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Warehouse Lead

Dot Foods

Mount Sterling, ILFull-time$28–30.75/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$28–30.75/hr
Location
Mount Sterling, IL
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Warehouse Lead Person provides hands-on leadership on the warehouse floor, training, monitoring, and evaluating assigned personnel while leading receiving, warehousing, and shipping. The role supports company service and cost objectives and includes coaching, communicating expectations and results, and leading lean initiatives to remove waste. The schedule is Sunday through Wednesday, 6:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with an hourly pay range of $28.00 to $30.75 plus differentials.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Warehouse Management Systems, nice to haveMaterial Handling Equipment, nice to haveOrganization, requiredCommunication, requiredMicrosoft Office, nice to haveSafety Practices, nice to haveLeadership, nice to have

Qualifications

High School Diploma or Relevant Work Experience, requiredNo Steps of Discipline, requiredLeadership Experience, nice to haveAchieve Program Completion, nice to have

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

Dot Foods Inc. • Mount Sterling, IL, United States

As a Warehouse Lead Person, you will provide hands-on leadership on the warehouse floor by training, monitoring, and evaluating assigned personnel and actively leading the receiving, warehousing, and shipping of product in a manner consistent with company service and cost objectives.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

  • Safely and efficiently utilize the warehouse material handling equipment

  • Trains assigned personnel to accurately and consistently use warehouse management systems

  • Trains assigned personnel in safe and efficient use of material handling equipment and supplies

  • Serves as a coach and mentor

  • Communicates work expectations and results achieved

  • Leads lean thinking initiatives to remove waste from all aspects of the position

YOU MUST HAVE

High School Diploma, General Equivalency Degree, or relevant work experience

Strong organization skills

Strong communication skills

No steps of discipline

YOU MAY ALSO HAVE

  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office programs Prior experience in an environment that promotes safety

  • Leadership experience

  • Completed or in the process of completing the Achieve program

ROLE SPECIFICS

  • Schedule:

  • Dry- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 6:30AM-5:00PM

  • Pay Range- $28.00 - $30.75 per hour plus differentials

WHO WE ARE

Dot Foods makes products more accessible and affordable to the food industry. We add efficiency to the supply chain and build strong partnerships with distributors, suppliers, and operators. Our company was created on a foundation of respect and dependability. People who are open to input, ask questions, embrace diversity, and seek innovative solutions thrive here.

WHAT DOT CAN OFFER YOU

As a family-owned and -operated company since 1960, Dot Foods has created a strong family culture. We make everyone feel included and respected. In addition to an inclusive working environment, we will provide you with:

  • Competitive compensation package, including bonuses for successful performance

  • Extensive benefits including medical, dental, 401k, and profit-sharing

  • Significant advancement opportunities

Safety: This position assumes responsibility for the workplace safety of self and co-workers, and for the safety conditions of the work locations, exercise and promotes safe behaviors and show unyielding support of programs, rules and policies regarding safety.

EOE/AA Employer: Dot believes all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunities. Dot will not discriminate against its employees or applicants for employment because of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status or other basic classes protected by applicable federal or state law provided they are qualified for employment or for existing positions.

How this job compares

Set against the 1,858 open Warehouse Operations jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$28–30.75/hr
  • Illinois median$23–24/hr60 hourly ranges
  • US median$22–24/hr795 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $29.38/hr, is 25% above the Illinois median midpoint ($24/hr) — in the top quarter of Warehouse Operations hourly ranges in Illinois.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 105 open Warehouse Operations jobs in Illinois and 1,858 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
Warehouse Operations postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (995 postings).
Education
56 of the 1,858 open Warehouse Operations jobs (3%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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