Operations Support Coordinator (Day Shift)

Metro Supply Chain Group; Elora; Hybrid; CAD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Metro Supply Chain Group is seeking an Operations Support Coordinator for the Elora, Ontario area. This day-shift role focuses on coordinating order fulfillment, using WMS best practices to allocate orders, manage inbound/outbound freight, and ensure accuracy and efficiency throughout the warehouse.

The successful candidate will support the shift by planning tasks, monitoring work queues, and ensuring customer rush orders are fulfilled on time, while maintaining documentation and carrier

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years hands on experience using a Warehouse Management System.
• Completion of secondary school preferred.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate order picking and replenishment according to the shift plan.
• Monitor WMS work queues and report delays to management.
• Schedule and set task priorities for customer rush orders.
• Prepare inbound and outbound carrier paperwork and record trailer numbers.
• Oversee trailer movement and storage in the yard.
• Communicate with drivers to ensure inbound/outbound trailer requirements are met.

Skills

WMS experience

Shift coordination

Stellar communication

Problem solving

Planning & prioritization

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Customer focus

Adaptability

Documentation

Education

Secondary school completion

Job description

Operations Support Coordinator

Day Shift: 7am-3pm

Elora, ON

SUMMARY

Reporting to the Operations Supervisor, the Operations Support Coordinator is responsible for carrying out the order fulfillment work plan for the shift. Utilizing Warehouse Management System (WMS) best practices, the OSC coordinates order allocation, replenishment, and the flow of inbound and outbound freight throughout the warehouse with a focus on accuracy, quality, and efficiency.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Order Picking and Replenishment:

• Works closely with management to understand the volume and resource scheduling plan for orders and the respective deadlines which must be achieved.
• Uses the work plan for the shift in allocating orders in small manageable batches respecting best practices and limiting work queue intervention.
• Ensures customer orders are released to operations to enable completion as per management’s order fulfillment work plan.
• Plans and ensures any value-added services such as stickering, MH10 labels and consolidation of LPNs is completed before final staging.
• Monitors the WMS work queue to ensure work is being completed as per the order fulfillment work plan and reports any delays immediately to management.
• Schedules, allocates and sets task priorities for customer rush orders.
• Uses Outbound Order Progress Display/Load Planning Operations to monitor order progress to ensure timely completion of order picking.
• Identifies and reports to management any reoccurring interruptions, errors or opportunities to improve the workflow.

Inbound and Outbound Freight:

• Using the inbound and outbound schedule assigns work to MHE Operators and monitors the flow of work throughout the shift.
• Uses WMS to monitor receiving and shipping task progress to ensure timely completion of scheduled loading and offloading.
• Assigns work and work instructions to Team Members for the manual offloading of trailers ‘lumping’.
• Ensures customer rush order delivery commitments are met.
• Identifies and reports to management any reoccurring interruptions, errors or opportunities to improve inbound and outbound freight flow.
• Records in WMS delivery of received inbound trailers not yet put-away to a location.
• Closes customer orders in Receiving Truck Operations.
• Prepares all inbound and outbound transport carrier paperwork, including customer specific requirements.
• Records and maintains trailer numbers and dock door numbers in WMS.
• Monitor Load Planning Operations and ensures the site has adequate empty trailers to meet outbound shipping demand, advises carriers or CSR where there is a shortfall.
• Oversee and control the arrival, departure, movement and storage for trailers in the yard.
• Communicates with drivers to move trailers within the yard to ensure inbound and outbound trailer requirements are adequate.
• Maintains CHEP inventory.

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 2 years hands on experience using a Warehouse Management System

COMPETENCIES

• Customer Centricity
• Fostering Culture
• Collaboration
• Problem Solving & Decision Making
• Managing Through Change
• Developing Self & Others
• Planning & Results Orientation
• Communication
• Always Improving Mindset
• Business & Financial Savvy

EDUCATION

• Completion of secondary school is preferred