Warehouse Supervisor - 1st Shift at USBEC ABB Motors and Mechanical Inc. — Fort Smith, AR

This position reports to:

Supply Chain Manager

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Your role and responsibilities:

The Warehouse Supervisor is responsible for overseeing daily warehouse operations in a manufacturing environment to ensure the efficient, accurate, and timely receipt, storage, and distribution of materials and finished goods. This role leads and develops warehouse personnel, assigns work, monitors performance, and enforces safety, quality, and productivity standards.

The Supervisor coordinates closely with manufacturing, production planning, and logistics teams to support operational requirements, maintain inventory accuracy, and meet on time delivery goals. Responsibilities include optimizing manpower utilization, implementing process improvements aligned with Lean principles, ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures, and maintaining a safe, organized, and efficient work environment.

Our Team Dynamics

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Lead warehouse operations with full accountability for safety, quality, productivity, housekeeping, and problem resolution while ensuring compliance with OSHA, MSDS, and company policies.
• Provide strong people leadership, including training, coaching, performance management, and fair, consistent enforcement of employee relations and handbook standards.
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance safety, quality, efficiency, and overall warehouse performance while maintaining high expectations for results.
• Collaborate across departments and represent management professionally to support plant goals, effective communication, operational flexibility, and required certifications (forklift and hazmat).

Qualifications for the role:

• Bachelor’s Degree with minimum 2 years experience OR Associate’s Degree with minimum 4 years experience OR High School Diploma / GED with minimum 6 years experience. Previous experience supervising required.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise and motivate warehouse employees while consistently meeting daily operational goals.
• Strong organizational, time‐management, and prioritization skills with the ability to work independently and perform under pressure.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office: Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel; experience with SAP/BUS, Power BI and SFD systems (preferred).
• Solid understanding of manufacturing and warehouse operations, including Lean, Flex‐Flow, manpower utilization, and process improvement initiatives.
• Self‐motivated and detail‐oriented with strong verbal and written communication skills and a commitment to continuous learning and leadership development.
• Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

More about us:

What's in it for you

Health, Life & Disability

• Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
• Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
• Vision benefit
• Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
• Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
• Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums
• Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid
• Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid. Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.
• Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
• Employee discount program

Retirement

• 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)

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