Warehouse Operations Team Lead - CANADA

OPERATIONS TEAM LEAD

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Find your future at GEODIS. This is not your old-time warehouse job. Work in modern facilities with cutting-edge technology, helping us move products for some of the world’s most influential brands. 

Look what you’ll get by joining the GEODIS team!

• Get Good Money – Fair pay and some jobs come with bonus opportunities.
• Stay Safe – We pride ourselves on a safe, clean, and healthy work environment for everyone.
• Get A Voice – We are always asking our teammates to tell us how to make their experience working at GEODIS even better.
• Get Promoted – When you are ready to take the next step in your career, we will be there to support you. We promote about 10% of our warehouse workers each year.
• Have FUN – Work with fun, supportive people just like you!
• Find Your Place – We value diversity and seek to provide an inclusive culture. Join an Employee Resource Group, participate in an international lunch, or celebrate your heritage to find your place of belonging.
• Find Your Future – Whether you are interested in the opportunity to work seasonally or looking to launch your career, GEODIS is the place!

*Eligibility varies based on location, job, employee type, or length of service.

What you will be doing:

• Tracks employee hours in account to provide feedback
  • Directs team of employees for one or more accounts in warehouse
  • Coordinates with CSR and Operations Supervisor to determine shipping schedules, labor requirements
  for rework projects, and cycle counts
  • Unloads and moves inbound freight product to storage locations safely and efficiently
  • Pulls and prepares product for shipment, ensuring the exact number and type of product is loaded
  • Performs picking duties in an efficient manner that meets both customer and company standards
  • Efficiently moves and loads product from staging and/or storage areas into trailers
  • Ships, receives, loads, unloads, moves, stacks and stages products and materials using a fork lift,
  clamp truck, electric or manual pallet jack, or other power equipment
  • Operates equipment in a safe and efficient manner following defined work methods and procedures
  • Assists supervisory personnel in overseeing activities in one or more accounts
  • Assists in training Operators
  • Maintains the equipment in a neat, clean and orderly fashion
  • Participates in rework and repack of product as needed or requested by customer
  • Assists in maintaining the security of the warehouses by conducting operations in a manner which
  promotes safety of employees and security of customer's products
  • Assists in performing physical inventories and proper stock rotation
  • Performs double checking and cycle counts according to ISO 9001 procedures
  • Informs supervisor of any unsafe or hazardous working conditions
  • For food accounts, incumbent is responsible to report food safety problems to senior management 
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• High school diploma or GED (General Education Diploma) equivalent
• 2 to 4 years related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience leading others
• Experience with warehouse equipment
• Experience with Microsoft Office, including Excel
• Synapse training preferred
• Ability to read and interpret simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos
• Ability to write simple reports and correspondence
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one- or two-step instructions
• Ability to complete duties with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger,
  handle, or feel.
• The employee is required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, or crouch.
• The employee is frequently required to sit, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear.
• The employee regularly lifts and/or moves up to 50 pounds.
• While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and vehicles.
• The employee is regularly exposed to ambient lighting and can be exposed to extreme heat and extreme cold including climates consistent with outside
  weather conditions.

The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. 

Job Duties as documented in this job description are considered “Essential Functions” and have been created by the standards of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990) require that employees be able to perform “Essential Functions” of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the “Essential Functions”. 

GEODIS is an equal-opportunity employer and encourages all qualified candidates to apply. In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), we are committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities to support their participation in all aspects of the recruitment and selection process.

Please note: This posting is intended to build a pool of qualified candidates for future opportunities and does not reflect a current vacancy.

More about GEODIS

GEODIS is a global third-party logistics provider (3PL for short) powering the supply chains of some of the top brands and manufacturers. Our legacy of excellence in supply chain solutions spans decades. Come find your future with us as we shape the future of logistics. Visit www.workatGEODIS.com to learn more.