Warehouse Supervisor

COMPANY BACKGROUND & CULTURE 

SANY Group is a global corporation with about 70,000 employees in more than 150 countries. The Company offers a complete scope of construction machines, such as excavators, wheel loaders, concrete pumps, road construction machines, crane, and crane vehicles, along with earth drilling, as well as machineries for port, materials handling, mining, wind generation and petroleum applications. Headquartered in China, SANY is one of the Top 5 heavy machinery manufacturers in the world, generating revenues of over $10 billion, with about a third of its business outside of China. SANY is No.1 in market share in the global concrete machinery business, No. 1 in market share in the Chinese excavator market and No. 3 in the Chinese lifting crane market. SANY is also the largest Chinese exporter of excavators, crawler cranes and drilling rigs.

The successful candidate will direct receiving, warehousing and distribution operations, and will be responsible for maintaining inventory levels to meet defined Key Performance Indicators (KPI).  The candidate will oversee the efficient and timely receipt, storage, and shipment of parts.  The candidate will be responsible for ensuring productivity targets are met and that all warehouse processes are running efficiently. You will lead a team of people and co-ordinate activities to achieve business goals; through focusing on continuous improvement and promoting a team-based culture.  In order to be successful, you will need to learn, fully understand and adopt lean management principles and approaches.

KEY RESPONSIBILIES:

Leadership, training and inventory accountability!

• Maintain full traceability of all material movements driving best in class inventory control 
• Responsible for the physical appearance and safety of the working environment 
• Review and improve the operating environment through establishing and maintaining housekeeping standards (5s) 
• Ensure health and safety standards are achieved on an ongoing basis and actively promote individual responsibility for health and safety 
• Ensure all direct activities have a relevant standard operating procedure and actively pursue the elimination of waste through the application of continuous improvement tools and techniques, monitoring, and measuring
• Develop and maintain appropriate daily, weekly and monthly reporting mechanisms to monitor, control and improve performance 
• Provide weekly, daily and monthly performance reports and develop and maintain visual management boards for the team 
• Monitor progress against Key Performance Indicators and cost against budget 
• Observe value stream waste, coach and drive Lean principle and methodologies for waste removal.
• Audit regular lean activities
• Should be familiar with the levers to influence or control - Fill Rate, Productivity, Picking Accuracy, shipping Error Rates Resource Management 
• Manage the allocation of work daily, controlling headcount and overtime budgets and ensuring cost, quality and delivery targets are met 
• Establish work measurement programs and analyze work samples to develop labor utilization standards.
• Promote flexibility through skills training and personal development 
• Monitor team absence and performance, taking action where necessary 
• Create and maintain a positive team culture and spirit encouraging involvement from all team members when sharing group, company and team information 
• Work with appropriate parties to provide solutions to team issues taking account of the appropriate policies and ethical practice. 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS:

The ideal candidate will have:

• Three to five years of practical experience in relevant industry. 
• SAP experience required 
• Responsible for coordinating warehouse and logistics matters.
• 3PL 
• Proficient in MS Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint
• Ability to plan and execute projects with cross-functional teams
• Motivated to identify waste, propose improvements and support implementation of improvement projects
• Strong communication, presentation skills and teamwork skills with the ability to build trust and credibility globally which includes winning approval from various stakeholders
• Demonstrate a high degree of creativity and mature judgement in anticipating and solving non-reoccurring, unprecedented problems. Have a Root Cause / Countermeasure approach to problem solving
• Project management skills with the ability to plan, create, maintain and resolve open issues, lead functional teams, financial tracking and management of program fund spending 
• Provide leadership in execution, completing assignments and projects on time
• Process driven, detailed oriented, results driven and self-motivated 
• High energy with a sense of urgency who is resilient and self-confident

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Logistics or related field is preferred.

COMPENSATION:

Compensation will be competitive and commensurate with experience. It will include a base salary, an annual performance bonus, and other exceptional benefits.