Warehouse Supervisor

Overview

You will be responsible for planning, leading, organizing and controlling of warehousing to ensure efficient inventory and warehouse management and cost‑effective delivery of shipment volume objectives. You will be planning, leading, organizing and controlling the plant’s Dispensary operations for raw & packaging material to provide consistent quality ingredients to production in an efficient and cost‑effective manner.

• Be accountable for the Warehouse Operations Plan, coordinate and manage receipt, issue and disposal of raw/packaging materials and finished good inventories in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Deliver inventory accuracy objectives and ensure operational requirements are consistently applied while complying to all boundaries and requirements on a regular basis.
• Provide appropriate and properly maintained materials handling/movement equipment and facility to ensure safe and efficient operations.
• Achieve AM‑Autonomous maintenance and PM‑Progressive maintenance step completion goals for warehouse equipment and SGA teams to eliminate losses and downtime.
• Lead optimum utilization of warehouse space; conduct warehouse capacity plan reviews on a regular basis.
• Ensure storage and handling of all materials and finished goods adheres to standard palletizing, stacking and storage requirements.
• Manage and control the replenishment of stock at distributor warehouses, analyze inventory movements to keep inventory levels manageable and avoid run or overstock situations while maintaining product freshness.
• Develop and implement overhead budgets to define cost boundaries for an efficient warehouse operation.
• Ensure cost targets are met via efficient utilization of equipment, workforce and utilities.
• Monitor and control materials wastage and variance to generate productivity savings.
• Be accountable for strong governance and compliance requirements (warehouse audits, ISO, FSSC, quality management system audits, etc.) and serve as a champion to meet and exceed safety and quality requirements.
• Be accountable for talent, capabilities and engagement for the team; identify and implement critical levers to attract, retain and develop critical talent, build capability at all levels, and maintain 100 % compliance to standards, policies and local legal laws.

• Relevant work experience in warehouse and/or production operations, inventory management and handling material movement equipment.
• Computer proficiency (MS Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and experience in ERP (SAP) systems.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), analytical and problem‑solving skills, strong collaboration and relationship‑management skills, and the capability to work as a team leader. Experience in developing and aligning goals, managing individual development plans, coaching team members on performance and career development.

• Having experience of a unionized environment preferred.
• This resource will manage a team of 10–30 hourly unionized employees.
• Develop the team to solve day‑to‑day operational issues and reach short‑ and long‑term performance goals.
• Communicate cross‑functionally to assist the team in solving operational issues.
• The Front‑Line Supervisor will be accountable for an operations unit and share supervision of hourly reports during the off‑shift.
• He or she will work with the hourly team to help them understand efficiencies, yields and costs, and to effectively utilize this knowledge in improving production efficiencies during their shift.
• The incumbent will serve as a liaison with other teams in coordinating workflows within the plant and with the hourly maintenance personnel to ensure machine and facility repairs are complete and effective.
• The Front‑Line Supervisor will monitor and lead good quality assurance, GMP, HACCP, allergen, sanitation and housekeeping practices, and ensure the hourly team clearly understands quality requirements and takes appropriate action for Q.A. decisions.

• Support the warehouse annual operational plans and targets to meet safety, quality, cost, delivery, sustainability and…