Logistics Team Leader

At GF, we see our company as a forward-thinking leader in our field. Since 1802, we have been embracing innovations and sustainable solutions of the highest quality that add value to people's lives around the globe.

Join us to be part of a forward-thinking, people-centered company where your ideas and contributions truly matter.

This is your opportunity to make a real impact in a collaborative, international environment.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Daily Operations: Manage resources and daily logistics activities including inbound and outbound shipments, warehousing, and distribution. Responsible for safety, quality, delivery, inventory and productivity of all warehouse operations. Works cross functionally with all departments effectively to balance demand with capacity and material movement.
• Safety & 5S: Ensure a safe, organized, and clean working environment following 5S & Ergonomic methodology, emphasizing prevention of potential problems and hazardous conditions by supporting safety initiatives.
• People Management: Lead & develop through active leadership, instilling the GF values, development plans, performance management and training matrices while living collective accountability. Develop & deliver fair, accurate and meaningful employee performance reviews. Responsible for assigned team's adherence to company policies and procedures.
• Compliance and Accuracy: Handle customs clearance and trade compliance activities (import/export) including international paperwork. Maintain documentation standards for shipping, receiving, and inventory transactions. Ensure proper execution and data accuracy within ERP
• 3PL Management: Oversee third-party logistics (3PL) providers and transport carriers to ensure performance and compliance.
• Continuous Improvement: Improve company and department performance through Operational Excellence/LEAN principles, methods, modules and elements. As well as CAPEX for new or existing equipment to increase capacity and/or improve effectiveness.
• Reporting & KPIs: Actively participate and report out in Daily Management +QDIP and Gemba to drive cross-functional execution while tracking daily performance. Ensure when a miss occurs, a root cause analysis and counter measures are identified, executed and validated for effectiveness. Track and improve logistics KPIs such as On-Time Delivery (OTD), Delivery Accuracy, Inventory Accuracy, and Warehouse Productivity.
• Complete Role Standard Work and deliver all other duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to drive ownership and accountability of results within the organization
• Ability to provide active day-to-day leadership for a highly energized, integrated, cross-functional warehouse team.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree (Supply Chain Mgt, Operations Management, Logistics) from four-year college or university; or 10 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Practical experience in warehouse operations and shipping preferred.
• APICS/CPIM preferred

Working Conditions / Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
• The employee is frequently required to sit.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk
• The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Salary Range: $70,000/yr - $90,000/yr

Contact person:

Veronica OrtizHuman Resources Generalist
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