The award-winning San José Public Library (SJPL) consists of more than 600 employees, a 23% bilingual workforce, and has 24 branch libraries across San José, in addition to the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, which is the city's main library jointly operated through a unique partnership with San José State University. SJPL serves a diverse community of roughly one-million residents and currently has nearly 700,000 library members. It annually attracts over 6 million visitors (pre-pandemic) and circulates more than 8 million items per year.
Over the past few years, SJPL has cultivated a 21st century library experience dedicated to public service and committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion at the core. In addition to providing library services to the community, SJPL proudly leads two citywide initiatives - the Education and Digital Literacy Strategy and the SJ Access digital equity initiative, which has become the number one provider of free public access to Wi-Fi connectivity, tech device lending, and multi-lingual digital literacy programs and support. SJPL is led by Jill Bourne, City Librarian, who was nationally recognized in 2017 as Library Journal's "Librarian of the Year."
SJPL enriches lives by fostering lifelong learning and ensuring that every member of the community has access to a vast array of ideas and information. The library department is a place where people do great work and make a difference in our community. To see examples of SJPL's work and learn more about its impact, visit www.sjpl.org. Join us to make a difference! The salary range for Warehouse Supervisor classification is $71,722.56 - $87,141.60 annually. All ranges include an approximate five percent (5%) ongoing non-pensionable pay. Actual salary shall be determined by the final candidate's qualifications and experience.
The Library Department is currently recruiting to fill one (1) Warehouse Supervisor position in the Logistics Unit.
The key responsibilities of the Warehouse Supervisor may include but are not limited to:
- Plans and supervises the operations of a major warehousing facility providing a wide variety of commodities utilized City-wide, or a major warehouse with a large number of highly specialized parts and equipment unique to a department.
- Establishes minimum and maximum stock levels through knowledge of usage patterns, stock availability, lead times, specialized usage requirements, shelf life and other pertinent factors.
- Develops methods of efficient space utilization.
- Plans and supervises the receipt, storage, issuance and disposal of items requiring specialized handling.
- Supervises an inter-departmental mail and drayage service.
- Plans and supervises the rotation of stock.
- Ensures majority of stock is turned over in accordance with accepted standards.
- Coordinates with buyers, vendors, user departments and divisions to minimize inventory, eliminates obsolete parts, achieves standardization of parts.
- Maintains records of costs, vendors, usage patterns, replacement component systems, lead times and blueprints.
- Ensures handling of hazardous materials such as paints, solvents, chemicals and fertilizers complies with State and Federal regulations.
- Vehicle Tracking: maintenance on vehicles, recordkeeping.
This recruitment may be used to fill multiple positions in this, or other divisions or departments. If you are interested in employment in this classification, you should apply to ensure you are considered for additional opportunities that may utilize the applicants from this recruitment.