Assist Supervisor and Manager with all aspects of the Warehouse operation while ensuring the proper and timely movement of freight and providing an exceptional customer service.
- Responsible for the accurate and timely processing of all work activities relating to the in and out going freight flow of the teams within the department
- Responsible for stock control for the teams within the department
- Receive drivers, register where necessary and lead the loading/unloading process
- Responsible for the correct and timely OSD reports in the Expeditors’ system
- Managing and coaching the warehouse agents and warehouse agent senior
- Responsible for the safe handling of the various internal modes of transport for the warehouse staff
- Leading the daily team huddles (briefing and debriefing) within your warehouse teams
- Monthly 1 on 1s with the warehouse leads and Warehouse Agent & Agents Senior
- Assist the Warehouse Supervisor, Manager with setting up development plans for the warehouse agents and warehouse agent seniors and assist with the development plans for warehouse agent senior
- Mid and end of year reviews with the Warehouse Agents & Warehouse Agent Senior
- Attend and participate in warehouse leads meetings
- Attend and participate in internal meetings (gateways, customer service departments)
- Maintain contact with internal departments via telephone and email
- Train the warehouse team; daily tasks and if necessary implement new global processes
- Responsible for the training of new hires based on the expeditors training scheme
- Adhere to security and compliance rules which have been set up by Expeditors
- Provide daily Warehouse Inventory checks
- Generate all related paperwork and necessary information required for customer work orders, checks all orders for special requests and posts inventory records
- Perform accurate and timely data entry for receiving freight allocation, shipping and inventory management
- Maintain damage records and backorder logs
- Provide warehouse staff with necessary documents and information needed to complete receiving, and to ship orders
- Maintain strong relationships with vendors (trucking companies, and others)
- Compliance at all times to regulations. This includes internal policies and procedures such as Operational Process Standards (OPS) and external government regulations or customer policies / requirements
Support the Supervisor in the following areas:
- Allocate workloads within team to ensure smooth operations during peak activity or staff absence
- Proactively communicate with the team to ensure continuous awareness and understanding of policies and regulations
- Be continuously open and positive to implementing new system changes and enhancements with the team