RS Looking for Operations Supervisor at Auckland, New Zealand Full Time

RS Group is a global omni-channel provider of product and service solutions for designers, builders and maintainers of industrial equipment and operations. Since 1937, we have been a leading distributor of Electronic, Electrical & Industrial components and supported generations of engineers with products for all types of applications.

Summary

The role of Operations Supervisor is to support the day-to-day warehouse operations as well as manage KPI & review outsourced operational policies, standards and procedures including the implementation of warehousing solutions, in accordance to business and customers’ needs. He/she is also responsible for managing business resources, including manpower, internal assets and external vendors.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform 3PLs warehousing tasks to ensure compliance, KPI fulfilment and alignment with customer requirements and contractual obligations.
• Coordinate 3PL budget analysis and meet OPEX. Review changes in compliance, tariffs, rates, costs or quotations requirements to manage impact on operations.
• Manage operational cost effectiveness to meet allocated budget, including packaging materials
• Maintain relationships with warehouse operators, carriers, freight-forwarders and port authorities to provide competitive logistics solutions to customers.
• Improve logistics performance, lead continuous improvements (CI) initiatives to drive performance excellence.
• Develop outsourced logistics quality management systems and measures using quality management knowledge to enhance quality standards.
• Develop, plan and facilitate stock-taking activities, i.e. cycle-counting and/or wall-to-wall counting.
• Perform Business Continuous Improvement Activities:
• Formulate business process solutions to innovate current business processes
• Analyse business process improvements through workflow analysis methods and data insights to support system development throughout project lifecycle
• Analyse and conduct risks assessment associated with different approaches of process changes
• Organize sustainability activities by using processes that are non-polluting, energy and resource-saving, economically-efficient and safe for works, communities and consumers
• Manage Warehouse Environment, Health & Safety activates to ensure team’s compliance to requirements
• Assist in generating LTA investigation reports and drive generating Near Miss reports.
• Facilitate E,H&S solutioning discussions around suggestions to improve existing processes
• Perform health and safety risk assessment, hazards identification and implement preventive/corrective measures to mitigate risks at ALARP level (As-Low-As-Reasonable-Practicable)
• Responsible to manage and execute warehouse Business Contingency Plan (BCP) and allocate resources to manage order fulfilment during crisis
• Leverage on data analytics to build insights on technology usage

Responsibilities

• Certificate or Diploma in logistics, international trade or supply chain management preferred but not essential.
• At least 3 years practitioner working experience in warehouse and logistics operations environment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to review processes for the purpose of developing and implementing plans for process changes in the support of continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong Health and Safety knowledge and awareness
• Good spoken and written English is preferred.
• Proficient with using computers, and MS Office Word and Excel and basic SAP