Warehouse Team Leader

AUS MAPS Motion Asia Pacific Services Pty Ltd; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-based incentives

Employee discounts

Career growth within global network

Free webinars and training events

Volunteer leave days

Uniforms supplied

Parental leave top-up

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

MOTION is seeking an experienced Warehouse Team Leader in Australia to lead a small team and oversee daily warehouse operations. You will ensure performance standards, safety, and service delivery while role modelling proactive leadership.

You will supervise receiving, storage, and stock accuracy, promote safe practices, and coordinate with leadership on continuous improvement initiatives. This is a hands-on, frontline leadership role with growth potential within our global network.

Qualifications

• LF Forklift Licence is mandatory.
• Strong knowledge of warehouse and inventory operations.
• Safety-first mindset and incident prevention.
• Natural leadership ability to guide a small team.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate receiving, shipping, handling and storage activities.
• Guide and support warehouse team members in day-to-day operations.
• Maintain inventory accuracy and assist with stock takes.
• Promote and enforce safe work practices at all times.
• Operate forklifts and work safely around mobile plant/equipment.
• Ensure warehouse processes align with company policies and safety standards.

Skills

LF forklift licence

Leadership

Warehouse operations

Safety-first

Clear communication

Team guidance

Job description

Ready to step up and lead from the front? If you’re an experienced warehouse professional with a valid LF Forklift Licence and you’re looking to move beyond a standard storeperson role, this is your opportunity to grow into a leadership position where your experience and initiative will be recognised and rewarded.

Why this role?

Step into a leadership position where you will build and manage your own team in a dynamic, hand-on supervisory capacity! Benefit from the guidance and support of our leadership team to accelerate your growth. As a Warehouse Team Leader, you will play a key role in supervising and coordinating daily warehouse operations, ensuring performance, safety, and service standards are consistently met. You’ll be responsible for:

• Coordinating receiving, shipping, handling and storage activities
• Supporting and guiding warehouse team members on day-to-day operations
• Maintaining inventory accuracy and assisting with stock takes
• Promoting and maintaining safe work practices at all times
• Operating forklifts and working safely around mobile plant and equipment
• Ensuring warehouse processes align with company policies and safety standards

This is a hand-on role where you’ll lead by example while developing your leadership capability.

What We’re Looking For

• Current LF Forklift Licence (essential)
• Strong knowledge of warehouse and inventory operations
• A safety-first mindset
• Natural leadership ability and confidence guiding a small team
• Clear communication skills and a team-focused attitude
• Previous experience in a warehouse environment, ready to step up

What we offer

• Attractive package with performance-based incentives!
• Access to employee benefits, including discounts on products and services.
• An inclusive culture that embraces the diversity of our people.
• Opportunities for career growth and development within the Global network
• Free access to webinars, training events and courses; we promote a culture of continuous learning and assisting you to reach your full potentials.
• Eligible for 1 Good to Give Leave Day per calendar year in addition to normal leave entitlements to participate in volunteering activities
• Uniforms supplied - feel like a team.
• Parental leave top-up allowance.
• Employee Assistance Program with access to mental health and well-being support initiatives including confidential counselling services

Please note only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

About Motion We are a Company who values relationships, therefore we need this role to always work to foster and maintain trusted relationships across all levels of our business and seek to support and add value to our store network, managers, and leaders. We focus on continuous improvement and sustainable growth as our two main objectives. This is driven by our long-term investment in people, systems, process, and new growth opportunities for our people.

MOTION is an equal opportunity employer. You must be either an Australian Citizen or a holder of an Australian Permanent Residency Visa to be eligible to apply for this position.

GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.

Since 1928, GPC has set the standards for performance and value for our customers and our stakeholders. Today, we’re proud to say we’re the largest global auto parts network and a leading industrial parts distributor, one that offers rewarding careers that combine small company feel with a global scale. Our strengths are in the relationships we build and the value we deliver by merging local expertise with a global force.