Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
8 hours ago
Production Group Lead 1st Shift

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

The Group Leader role is the first step towards a supervisor position. This is a 2yr. role that provides both work assignments and training opportunities to prepare GL to be promoted into a supervisor role.

Contributes support for departments and department supervisors. Coordinates department activities, workflow, and resources to achieve daily goals. Maintains accuracy and performance standards and ensures compliance with safe work practices.

A GL is an extension of the DC Management team, and as such, fulfills the company purpose of helping people on their path to better health by driving DC execution and performance. Under the supervision of the department Manager and Supervisors, the GL will maintain an engaged, productive team through strong leadership, demonstrating initiative and leading by example.

The GL is responsible for supporting the department Manager and Supervisors in the total leadership and strategic operation of the DC, including:

Overall department management, and supervisionEmployee staffing, training, and developmentDrive department goals, to include meeting customer needs and all department metrics.

In addition to day-to-day management responsibilities, GLs are also responsible for completing operations and management skills training and learning about key aspects of the business and CVS Health culture, to prepare for a promotion to a supervisor position. This extensive on the job training is designed to provide a solid foundation to prepare a GL to be able to assume supervisory duties and operational control of a department immediately upon promotion into a Supervisor position. GLs must maintain satisfactory performance and must demonstrate consistent progression to remain in the role and be considered for Supervisor openings.

Selection for the GL position does not guarantee promotion into a supervisor position. Whether and when a GL is promoted to Supervisor is dependent on a variety of factors, including but not limited to performance and availability of Supervisor openings.

Qualifications:

Successful completion of Pre-SIT class.Willingness to apply for Supervisor positions as they become available, regardless of shift or department.Ability to work any shift and in any department.Ability to maintain strict level of confidentiality.Good written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely.Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel).

Essential Functions (Competencies):

Management

Lead others and work effectively with department teamSupervise, assign, and direct activities of the department associates.Effectively communicate information to team in an open and timely mannerSupport Manager and Supervisors as needed to ensure operation effectiveness.

Operations

Utilize various reports, summaries, and procedures as necessary to resolve problems that associates may encounter in their job function.Cognos, Reddwerks, WMS, SOM Monitoring.Assign associates to work areas within the department to achieve a balanced workload and meet operational metrics.Confer daily with department Manager and Supervisor to determine departmental staffing needs and assignments.Conduct audits (PUMPs, tray audits, stocker audits) as determined by Supervisor.Monitor sortation system.Delay sheet processing.Fill in for supervisor as needed.Ability to monitor inventory and adjust, as necessary.Perform other related duties as assigned by Supervisor.Train and develop colleagues.Maintain attendance and performance records of associates.Ensure on-the-job safety of all employees.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

Physical demands:

Occasionally lift greater than 45 to 75 pounds.Occasionally bending, reaching, and stooping.Frequent walking, standing, and pulling.

Work environment:  Warehouse environment, which includes seasonal temperature changes.

Anticipated Weekly Hours

40

Time Type

Full time

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$17.00 - $34.15

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls.  The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors.  
 

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits – investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:

Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.

No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.

Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

For more information, visit https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 03/29/2026

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.

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