Warehouse Working Lead (3Rd Shift)

Benefits/Perks for US Office/Remote Employees (2024)

• Paid Time Off:17 days PTO + 3 sick/personal days; 12 holidays; 8 hours Volunteer Time Off; 2 weeks parental leave (new parents within 6 months of the birth or adoption of a child, after 2 months of employment).
• Tuition Reimbursement:Up to $5,250 annually (after 6 months of employment).
• Referral Bonus: $2,500 (gross) for Salaried/Office positions; $750 (gross) for Hourly positions. Payable after 4 months.
• 401(k):We match 100% of the first 3% you contribute, and 50% of the next 2%. You are always 100% vested in all contributions to the plan.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Call the EAP 24/7 for confidential assistance with nearly any personal matter you may be experiencing. You and your family have access to five free consultations with a licensed clinician per issue per calendar year. Financial & legal counseling is also available free of charge.
• Insurance Summary (FTE 30+ hours/week): Medical 4 plan options through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBS); Dental Low or High PPO options through BCBS; Vision contributions covered by the company with coverage through BCBS; Flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care (HSA for high deductible plan); Basic life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) at 2.5x your annual earnings; Short & long-term disability if you have a qualified disability due to accident or illness & first 4 weeks of STD paid at 100%; MDLIVE 24/7, on-demand, virtual visits with a board-certified doctor or nurse practitioner for minor illnesses, as well as board-certified psychiatrists, psychologists, and other licensed clinician; Health Advocate to assist with enrollment questions, complex conditions, find specialists, address eldercare issues, clarify insurance coverage, work on claim denials, and help negotiate fees for non-covered services.

The Warehouse Working Lead position has direct daily supervision and interaction with all warehouse employees in the work functions in which they have been assigned. The Warehouse Working Lead is a productive material handler who also assists to coordinate employee material handling assignments, which have been assigned by the Shift Lead or supervisor, and manages through basic trouble shooting issues on equipment. They support the Shift Lead and take direction from them as to what the daily/weekly priorities are. The Warehouse Working Lead position is the one of the first interactions new agency associates have when they start and is a critical role for setting the tone of what is expected of the work being performed.

*PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A 3RD SHIFT OPPORTUNITY (10 PM-6AM, SUN-THURS)*

Responsibilities:

• Achieve hourly performance goals on a consistent basis.
• Direct, train, and develop new and existing employees. Train material handlers in multiple types of equipment.
• Track and report on team activities, goals, and performance.
• Make decisions in line with positions responsibilities with the goal of meeting production goals.
• Communicate effectively with shift lead all performance or behavioral issues observed to be addressed.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Experience operating multiple types of material handling equipment (specifically sit-down fork trucks and/or reach trucks) in a manufacturing/warehouse environment, and training team members on this.
• Experience with RF scanners required; experienced in WMS a plus.
• Ability to work independently while informally leading others.
• Ability to lift up to 35 pounds as needed. Must have speed but also a high level of accuracy and attention to detail. Experience with power and hand tools a plus.

Freudenberg Household Products (FHP) is the consumer products and professional cleaning product division of the Freudenberg Group – a multi-billion dollar, multi-national, privately held organization headquartered in Germany. The Freudenberg Group employs some 50,000 people in 60 countries worldwide and generates sales of over 10 billion euros. Freudenberg has businesses in the automotive, medical device, battery and fuel cell division and focuses on continuously developing new technology in every sector.

In some parts of the world, our division is known as Freudenberg Home and Cleaning Solutions (FHCS) and has individual operating companies in many countries, employing more than 3,200 people and hosting a distribution network in 35 countries. Our vision, making our world cleaner, includes a mission of providing superior home and cleaning products that are built to last for consumer households and professional cleaners.

O-Cedar is the well-established brand of FHCS in the United States. The products have more than 115 years of history in the US market and O-Cedar is the number one brand in the durable floor cleaning category in the US. O-Cedar products can be found in many retailers such as Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Costco and Amazon. In Canada, the brand is known as Vileda. It is the strength of our leading brands such as Vileda and O-Cedar that we continuously reinvent our solutions to make the consumers’ lives easier.

Our Vileda Professional team develops and manufactures leading edge cleaning solutions for professional users in various application areas, such as Healthcare, Controlled Environment, and General Building Cleaning. With over 50 years in the business, we know what needs professional users in different environments have. We offer solutions that help them to clean faster, more effectively, and at lower total costs. Based on sustainability principles, innovation in cleaning has always been a main focus in the daily work of Vileda Professional.

One of our core values is embracing a culture of diversity and inclusion. Our most important asset is our people, of all ages and genders, with their different cultural backgrounds and talents. Promoting our employees and inspiring them to take on the multifaceted tasks at Freudenberg in the long-term – this is the key to our success. We are devoted to our employees’ well-being and personal development. We embrace all forms of diversity and inclusion and show understanding and respect in our dealings with each other. We promote a multi-cultural environment where employees work together in worldwide teams to reach their full potential and enrich our culture. Our goal is and will always be to mirror this diverse and inclusive culture in our organization.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.00 - $23.80 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift

Application Question(s):

• Please confirm you are applying for a 3rd Shift position; okay with a pay rate of $20/hour + $3.80/hour night shift differential; and have experience with sit-down fork trucks / reach trucks including training others.

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Experience:

• RF scanner: 1 year (Required)
• sit-down fork trucks / reach trucks: 1 year (Required)
• warehouse lead: 1 year (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Aurora, IL 60502 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Aurora, IL 60502: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person