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Position Snapshot
Business areas: Nestle Canada Inc.
Job title: Warehouse Team Leader
Location: Toronto
Grade Level: 15
Position Summary
We are looking for a Warehouse Team Leader based at our Toronto location. This role will be responsible for promoting and ensuring the Health & Safety of all operators, and compliance with all GMP’s and Food Safety programs, making sure all quantitative and qualitative measures in the operating plan are met including those related to line reliability, labor utilization, resource optimization and losses and ACTs the Compliance Champion for Warehouse.
The role addresses issues and upgrades that will make the system more efficient. Warehouse Team Leader will work closely with the DC team to manage inventory levels and variances, marinating high customer service and efficiency levels, Indirect Material Suppliers to ensure supply and 3PL Management.
A day in the life of a Warehouse Team Leader:
As a Warehouse Team Leader, you will be Leader of all aspects of the Warehouse Department including scheduling, coaching, and training warehouse personnel and to develop a culture of trust and to cultivate the best by inspiring, challenging and promoting our workforce.
You will:

• Manages directly with the defined supplier the delivery of materials: this includes creating, sending, confirming, receiving, investigating errors and discrepancies on invoice lines, and handling all exceptions / issues in those operations, including claims management.
• Develop, identify, implement, and actively participate in the continuous process development to improvement initiatives towards achieving operating plan objectives
• Coordinate with all Departments to maximize overall effectiveness and efficiency of the operation
• Responsible for ensuring the allocation of regular and overtime hours, and appropriate vacation coverage
• Supervise the movement of all goods. External: carrier selection, load planning, and cost/benefit analysis. Internal: space planning, equipment, and resource management
• Promote and enhance a positive Labour-management relationship including efforts to continuously improve teamwork and establish high levels of employee involvement
• Responsible for all investigations and root cause analysis related to warehouse incidents
• Manages the satellite Warehouses (Third Party Storage) and schedules all material movements (inbounds and outbounds)
• Monitor all administration control for all shipping and receiving activities, monitor inventory accuracy and maintain FEFO adherence
• Initiate process improvements by coaching the warehouse group to identify potential savings and assist with their implementation, deliver effective training and performance management, discipline adherence and grievance resolutions to the unionized warehouse workforce
• Responsible for bi-weekly payroll for union employees, while adhering to the collective agreement.
• Responsible for material management, ACTs as Compliance Champion for internal and legal requirements and Audits.
• Provide direction to the Buyer to ensure the facility maintains an efficient inventory level to meet requirements, validate materials usage transactions and associated variances
• Define the stock policy and management approach to be applied to each material considering the site constraints
• Plans and Schedule inbounds of Indirect materials with Suppliers based on Production Plans
• Monitor, communicate and enforce personal safety and facility protection procedure ensuring compliance with all government legislations
• Establish and maintain good working relationships with Distribution Centers, Logistics, carriers, and suppliers
• Continually monitor existing processes and procedures in order to implement improvements
• Provide direction to the Buyer to ensure the facility maintains an efficient inventory level to meet requirements, validate materials usage transactions and associated variances
• Responsible for Fleet Management across the site and maintaining relationship with the OEM.

What will make you successful?
As the successful candidate, you will need to have good communication skills, be creative thinker with strong analytical and organization skills and ability to work independently. You will also require:

• Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail with strong initiative, customer service focused attributes
• Flexible to work hours and over the weekend as per business needs
• Ability to multi-task and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Payroll Kronos experience
• Ability to respond to changing demands with short notice, and be proactive in managing the needs of operation
• Demonstrated problem-solving and leadership skills as well as strong interpersonal and communication skills are required to excel at working within a team environment
• Minimum 3 – 5 years’ experience as a team leader in warehouse operations, preferably within a unionized environment
• Strong computer skills, working knowledge of SAP, intermediate knowledge of MS Word, Excel and Power point
• Completion of University Degree or Community College Diploma in a related field
• Excellent prioritization and communication skills

What You Need To Know
What can we offer in return? Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestle including a comprehensive total rewards benefits package including Health and Dental benefits that start on day one as well as a Company matched retirement savings plan, Excellent training and development programs as well as opportunities to grow within the company. We will be considering applicants as they apply, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.
Nestlé is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. If you are selected to participate in the recruitment process, please inform Human Resources of any accommodations you may require. Nestlé will work with you in an effort to ensure that you are able to fully participate in the process.
We are Nestlé, the largest food and beverage company. We are 308,000 employees strong driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. Our values are rooted in respect: respect for ourselves, respect for others, respect for diversity and respect for our future. With more than CHF 91.4 billion sales in 2018, we have an expansive presence with 413 factories in more than 85 countries. We believe our people are our most important asset, so we'll offer you a dynamic inclusive international working environment with many opportunities across different businesses, functions and geographies, working with diverse teams and cultures. Want to learn more? Visit us at www.nestle.com