Warehouse Manager

Posted 23 July 2024
Salary$110k to $120k + super (Depending on Experience)
LocationSydney
DisciplineIndustrial & Manufacturing
Reference1237052

Job description


About the Business:

The business is experiencing growth and can provide excellent opportunities for progression for the successful candidate. The company has been built on the foundations of culture, workers safety, excellence and process improvements. This ensures that customer’s product expectations are delivered throughout the companies end to end process. This company is a global organisation, if the individual can execute the duties of the role and improve the site in the coming years further opportunities will be available in the organisation due to the policy of the organisation is promoting from within.

About the Role:

You will make up part of the leadership team onsite and have accountability for the site’s warehouse inwards/outwards despatching team and processes, the site’s culture, safety, quality and continuous improvement. You will have about 5 direct reports and 30+ indirect reports.

Responsibilities will include:

• Lead, manage, coach, and develop the warehouse team, ensuring they have the necessary training, equipment, and priorities.

• Some duties unloading of finished goods from incoming transport carriers and receipting of finished goods / raw materials into the Warehouse.

• Take ownership of the warehouse budget, manage invoices, and address exceptions against targets.

• Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify trends and deviations, developing plans to maintain agreed performance levels.

• Work with planning, production, customer service, finance, and transport carriers to ensure timely and accurate operations, inventory control, and cost management.

• Lead and participate in continuous improvement and root cause problem-solving activities, analysing data to drive process improvements.


To be successful in this role you must have:

• Good understanding of practices when it comes to DIFOT

• Be organised, reliable and a proactive self-starter with a positive work ethic.

• Willing to complete Pre-Employment Medical including Drug & Alcohol testing.

• Have an idea about NCR -Product Damage, NOD’s published as per agreed timelines and Stillage availability regarding the department/organisation.

• MRP/ERP experience essential


Desirable but not Essential:

• Experience in FMCG/Food or building products warehouse processing environment.

• SAP and D365 warehouse management experience desired but not essential.

• A current forklift license