Warehouse Supervisor

ContainerWorld located in Richmond, British Columbia is a premier logistics provider for the beverage industry; privately owned company with approximately 400 employees throughout its BC facilities.

We are a state-of-the-art forwarding, warehousing and distribution Company. We have a Warehouse Management System to include voice picking, interleaved put-away/replenishment and license plated inventory with RF scanning. Our automation also includes an ERP, CRM, Truckmate, Sage, Kronos and other applications to prime us for present and future expansions. ContainerWorld actively supports Lean Six Sigma concepts. ContainerWorld Group of Companies are divisions under the Mullen Group, publicly traded on TSX.

Position Overview:

Working independently with guidance from Warehouse Manager, responsibilities are to supervise, delegate and assign all warehouse related activities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervise staff in accordance with Company policies and procedures. This includes assigning tasks utilizing resources and abilities of the workforce to maintain a continual workflow, setting priorities, coaching and training as required
• Ensure compliance with the Collective Agreement 
• Assist in daily manpower planning
• Ensure adherence to all safety, security and sanitation policies as they apply to the Company.
• Assist in other Warehouse related matters and other areas as determined

Requirements:

• Some post-secondary education in Operations Management 
• Preferable experience in a unionized environment,
• 2 to 3 years related experience or specialist certificate/diploma
• Availability Mon-Thu (7pm to 5.30 am)

Job Specific Skills, Knowledge & Competencies

• Independently identifies and analyzes readily available facts
• Some creative problem solving is required to execute assigned work
• Written and verbal communication includes information, internal or external, often requiring clarification and may include basic direction, instruction or presentation to others
• Strong tact and judgment in stressful situations 
• Significant attention to detail 
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced warehouse environment 
• Good technical skills with warehouse management systems and MS Office tools