Warehouse Operation Team Lead
Job Summary
The Operation Team Lead coordinates warehouse activities such as inbound, outbound, and kitting while ensuring compliance with HSE and quality standards. This role involves leading team training, managing operational workflows, and maintaining inventory accuracy in a non-climate-controlled environment. The position requires a focus on safety, continuous improvement, and effective collaboration across support teams.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate inbound, outbound, and kitting operations.
- Ensure HSE compliance and lead safety training.
- Manage inventory control and warehouse quality standards.
- Drive continuous improvement and team development.
- Maintain clean and orderly work environment.
Required Skills
- Warehouse management experience
- Logistics and 3PL knowledge
- Forklift operation (Valid License)
- HSE regulatory knowledge
- Team leadership and communication
Job Details
Key Responsibilities:
Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE):
- Stop work and immediately report any major injury hazards, work-related injuries, illnesses, or incidents.
- Comply with HSE standards, policies, procedures, and regulations; use appropriate personal protective equipment.
- Promote interdependence by looking out for one another and correcting hazards within your control.
- Recognize how work impacts the environment and minimize negative impact.
- Lead HSE Training and actively engage the workforce.
Quality:
- Follow all applicable standard work, work instructions/process documentation, and established quality procedures.
- Raise issues to minimize cost and quality exposures.
- Perform quality checks for damage and discrepancies between goods and invoices; identify and control non-conforming material.
Delivery:
- Receive incoming goods, sort, label/package, and arrange storage to optimize warehouse space.
- Operate manual and automated equipment to pick, pack, and ship products according to customer expectations.
- Demonstrate high-level competency in core work skills and work at required cycle times.
Teamwork:
- Communicate effectively with assigned teams and support staff.
- Ensure training completion in line with business requirements.
- Seek ways to improve quality, safety, process, material flow, and employee development.
- Maintain a clean and orderly work area; perform routine housekeeping and machine cleaning.
- Collaborate with peers and support staff to maintain equipment.
Requirements:
- Collaborates: Build partnerships to meet shared objectives.
- Communicates effectively: Convey clear understanding to diverse audiences.
- Customer focus: Build strong relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions.
- Decision quality: Make good and timely decisions.
- Drives results: Consistently achieve results under tough circumstances.
- Ensures accountability: Hold self and others accountable.
- Self-development: Actively seek new ways to grow.
- Mode Selection: Evaluate and select appropriate transportation modes and equipment.
- Trade Knowledge Application: Apply trade regulations to minimize risks and costs.
- Warehouse Inventory Control: Manage physical inventory using established methodologies.
- Warehouse Operations: Utilize tools and systems to meet inbound/outbound metrics.
- Values differences: Recognize the value of diverse perspectives.
Preferred Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent experience.
- Significant experience in logistics, warehousing, or 3PL management.
- Ability to lead continuous improvement initiatives.
- Experience in team capability and succession planning.
- Promote a team-based work system.
- Valid forklift license.