Warehouse Supervisor

Take Charge of Your Career at Interstates

At Interstates, we don’t just show up to work, we show up for each other. From our headquarters in Iowa to job sites across the country, we’re doing award-winning electrical, controls, automation, and OT work that powers industrial facilities for clients here in the U.S. and around the world. Whether you’re bending conduit, wiring panels, writing code, supporting projects, or helping things run behind the scenes, you’ll be part of a crew that works hard, shares laughs, and takes pride in doing quality work. We believe in building strong teams, doing the right thing, and making a difference in the communities where we live. If you want to grow and do meaningful work, you’ll feel at home here. 

The Warehouse Supervisor oversees receiving, inventory control, material movement, kitting, staging, packaging, and shipping activities. This role leads warehouse personnel and establishes and maintains safe, organized, and efficient warehouse standards, procedures, and workflows.

The Warehouse Supervisor ensures accurate ERP transactions, inventory records, material availability, and on-time shipments while resolving discrepancies and supporting production and customer commitments. This position collaborates with Production, Planning, Supply Chain, Quality, customers, subcontractors, and other Interstates locations to coordinate material flow and drive continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise daily receiving, warehousing, kitting, and shipping activities.
• Assign work, set priorities, monitor performance, and ensure timely completion of warehouse activities.
• Receive, inspect, identify, label, and route materials to the appropriate storage or production location.
• Investigate and resolve receiving, inventory, kitting, and shipping discrepancies, including shortages, overages, damages, and delays.
• Lead warehouse safety by promoting safe behaviors, conducting regular observations, identifying and addressing hazards, investigating incidents and near misses, implementing corrective actions, and improving safety processes.
• Lead the warehouse team through servant leadership by coaching employees, removing barriers, developing talent, and fostering accountability and engagement.
• Maintain accurate inventory and location records through proper ERP transactions, cycle counts, reconciliations, and location control.
• Coordinate material movement within the facility and ensure materials are properly stored, organized, and available for production.
• Manage production kitting activities, ensuring kits are complete, accurate, properly labeled, and staged according to production requirements.
• Coordinate with Production, Planning, and Supply Chain to address material shortages, substitutions, schedule changes, returns, and disposition activities.
• Manage shipments to customers, subcontractors, and other Interstates locations, including packaging, documentation, carrier coordination, and ERP transactions.
• Verify shipment accuracy, product condition, quantities, identification, and required documentation before release.
• Train and develop warehouse personnel on safety, material handling, ERP transactions, inspections, and standard work.
• Maintain a safe, clean, organized, and compliant work environment.
• Identify and implement improvements related to material flow, space utilization, accuracy, efficiency, and loss prevention.
• Communicate material status, constraints, and operational needs to internal and external stakeholders.
• Support warehouse equipment, storage, facility, and capital-planning needs.

 Essential Skills & Experience

Education/Experience/Skills:

• High school diploma or equivalent required; post-secondary education in supply chain, logistics, operations, or a related field preferred.
• Experience in warehouse operations, inventory control, logistics, manufacturing, or materials management.
• Supervisory or team-lead experience preferred.
• Experience using an ERP or warehouse-management system.
• Knowledge of receiving, inventory control, kitting, shipping, packaging, and material-handling practices.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, communication, and prioritization skills.
• Ability to interpret work instructions, shipping documents, inventory records, and inspection requirements.
• Ability to safely lift and move materials and operate applicable material-handling equipment, as required.

What We Can Offer:

• WEEKLY Pay
• Company-Sponsored Holiday & Team Building Celebrations
• Work/Life Balance (45-50hr/week)
• Family-Like Culture - A team that cares about you as a whole person, not just what you do for work
• Advancement Opportunities
• Training and Career Development

Benefits:

• Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Company-Paid Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• Matching 401(k) Program
• Pay-for-Performance Bonuses
• HSA Contributions

Work Environment & Physical Requirements

• Craft/Construction Site Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand or walk for long periods of time and use hands to reach for, handle, and manipulate objects.  The employee is frequently required to climb and maintain balance on ladders and scaffolds while carrying tools.  Reach for, handle, and grasp wires and hand tools, bend, crouch, stoop kneel, and work in small places, and lift and carry objects weighing 25 pounds (frequently) and 50 pounds (occasionally). Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception; recognizing slight differences in shapes or shading, and ability to adjust focus.

Safety remains a top priority. Employees must strictly adhere to site safety protocols, which include wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) such as hard hats, gloves, high-visibility clothing, and safety glasses. Role-specific PPE will be provided. Interstates is committed to maintaining a culture of safety, ensuring that all employees receive ongoing training and resources to perform their duties effectively and safely.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to support individuals with disabilities in performing essential job functions.

Interstates is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

The preceding role description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this position.  It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees in this position. The description, duties, functions, and responsibilities are subject to change at the discretion of Interstates.

What You Should Know Before You Apply

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Interstates is an EEO provider and offers a drug-free workplace.  Employment at Interstates is at-will and may be terminated at any time with or without notice or cause, except as otherwise provided by law.