, able to squat, bend and reach, able to climb and descend stairs safely (applies to locations with stairs)
• Ability to work powered equipment (forklift, cherry picker etc.)

Some of the benefits of being a part of our growing Parts Authority family:

• Medical Coverage
• Pharmacy Coverage
• Dental Coverage
• Vision Coverage
• Basic Life and AD&D
• Short Term Disability Coverage
• NYDBL
• Voluntary Short Term Disability Coverage
• Voluntary Long Term Disability Coverage
• Flexible Spending Account- Medical, Dependent Care, Limited Purpose & Commuter Benefits
• Health Savings Account
• Health Reimbursement Account
• Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, & ID Theft
• Legal Plan
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid Holidays, Sick/Personal Days and Vacation
• Profit Sharing/401 (k) Plan
• Employee Discounts on Merchandise

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, presence of a non-job-related medical condition or handicap, or any other legally protected status.