Warehouse Team Leader – Dispatch & Operations

Lubricon Hydrive; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent full-time employment

Hands-on leadership

Direct support from Operations Manager

Job summary

Lubex Australia is seeking a hands-on Warehouse Team Leader to own the daily dispatch process and lead a small team on the floor in Melbourne.

You will pack, book freight, prepare dispatches, coordinate carriers and ensure orders leave accurately and on time, while organizing daily workload and prioritizing tasks.

This role offers practical leadership development across warehouse and production operations, with direct support from the Operations Manager.

Qualifications

• Previous warehouse, dispatch or distribution experience.
• Strong picking, packing and dispatch experience.
• Experience booking freight and dealing with transport providers.
• Experience preparing pallet and/or courier freight.
• A current forklift licence.
• Practical forklift experience.
• Good computer skills and confidence learning new systems.
• Strong organization and time-management skills.
• Good communication and people skills.
• A strong focus on accuracy and customer service.
• The ability to prioritize when multiple jobs require attention.
• A safety-focused approach.
• The willingness to work hands-on alongside your team.

Responsibilities

• Picking and packing customer orders
• Booking freight with transport providers
• Preparing courier, carton and pallet freight
• Producing freight labels and dispatch documentation
• Coordinating daily carrier collections
• Checking orders for accuracy before dispatch
• Monitoring outstanding orders and daily dispatch priorities
• Following up and helping resolve freight and delivery issues
• Ensuring products are packed safely and appropriately for transport
• Leading and working alongside a small team of approximately 3–6 employees
• Allocating daily work and communicating priorities
• Monitoring progress throughout the day and adjusting workloads
• Supporting receiving, put-away, replenishment and stock movements
• Assisting warehouse and production activities when required
• Helping train and develop team members
• Maintaining high standards of safety, housekeeping and warehouse organization
• Identifying operational problems and taking action to resolve them
• Communicating issues, priorities and improvement opportunities with the Operations Manager

Skills

Warehouse experience

Dispatch experience

Forklift licence

Computer skills

Organization

Communication skills

People skills

Leadership potential

Job description

Warehouse Team Leader – Dispatch & Operations

Ready to take the next step in your warehouse career?
Lubex Australia is looking for a motivated, hands‑on Warehouse Team Leader to take ownership of our daily dispatch operation and help lead our warehouse and production team.

This is not a desk‑based supervisor role.

You’ll be on the floor working alongside the team — picking and packing orders, booking freight, preparing dispatches, coordinating carriers and making sure customer orders leave accurately and on time.

At the same time, you’ll help organize the daily workload, set priorities, support the team and keep the operation moving.

We’re open to experienced Team Leaders, but we’re also interested in hearing from Senior Storepersons, Leading Hands, 2ICs and experienced Dispatch/Warehouse Operators who are ready to take their first genuine step into leadership.

About the Role

Dispatch will be the main focus of this position.

You’ll take ownership of the day‑to‑day dispatch function, ensuring customer orders are picked, packed, prepared and dispatched accurately and on time.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Picking and packing customer orders

• Booking freight with transport providers

• Preparing courier, carton and pallet freight

• Producing freight labels and dispatch documentation

• Coordinating daily carrier collections

• Checking orders for accuracy before dispatch

• Monitoring outstanding orders and daily dispatch priorities

• Following up and helping resolve freight and delivery issues

• Ensuring products are packed safely and appropriately for transport

• Leading and working alongside a small team of approximately 3–6 employees

• Allocating daily work and communicating priorities

• Monitoring progress throughout the day and adjusting workloads when required

• Supporting receiving, put‑away, replenishment and stock movements

• Assisting warehouse and production activities when required

• Helping train and develop team members

• Maintaining high standards of safety, housekeeping and warehouse organization

• Identifying operational problems and taking action to resolve them

• Communicating issues, priorities and improvement opportunities with the Operations Manager

About You

We’re looking for someone who is reliable, organized, proactive and comfortable taking ownership.

You don’t need to know everything on day one. What matters is that you’re willing to learn, have a strong warehouse background and are ready to take responsibility for keeping the operation moving.

Ideally, you’ll have:

• Previous warehouse, dispatch or distribution experience

• Strong picking, packing and dispatch experience

• Experience booking freight and dealing with transport providers

• Experience preparing pallet and/or courier freight

• A current forklift licence

• Practical forklift experience

• Good computer skills and confidence learning new systems

• Strong organization and time‑management skills

• Good communication and people skills

• A strong focus on accuracy and customer service

• The ability to prioritize when multiple jobs require attention

• A safety‑focused approach

• The willingness to work hands‑on alongside your team

Previous experience as a Team Leader, Leading Hand or 2IC would be advantageous, but isn’t essential.

Are You Ready to Step Up?

You might already be the person everyone relies on in your current warehouse.

You’re the person who notices when something hasn’t been done.

You help newer team members.

You understand what needs to leave that day.

When things get busy, you’re looking for what needs to happen next rather than waiting for someone to tell you.

If that sounds like you, but you haven’t yet been given the opportunity to formally lead a team, we’d like to hear from you.

We’re looking for initiative, accountability and leadership potential, not simply a management title on your resume.

Develop Beyond Dispatch

For someone who wants to progress their career, this position offers the opportunity to learn much more than dispatch.

You’ll work closely with the Operations Manager and gain exposure to areas including:

Warehouse Management | Production Management | Inventory & Stock Control | Operational Planning | Continuous Improvement | KPI Management | Process Improvement

You’ll be supported while learning the operation, with the opportunity to gradually take greater ownership as your knowledge and leadership capability develops.

For an ambitious warehouse professional, this is an opportunity to build genuine experience across the broader operation.

What We Offer

• Permanent full‑time employment

• Monday to Friday

• Day shift

• Hands‑on leadership of a small team

• Genuine ownership of the dispatch operation

• Direct support from the Operations Manager

• Opportunity to build formal leadership experience

• Exposure to both warehouse and production operations

• Development across inventory, planning and continuous improvement

• Opportunity to take on greater responsibility as you develop

• A workplace where initiative and improvement ideas are encouraged