Warehouse supervisor

Sensata Technologies; Chennai District; On-site; INR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Sensata Technologies is seeking a Warehouse Supervisor in Chennai to oversee daily warehousing activities, ensuring efficient storage and distribution of materials, and to lead a team of para-professionals ensuring safety and compliance.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree, strong leadership, excellent communication, and proficiency with Microsoft Office. You will coordinate inventory, scheduling, and task assignments to meet dispatch deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Requires a university degree or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Ability to lead, coach, and develop team members.
• Holds self and others accountable to achieving goals and standards.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple tasks.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Supervises warehouse activities to ensure efficient and economical use of facilities for storing and distributing material goods.
• Assist inventory by overseeing ordering and coordinating delivery schedules with shippers and customers.
• Ensure incoming material is inspected for conformity with order specifications and checked for defects.
• Coordinate day-to-day activities of a team handling receipt, storage, and dispatch of goods.
• Ensure sufficient inventory to meet organizational needs by ordering products and managing stock levels.
• Enter data into databases to maintain up-to-date stock records and respond to enquiries.
• Prioritize and assign tasks to optimize resource use and meet schedules and targets.

Skills

Leadership

Team coordination

Communication

Time management

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Warehouse Supervisor focuses on following a strict schedule of delivery and shipment of products, managing a team of workers, ensuring that everyone has the proper certification / licensing and running as efficiently as possible.

General Responsibilities

• Supervises warehouse activities to ensure the efficient and economical utilization of facilities for storing and distributing material goods (raw materials, finished products, tool and packaging materials)
• Assist the inventory to ensure that it meets the organization's needs by overseeing the ordering of products; and assist in coordinating delivery schedules with shippers and customers
• Ensure that incoming material is inspected for conformity with order specifications and checked for defects
• Coordinate the day-to-day activities of a team of para-professionals who receive, handle, store, record, and dispatch goods in a store or warehouse
• Ensure that there is sufficient inventory to meet the organization's needs by ordering products; and managing out-of-stock over-stocked products
• Enter data into a database or other computerized system to maintain up-to-date stock records; retrieve stored information; place orders; or respond to enquiries (for example on inventory levels or delivery schedules.)
• Prioritize and assign tasks to ensure that the team's resources are used effectively and that work schedules and targets are met

Experience / Qualifications

• A university degree required (i.e. Bachelors degree) or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Ability to lead, coach, and develop team members
• Holds self and others accountable to achieving goals and standards
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment to handle multiple competing tasks and demands
• Strong communication skills; oral, written and presentation
• Strong organization, planning and time management skills to achieve results
• Strong personal and professional ethical values and integrity
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
• Strong interpersonal & collaboration skills to work effectively with all levels of the organization including suppliers and/or external customers

SmarterTogether Collaborating at Sensata

Collaborating at Sensata means working with some of the world’s most talented people in an enriching environment that is constantly pushing towards the next best thing. Employees work across functions, countries and cultures gaining new perspectives through mutual respect and open communication. As OneSensata, we are working together to make things work together.

Sensing is what we do. In fact, our name Sensata comes from the Latin word sensate for ‘those gifted with sense’. Our focus on sensing is also reflected in our logo, which spells Sensata in Braille. Sensata Technologies is a global industrial technology company striving to create a safer, cleaner, more efficient and electrified world. Through its broad portfolio of mission-critical sensors, electrical protection components and sensor-rich solutions, Sensata helps its customers address increasingly complex engineering and operating performance requirements. With more than 18,000 employees and global operations in 13 countries, Sensata serves customers in the automotive, heavy vehicle & off-road, industrial, and aerospace markets.

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