Team Leader Warehouse & Packaging Operations

HollyFrontier Specialty Products; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

HollyFrontier Specialty Products is seeking a full-time Team Leader for Warehouse and Packaging Operations in Mississauga. This role involves overseeing safety, compliance, and operational efficiency while leading a team of over 60 employees. Candidates should possess strong leadership skills and extensive experience in logistics and manufacturing.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of related work experience, with 5 years in a leadership role.
• Experience in manufacturing, logistics, and distribution is required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all Packaging and Warehouse operations run safely.
• Provide leadership and strategic direction to operations.
• Manage over 60 employees in Mississauga.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Analytical skills

Project management

Negotiation

Customer service

Education

Post-secondary Technical, Business, or Logistics diploma/degree

Job description

Basic Function

Petro-Canada Lubricants Inc. (PCLI), an HF Sinclair company, is seeking a full-time Team Leader for our Warehouse and Packaging Operations. Reporting to the Director of GSC Manufacturing Operations, the Team Leader, Packaging & Warehouse Operations, is an integral member of the Manufacturing Leadership Team. The individual’s expertise and experience in Packaging and Warehousing best practices will play a critical role in delivering the Global Supply Chain’s performance objectives in safety, quality, service, and cost. This position supports the development of the Manufacturing Business Plan, Capital Budget, and Key Performance Measures. The Team Leader has responsibility for direct supervision of the Packaging and Warehouse Operations in Mississauga.

Job Duties

1. Ensure all Packaging and Warehouse operations run safely.
2. Create a safety culture that promotes hazard identification, behavior-based safety programs, and doing things the right way.
3. Ensure compliance with government Occupational Health and Safety Regulations and Company Safety procedures within the Collective Agreement.
4. Provide leadership, strategic direction, and priorities to packaging and warehouse operations, including both full-time salaried staff and hourly employees based in Edmonton & Mississauga.
5. Manage proprietary warehouse operations in Mississauga (National Warehouse).
6. Demonstrate strong Non-Authoritative Leadership (NAL) skills, fostering teamwork and empowerment.
7. Focus on core values, monitor expenses, and develop continual improvement initiatives for equipment and processes.
8. Manage relationships, costs, dispatching, and operational performance of third-party carriers servicing Western Canada and Mississauga.
9. Develop, optimize, and improve the cost-effectiveness of packaging and warehouse operations.
10. Ensure compliance with PCLI’s management systems including ISO 9001, 14001, and IATF 16949.
11. Participate as a member of the Joint Health and Safety team.

Experience

• 10+ years of related work experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership role (preferably in a unionized environment).
• Experience in manufacturing, logistics, and distribution is required.

Education Level

• Post-secondary education with a Technical, Business, or Logistics diploma/degree is preferred; a combination of education and related experience will be considered.

Required Skills

• Ability to lead, coach, and mentor large teams.
• Strong authoritative and non-authoritative leadership skills.
• Experience managing stakeholders and fostering collaboration for cost-effective growth.
• Decisiveness supported by sound rationale.
• Ability to set priorities and ensure accountability.
• Commitment to customer service.
• Advanced negotiation and project management skills.
• Financial interpretation and business acumen.
• Balancing priorities and meeting deadlines.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical skills for data-driven decision making.

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibility

• Manage over 60 unionized and non-unionized employees in Mississauga and other locations.
• Member of the Manufacturing Leadership Team.
• Manage relationships with third-party carriers servicing Western Canada.

Work Conditions

• Mainly office setting with exposure to facilities.
• Periods of stress during operational challenges.
• Up to 20% travel within North America.
• On-site daily presence required.

Our One HF Sinclair Culture

We are united through our core values of Safety, Integrity, Teamwork, Ownership, and Inclusion. We foster a safety culture, uphold integrity, promote teamwork and ownership, and encourage diversity and inclusion.

About HF Sinclair Corporation

HF Sinclair is an independent energy company producing high-value light products, operating refineries across several states, and marketing fuels across the U.S. and internationally. We also produce renewable diesel and provide transportation, terminalling, storage, and throughput services.

Equal Opportunity Employer

HF Sinclair is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected status.