At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead daily warehouse operations and ensure safety and productivity goals are met.
- Company: Join a well-established distribution centre focused on continuous improvement.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, supportive team culture, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Afternoon shifts with a focus on safety and operational excellence.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by leading a high-performing team in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in warehouse leadership and strong people management skills required.
The predicted salary is between 64350 - 78650 $ per year.
Warehouse Supervisor
Role Overview
Miller Leith's client is seeking an experienced Warehouse Supervisor to lead the day-to-day operations of a high-volume distribution centre servicing customers across Victoria and Tasmania.
The role is afternoon shift from 2pm to 10pm, Monday to Friday.
Reporting to the Distribution Centre Manager, this role is responsible for overseeing warehouse operations, leading frontline teams, driving safety performance, and ensuring service, productivity, and cost objectives are consistently achieved.
The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining operational excellence across warehousing, inventory management, dispatch, loading, and customer service activities while fostering a positive and high-performing team culture.
This position offers an opportunity to contribute to a well-established operation focused on continuous improvement, safety leadership, customer satisfaction, and operational efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and supervise daily warehouse and distribution centre activities.
- Drive a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with all workplace health, safety and environmental requirements.
- Manage warehouse labour resources to meet service, productivity and cost targets.
- Coach, develop and performance manage warehouse team members.
- Ensure inventory accuracy, stock movements and dispatch activities are completed efficiently and accurately.
- Monitor and improve warehouse productivity, loading efficiency and operational KPIs.
- Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders, transport providers and operational teams to deliver high service levels.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives that enhance efficiency, reduce waste and improve customer outcomes.
- Assist with budget control, cost management and resource planning.
- Act as operational lead in the absence of the Distribution Centre Manager.
- Background & Experience Fit
We are seeking a hands-on warehouse leader with a proven track record of managing fast-paced distribution operations and leading high-performing teams.
The ideal candidate will bring
- Previous experience in a Warehouse Supervisor, Operations Supervisor, Team Leader or Distribution Centre leadership role.
- Demonstrated success leading warehouse teams in distribution, logistics, manufacturing or supply chain environments.
- Strong people leadership capability with experience coaching, developing and motivating operational teams.
- Experience managing warehouse KPIs including productivity, service levels, inventory accuracy, safety and cost performance.
- Sound understanding of warehouse management systems (WMS), inventory control processes and supply chain operations.
- Exposure to ERP systems such as SAP or similar enterprise platforms.
- Experience implementing process improvements and driving operational efficiencies.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to work cross-functionally.
- Knowledge of workplace safety, compliance and risk management within a warehousing environment.
- Ability to balance customer service requirements with operational and commercial objectives.
Please note due to operational restrictions this role is only open to candidates with Australian Permanent residency or citizenship.
Warehouse Supervisor in Melbourne employer: Miller Leith
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