CareerPlan

Warehouse Production Supervisor

Chicago, IL, USFull-time2026-11-05 → 2026-11-10

Core

Assist the Warehouse Production Manager in managing staff and daily pick/pack/ship operations for a distribution center serving scholarly publishers.

Role type

Warehouse Production Supervisor

Builds

Fulfillment of orders for UChicago books and ~125 other scholarly publishers

Domain

Logistics / Publishing

Required skills

Labor allocation, staff training, inventory control, corrective action administration, workflow supervision, written procedure development, inventory issue resolution, complex computer report analysis

Preferred skills

Union employee management, warehouse pick/pack/ship best practices, material handling equipment operation

Technologies

Microsoft Office, Warehouse Management Systems

Responsibilities

Support workflow supervision of 30+ stock clerks, allocate and reallocate labor resources, provide training to stock clerk staff, enforce work procedures, administer corrective action procedures, update written work guidelines, manage production area inventory controls, coordinate local deliveries and storage of sensitive files, track and resolve inventory issues

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC