Warehouse Team Lead
Kuehne+Nagel
- Mississauga, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Delegate tasks to warehouse employees
- Train new hires and casual labourers
- Act as a liaison between your manager and front line employees
- Establish team priorities and complete multiple tasks with minimal supervision
- Follow standard warehouse practices and work instructions required to maintain high levels of inventory and location accuracy. Documents and identifies all discrepancies to the warehouse supervisor
- Accurately complete routine documentation, such as pick sheets, manifests, and unload lists
- Perform a variety of physically demanding general labor duties according to standard work instructions, such as manually loading and unloading goods from a trailer
- Capable of heavy lifting up to 50 lbs.
- Capable of repetitive work including bending, twisting and reaching, following safety procedures
- Demonstrates accuracy and efficiency in the execution of standard warehousing processes such as receiving, picking, packing, shipping, checking and loading customer orders and products
- Participates in process-specific training
- 2+ years' experience working in a Warehouse/Distribution Centre
- Direct experience with distribution centre processes (receiving, picking, packing, shipping, returns, value added processing and sub-assembly)
- Valid material handling equipment (MHE) license for MHE used on the account
- Strong understanding of warehouse operations and cost structures
- Intermediate knowledge of the Warehouse Management System and proficient computer skills and in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong customer orientation and problem solving abilities
- Ability to handle multiple priorities and capability to work independently and make decisions with minimum supervision based on internal and external customer requirements
- Time management skills and the ability to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure
- Proven ability to delegate tasks and prioritize work
- Availability to work periodic overtime and a variety of shifts in order to meet the requirements of the operation
- Knowledge of and compliance with health and safety standards
- Experience in leading teams will be considered an asset
jas.randhawa@kuehne-nagel.com