WAREHOUSE SUPERVISOR

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The Department of Economic Security, Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD), is seeking an experienced and highly motivated individual to join our team as a Warehouse Supervisor. This position is responsible for the supervision of warehousing, housekeeping, and laundry personnel and oversees state property asset accountability and assigned the position of site manager for the housekeeping maintenance management system at the Arizona Training Program at Coolidge (ATPC). Supervises the building housekeeping duties and tasks to ensure the team cleans and sanitizes daily the space occupied by staff, members and visitors. The warehousing facility receives, stocks, issues, and delivers all non-food items. Housekeeping personnel perform all clinical/nonclinical duties to include testing and evaluating new equipment, cleaning products, housekeeping services, infection control, and inspecting for cleanliness. The laundry facility provides a cleaning/washing service for linen, blankets, bath towels, and wash cloths for all residents. A property asset database is maintained for all state capital and expense equipment. The database is updated when equipment is transferred, moved to other locations, and sent to surplus. This position supervises which includes but is not limited to completing Performance Appraisals, authorizing leave, and approving Time Cards for staff and assures these units remain in compliance with regulations.

DDD provides individuals with developmental disabilities, and their families, services and supports that are flexible, high quality, and member driven. These services provide individuals with opportunities to exercise their rights and responsibilities of independent decision-making and engagement in the community.

Applicants for this position cannot be licensed or certified by the DDD Office of Licensing Certification and Regulation, cannot have a principal interest in or have a spouse or close family with principal interest in a DDD Qualified Vendor Agreement, and cannot be employed or subcontracted by a DDD Qualified Vendor.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Coordinates the building housekeeping duties and tasks to ensure the team cleans and sanitizes daily the space occupied by staff, members and visitors. Ensures proper campus oversight and response by pest management, housekeeping, and laundry. Provides managerial leadership, mentoring, and coaching for staff and team members. Completes Performance Appraisals, authorizes leave, and approves Time Cards for staff.
• Ensures proper housekeeping standards are practiced in all functional work areas to prevent potential safety hazards. Ensures staff and team members are properly trained to safely operate material, handle equipment or other types of equipment utilized in the warehousing/housekeeping/laundry operations. Performs periodic inspections in all areas to ensure safety standards are enforced. Conducts employee safety training to reinforce safe warehouse practices.
• Performs duties as site manger for the housekeeping maintenance management system. Ensures reoccurring weekly/monthly/quarterly preventive maintenance work orders & checklists are generated for areas that housekeeping staff are responsible for. Performs updates in the system. Dispatches work orders to housekeeping supervisor who assigns work to staff. Provides feedback to customers when work status inquiries are received.
• Maintains up-to-date inventory records of warehouse stock items and performs semi-annual inventories as required. Performs annual inventories of state property assets and tracks movement from receipt to final disposition.
• Is the primary point of contact for pest management and facility logistics.
• Performs periodic stock level reviews and determines proper stock levels based on available usage data, ensures warehouse stock levels are adequate to support member population. Monitors stock levels to prevent overage of stock for low usage items. Performs fiscal year budget review and provides forecast for warehouse requirements.
• Provides oversight & guidance to warehousing personnel for all equipment that is identified as surplus. Ensures the equipment is screened for possible reutilization within the organization. Items that are no longer required, unserviceable, or unrepairable are sent to DES Surplus for final disposition. Coordinates with DES Fleet Services for the proper disposition of vehicles & equipment that are scheduled for replacement.
• Develops and implements warehousing, housekeeping, and laundry policies and procedures for inventory control, sanitation and cleanliness, equipment operations and repairs.

Knowledge in:

• Supervisory techniques and Warehouse management
• Purchasing procedures
• Laundry & Housekeeping procedures
• Maintenance management systems
• Basic accounting principles

Skills In:

• Operating all types of material handling equipment
• Inventory management and control
• Oral and written communication
• Mathematical computations
• Using computer equipment and software (e.g., Microsoft Word, Excel, etc.)

Ability to:

• Organize and operate warehousing facility; and Implement practical changes which have a positive impact
• Recognize inventory discrepancies and make the appropriate corrections
• Supervise, train, and communicate with subordinate staff
• Operate mechanical equipment in a safe and appropriate manner
• Learn DES, DDD, and ATPC policies and procedures as well as Arizona Procurement Procedures

The ideal candidate for this position will have:

• N/A

• If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business, then the following requirements apply: Driver’s License Requirements. Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver's license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver's license record checks. The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended. Employees who drive on state business are subject to Driver's license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training. An employee who operated a personally owned vehicle on state business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance (see Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) (R2-10-201.11).
• Employee shall have a valid Level One fingerprint clearance card issued pursuant to Arizona Revised Statute 41-1968 in order to work with children and vulnerable adults.
• Candidates for this position shall be subject to a search of both the Department of Child Safety Central Registry pursuant to A.R.S. 8-804 and the Adult Protective Services Registry pursuant to A.R.S. 46-459.
• Employment may be contingent upon completion of a post-offer medical/physical examination and the agency’s ability to reasonably accommodate any restrictions.
• Successfully pass background and reference check; employment is contingent upon completion of the above-mentioned process and the Agency's ability to reasonably accommodate any restrictions.
• All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

The Arizona Department of Economic Security offers a comprehensive benefits package to include:

• Affordable medical, dental, life, and short-term disability insurance plans
• Participation in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) and long-term disability plans
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child.
• Deferred compensation plan
• Wellness plans
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Stipend Opportunities
• Infant at Work Program
• Rideshare and Public Transit Subsidy
• Career Advancement & Employee Development Opportunities

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

State employees are required to participate in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS), the State sponsored retirement contribution plan and the Long-Term Disability (LTD) program after a 27-week waiting period. The ASRS defined benefit plan provides for life-long income upon retirement. You will also have the option to participate in a voluntary deferred compensation program to take advantage of tax-deferred retirement investments.

On, or shortly after, your first day of work you will be provided with additional information about the available insurance plans, enrollment instructions, submission deadlines and effective dates.

For questions about this career opportunity, please contact us Johanna Valdiviezo at 480-919-6798 or JValdiviezo@azdes.gov.

The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by contacting 480-919-6798 or JValdiviezo@azdes.gov. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation.