Warehouse Team Leader - Warehouse & Inventory Control

Snap-on Tools; Sydney; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Snap-on Tools is seeking a Warehouse Team Leader for its Velocity Centre at Arndell Park, Sydney, NSW. The role focuses on leading warehouse storage and inventory control activities to ensure stock is accurately recorded, safely stored, and readily available to support operations.

You will drive warehouse leadership, accuracy, and safety initiatives, coordinate cycle counts, manage discrepancies, and work with IT to resolve WMS/ERP issues.

Qualifications

• Experience leading warehouse storage or inventory control teams (essential).
• Strong problem-solving, people leadership and safety focus.
• Understanding of stock counting, location management and WMS/ERP processes.
• Flexible approach to working hours to meet operational requirements.
• Forklift Licence (essential).
• Understanding of WHS principles and safety requirements.

Responsibilities

• Warehouse storage and stock movements; manage putaway, allocation, and internal movements.
• Inventory accuracy and controls; coordinate cycle counts and reconcile records.
• Availability, safety stock and systems; monitor stock and coordinate replenishments.
• Team leadership, safety and improvement; lead and develop the inventory control team and ensure 6S practices.

Skills

People leadership

Stock counting

WMS/ERP processes

Problem-solving

Safety focus

Microsoft Office

Tools

Forklift Licence

WMS/ERP systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Warehouse Team Leader - Warehouse & Inventory Control

Snap-on Toolsleads the way in innovation spending upwards of $50,000,000 per year in research and development. Providing customers with the Gold Standard in hand and power tools, automotive equipment, diagnostics, repairs information and management systems.

The Role

We have a great opportunity for aWarehouse Team Leader specialising in Warehousing and Inventory Control to join our team based at Arndell Park. You will be responsible for leading the warehouse storage and inventory control activities within our Velocity Centre, ensuring sotck is accurately recorded, safely stored and readily available to support operational requirements.

This varied role includes: -

Warehouse storage and stock movements

Manage post-receipt putaway, bin allocation, stock consolidation and internal movements after goods have been accepted by the Receiving team.

Maintain warehouse layout, storage capacity, racking, location identification and stock security; replenish forward pick locations from bulk storage.

Inventory accuracy and controls

Coordinate cycle counts and stocktakes; reconcile physical stock to WMS/ERP records, investigate discrepancies and implement corrective actions.

Maintain transaction and location accuracy, with traceable movements and timely resolution of inventory exceptions.

Control quarantined, damaged, aged or obsolete stock and recommend adjustments or write-offs for approval by authorised managers.

Availability, safety stock and systems

Monitor stock availability, storage constraints and internal replenishment issues; elevate risks and coordinate resolutions with other teams.

Provide accurate stock and capacity information to Purchasing and Product Management to support the setting and review of safety stock levels; implement only approved stock control decisions.

Partner with IT to resolve WMS/ERP issues and validate approved system changes; maintain required records and audit evidence.

Team leadership, safety and improvement

Lead and develop the inventory control and storage team, including daily priorities, training, standard work and performance follow-up.

Maintain WHS, safe handling, housekeeping and 6S practices; apply Shingo/Shingijutsu improvement principles to eliminate waste and reduce double handling.

We're looking for someone with:

• Experience leading warehouse storage or inventory control teams (essential)
• Sound understanding of stock counting, location management and WMS/ERP processes
• Strong problem-solving, people leadership and safety focus.
• Sound level of computer literacy including Microsoft Office
• Flexible approach to working hours to meet or exceed all operational requirements
• Forklift Licence (essential)
• Understanding of WHS Principles

This is a great opportunity to join a highly respected company that has been around for over 105 years, a culture of ethics and integrity, and with a friendly team of people passionate about the brand.