Team Leader Warehouse & Packaging - #443356

BASIC FUNCTION:

Reporting to the Director GSC Manufacturing Operation, the Team Leader, Packaging & Warehouse Operations is an integral member of the Manufacturing Leadership Team. The individual’s expertise and experience in Packaging and Warehousing operations best practices will play a critical role in delivering Global Supply Chain’s performance objectives in safety, quality, service, and cost. This position supports in the development of the Manufacturing Business Plan, Capital Budget, and Key Performance Measures. The Team Leader, Packaging & Warehouse Operations has responsibility for direct supervision of the Packaging and Warehouse Operations in Mississauga.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure all Packaging and Warehouse operations run safely
• Creating a safety culture that promotes looking out for one another and doing things the right way leveraging hazard identification and behavior based safety programs.
• Ensure that all work is performed in compliance with government Occupational Health and Safety Regulations and Company Health & Safety procedures within the terms of the Collective Agreement
• Provide overall leadership, strategic direction and priorities to the PCLI packaging and warehouse operations that include both full time salaried staff and hourly employees based in Edmonton & Mississauga.
• Accountable for proprietary warehouse operations in Mississauga (National Warehouse)
• Demonstrate strong Non-Authoritative Leadership (NAL) skills and a commitment to teamwork & empowerment to create an environment of opportunity and growth
• Focus team on following HFC’s Core Values
• Monitor expenses, develop continual improvement initiatives with equipment and processes.
• Accountable for management of the business relationship, costs, dispatching and operational performance of third party bulk and packaged carriers and rail companies servicing our customers across Western Canada
• Accountable for dispatching and operational performance of third party package carriers servicing our customers out of Mississauga
• Accountable for developing, optimizing and improving the cost effectiveness of PCLI’s package & warehouse operations
• Accountable for Distribution’s compliance with PCLI’s management systems including ISO 9001, 14001, and IATF 16949
• Member of Joint, Health and Safety team

Special assignments or tasks assigned to the employee by their supervisor, as determined from time to time in their sole and complete discretion

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• 10+ years of related work experience with a minimum of 5 years of direct leadership experience (leadership in a unionized environment is preferred)
• Previous manufacturing or logistics and distribution experience is required
• Experience leading teams in an operational setting

REQUIRED EDUCATIONAL LEVEL:

• Post-secondary education with a Technical, Business or Logistics diploma/degree preferred however, a combination of education and related work experience will be considered

PREFERRED EDUCATIONAL LEVEL:

• College Diploma or University degree

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and mentor a large team
• Strong authoritative and non-authoritative leadership skills
• Experienced in effectively managing and influencing stakeholders, and enhancing collaboration and alignment with other groups to improve cost effectiveness and enable profitable growth
• Ability to make decisions independently and follows a robust thought process to arrive at decisions that are supported by sound rationale
• Demonstrated ability to set priorities and hold teams and individuals accountable to create a high performance culture and deliver results
• Authentic commitment to customer service
• Advanced commercial negotiation and project management skills
• Demonstrated ability to interpret financial information and strong business acumen
• Experienced in balancing competing priorities and ensuring deadlines are met
• Superior communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to present material in a group setting; strong presentation skills
• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret data from a variety of sources to support decision making

SUPERVISORY/MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Leader of organization with over 60 unionized and non-unionized employees based in and Mississauga
• Member of the Manufacturing Leadership Team.
• Accountable for managing business relationships with bulk and packaged third party carriers that service our Western Canadian business

WORK CONDITIONS:

• Work is conducting mainly in an office setting with regular exposure to the on-site packaging, blending and warehouse facilities.
• Periods of increased pressure and stress when dealing with operational challenges and responding to incidents.
• North American travel to Global Supply Chain facilities/operations is required (up to 20% ad hoc)
• On site daily

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Job conditions require standing, walking, sitting, talking or hearing, making visual inspections, making precise hand and finger movements, lifting or carrying up to 25 lbs., pushing or pulling up to 25 lbs., perceiving color differences. Job conditions may require twisting, stooping, crouching, kneeling, reaching or grasping, and working in confined spaces as permitted.