Company Description The Smart Components North America Division, within the Illinois Tool Work (ITW) Automotive segment, drives profitability by leveraging its innovative solutions and application engineering. Our Smart Component products are made up of fuel housings, door and safety handles, innovative Capless solutions, and EV charge ports for major OEMs around the world. We have multiple manufacturing locations across North America: Frankfort, Mokena, and Richton Park, Illinois as well as Saltillo and Aguascalientes, Mexico. As an Enterprise, Illinois Tool Works Inc. (NYSE: ITW) is a global Fortune 200 diversified manufacturing company that delivers specialized expertise, innovative thinking, and value-added products to meet critical customer needs in a variety of industries. ITW, with approximately 14.1 billion dollars in global revenues, operates 7 major segments with businesses in 57 countries that employ approximately 45,000 women and men. These talented individuals, many of whom have specialized engineering or scientific expertise, contribute to our global leadership in innovation. We are proud of our broad portfolio of more than 16,000 active patents. Job Description Summary: Assistant Warehouse Manager will direct all the shipping functions and distributions of goods and services, whether performing the duties personally or delegating responsibilities to other shipping personnel. The role also includes working closely with customers and the shipping department to assure shipments are accurate and on time. Primary Responsibilities:
- Manage the shipping, receiving and warehouse operations daily and effectively to motivate strong, consistent work practices
- Demonstrates hands-on leadership and coaching abilities - able to demonstrate examples of empowering, developing & motivating people
- Establish operational procedures for activities such as verification of incoming and outgoing shipments, handling and dispositioning of materials and keeping the warehouse inventory current
- Communicates with carriers/drivers, warehouse/office personnel and customers regarding shipment and receipt of product.
- Assists in the scheduling of receiving times, assigns truckers doors, assigns receiving numbers and prepares blind tally.
- Checks outbound / inbound orders for accuracy and proper signatures, i.e., picked by and checked by truck driver; for over, short and damage reports for receipts.
- Maintains log for accurate records of all product movement for inbound, outbound, staged orders and yard management.
- Assists in the scheduling of shipping times.
- Monitor attendance points/ issue discipline for all associates.
- Review and approve timecards to ensure that employees' working hours are correctly recorded and completed.
- Address quality issues with QC Supervisor prior to shipping
- Continually inspect and maintain the physical condition of warehouse and equipment, making sure needed repairs are completed
- Spearhead and participate in daily safety meetings, weekly driver meetings and start up/turn over meetings
- Complete any other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree required or equivalent work experience
- 2+ years experience as Shipping Supervisor in fast-paced distribution environment required
- Excellent organization and interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Intermediate computer skills in MS Office, Excel, and Outlook
- Experienced in operating a forklift and pallet jack required
- Experienced using scanning equipment and shrink wrappers required
- Must have experience with MRP systems preferably Trans4M.
- Must be able to fluctuate hours based on customer mandated window times
- Must have 2+ years of automotive experience.
- Effective problem resolution skills combined with big picture awareness
Additional Information Additional Information Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand, use hands to handle, frequently required to reach with hands and arms, and occasionally required to walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Working Conditions: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. ITW is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are a qualified individual with a disability and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the online application system process due to your disability, please email ...@itwautomotive.com request assistance. No other requests will be acknowledged. ITW is an equal opportunity employer. We value our colleagues' unique perspectives, experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential. As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. ITW is an equal opportunity employer. We value our colleagues' unique perspectives, experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential. As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Videos To Watch