Warehouse Supervisor (Mexicali)

Req ID: Remote Position: No Region: Americas Country: Mexico State/Province: BC City: Mexicali

General Overview

Functional Area: SCM - Supply Chain Management
Career Stream: LOG - Logistics
Role: Team Leader 3
Job Title: Warehouse Supervisor
Job Code: TL3-SCM-LOG
Band: Level 08
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Summary: This job is a first-level supervisor at a large site (800 employees) supervising ~25-50 employees or a non-supervisory team lead of a support function and typically reports into a second-level manager. Provides direct supervision to semi-skilled employees within a single function or work group. Includes establishing annual plans and objectives, interpreting policies related to the functional area, contributing to policy development, executing budgets, developing schedules, enforcing policies and procedures, making decisions that affect operations and performance goals. Provides immediate supervision to a unit, assigns tasks, checks work regularly, directs subordinates, participates in interviewing and hiring, reviews employee performance and recommends compensation or disciplinary action, approves overtime schedules, interacts with subordinates and peers, and monitors interactions with external contacts if applicable.

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Supervises areas including receiving, distribution, traffic, finished good picking, shipping, offsite warehouse, packaging supplies and inventory control.
• Develops, improves and enforces compliance with procedures for material handling.
• Ensures quality standards, identifies and drives process improvements.
• Analyzes best use of carriers and services.
• Maintains responsibility for carrier selection, rate and service negotiation.
• Ensures all domestic and international transportation related regulatory compliance.
• Investigates loss/damage/shortage of finished goods inventory or inbound/outbound freight.
• Maintains performance metrics for area of responsibility.
• Maintains responsibility for planning, scheduling and controlling offsite activities including warehouse access and usage.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Good knowledge of an electronics manufacturing environment, material and processes.
• Knowledge of warehouse management operations and inventory control methods in a manufacturing environment.
• Good understanding of internal and external customer requirements.
• Good financial, analytical, contract knowledge and negotiation skills.
• Good leadership and coaching skills.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail, accuracy and working under tight deadlines.
• Ability to evaluate, prioritize and problem solve a variety of tasks to ensure timely and accurate completion.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.

Physical Demands

• Duties are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator) are frequently required.
• Occasional overnight travel may be required.

Typical Experience

Four to six years of relevant experience.

Typical Education

Bachelor's degree in related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience. Educational requirements may vary by geography.

Notes

Celestica is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law).