Outbound Logistics Supervisor — E‑Commerce Parcel

Tennant Company

Louisville, KY

JOB DETAILS
LOCATION
Louisville, KY
POSTED
6 days ago

Ready to Orchestrate a High-Velocity Parcel Operation?

Do you thrive where speed meets precision? Can you coach a diverse team, keep KPIs in the green, and solve problems with data—all before the next wave of orders hits? If yes, this small-parcel leadership role could be your next move.

What Will You Tackle Day to Day?

  • Delight customers by ensuring every order is accurately identified, quality checked, and dispatched on time.
  • Make performance visible: measure and report on warehousing activities and team outcomes.
  • Lead people the right way—manage, mentor, and develop your team toward safety, quality, delivery, and cost goals.
  • Own workforce administration: manage timecards and time-off requests promptly.
  • Drive growth: conduct evaluations, training, development plans, and promotions.
  • Build the bench: interview and select great talent.
  • Hold standards: apply coaching and, when necessary, discipline; recognize wins quickly and publicly.
  • Keep everyone aligned: communicate and administer company and department policies and procedures.
  • Remove friction: use data-driven problem-solving to identify, troubleshoot, and eliminate barriers.
  • Never stop improving: support and sustain Lean and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Stay hands-on: operate power-industrial equipment safely and ensure team licensing.

Are You a Match?

  • Experienced Warehouse Supervisor with highly effective supervisory techniques.
  • Comfortable in warehouse software; SAP preferred; strong with MS Office.
  • Confident analyzing data to guide action.
  • Exceptional communicator and collaborator across upstream and downstream functions.
  • Sound judgment under pressure; organized, detail-oriented, and urgency-aware.
  • Motivates diverse teams and leads change with clarity.
  • Coaches and mentors direct reports; embraces constructive feedback.
  • Understands structured problem-solving and can spot CI opportunities.
  • Acts quickly to address obstacles and protect flow.
  • Handles confidential matters with discretion; partners well cross-functionally.
  • Holds teams accountable to daily tasks and strategic goals; manages time effectively.

Experience & Education

  • Bachelor's degree preferred.
  • 3+ years in distribution environments (production, distribution, or logistics).
  • 5+ years of leadership/supervision required.
  • Lean systems experience across multiple processes.
  • Proven history ensuring equipment maintenance and on-time preventive maintenance.
  • SAP knowledge preferred.

Why You'll Love Working Here

  • Competitive salary with performance bonuses.
  • Health benefits begin on day one.
  • Generous vacation and PTO.
  • Real growth and development opportunities.
  • Supportive, collaborative culture.

Physical Realities

  • Must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or moved up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move 40 pounds.

Preferred Proficiencies

  • Supervisory Experience
  • Shipping/Receiving
  • Warehouse Experience
  • Material Handler Experience
  • Forklift Licensed
  • Excellent Communication Skills

About the Company

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Tennant Company

Changing How the World Cleans

Tennant Company is a recognized leader in designing, manufacturing and marketing solutions that help create a cleaner, safer, healthier world. With a vision to become a global leader in sustainable cleaning innovation that empowers our customers to create a cleaner, safer and healthier world, Tennant creates solutions that are changing the way the world cleans. Tennant products include equipment used to maintain indoor and outdoor surfaces, as well as TennantTrue® financing solutions, equipment parts, service, and maintenance to help ensure superior cleaning performance from your Tennant machines. Products are marketed under the Tennant®, Nobles®, Green Machines®, Orbio® and Alfa brands.

COMPANY SIZE
2,500 to 4,999 employees
INDUSTRY
Manufacturing - Other
FOUNDED
1870
WEBSITE
http://www.tennantco.com/