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Warehouse Associate
Eastern Canada Parts Distribution Centre
Bowmanville, ON
Afternoon Shift: 1:30pm – 10:00pm, Monday - Friday
Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) is the exclusive Canadian distributor of Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Toyota Canada's head office is in Toronto, with regional offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Halifax. Toyota parts and accessories are distributed through TCI's Parts Distribution Centres in Bowmanville and Vancouver. TCI supports over 287 Toyota and Lexus dealers in Canada with services that include training, sales, marketing, environmental and customer satisfaction initiatives.
What Sets Us Apart?
A focus on People, Passion for Toyota, Innovation and Make Things Better has made us an award-winning company, recognized worldwide for our technological leadership and superior standards of quality, community involvement and environmental responsibility.
Job Summary:
Toyota Canada Inc. currently has an exciting opportunity for a team-oriented individual to support our Eastern Canada Parts Distribution Centre. This is a full-time opportunity and will reside in our Bowmanville warehouse reporting to one of our Operations Leaders. This role is a vital contributor of frontline quality service to TCI dealers & customers through a safety, quality, and efficient minded focus while receiving and shipping parts in TCI’s Parts Distribution Centre (PDC).
What You’ll be Doing:

• Report unsafe conditions or perceived risks
• Checks incoming shipments for part quality and discrepancies during receipt and binning
• Pick, pack, label and process outgoing shipments in accordance with procedures and instructions
• Tracks and reports daily time spent in work activities accurately
• Other duties as requested or required
• Report damaged and incomplete stock and any other stock where the packaging is not in a saleable condition
• Assist in physical inventory cycle counting
• Initiates and implements appropriate 'kaizen' (continuous improvement) efforts which results in work efficiencies relating to cost reduction or avoidance, improved time and process efficiencies
• Assist in maintaining accurate and current computer records by ensuring that all input is processed on a timely basis within established and required standards
• Operate material handling equipment when required
• Attend all required training
• Maintain clean and tidy work areas
• Locks in and measures incremental success through the creation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) which build quality into the process (JKK)
• Report instances of mixed or misplaced stock and take corrective action.
• Standardizes and shares successes across the team or organization through 'Yokoten' (shares best practices) and continues to improve through further kaizen
• Locates new stock and relocates current stock to effectively utilize the available cube space based on volume, type and movement of stock

What You’ll Bring:

• College or University Degree is preferred
• Digital literacy – MS Office Suite, SAP, etc. an asset
• Two years’ related work experience is an asset
• Ability to work overtime if required
• High degree of personal initiative and ability to work with limited supervision
• Proven ability to initiate & improve work processes to increase efficiencies (Kaizen)
• Ability to operate Material Handling Equipment is an asset

What We’ll Bring:

• Fitness reimbursement
• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career, as well as tuition reimbursement
• Competitive salary including bonus
• Competitive paid time off benefits
• Company pension plan with matched contribution
• Associate vehicle discount program
• Great company culture-Respect for people and continuous improvement is at our core
• Health and dental benefits effective immediately
• A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility and respect

What You Should Know:
Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace diverse perspectives and value unique human experiences. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates the diversity of the communities where we live and do business. Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, or any other characteristics protected by law.