Shipping Cell Lead

COGNEX SINGAPORE INC.; Santo Niño 1st; On-site; PHP 502,000 - 837,000; Full time

Job summary

COGNEX SINGAPORE INC. is seeking a Shipping Cell Lead to manage all shipping activities within a distribution center in the Philippines. The role entails ensuring compliance with quality standards, safety, and a culture of continuous improvement.

You will guide the shipping team, escalate issues to supervision, and drive prioritization to meet daily shipping goals. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in a distribution center environment, plus leadership experience in logistics or warehousing.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a Distribution Center environment.
• 1+ year in logistic/warehouse leadership.
• Proactive problem solver and independent worker.
• Strong English communication.

Responsibilities

• Coaching and mentoring of individuals within the shipping cell.
• Communicating goals and targets and setting daily priorities/objectives for the cell.
• Initiative to identify issues and escalate to supervisor properly.
• Delegates assignments to team in a dynamic work environment.
• Ensure that all appropriate training has been completed for everyone prior to assigning tasks.
• Identify daily shipping requirements and prioritize work for the members within the cell accordingly.
• Collaborate with Traffic and Compliance Team and Order Administration Team to resolve issues and set appropriate priorities to fulfill the delivery.
• Adhere to company standards and regulatory on Environmental, Health and Safety guidelines.
• Lead a shipping team with 5-6 team members, to achieve daily packing & shipping KPI target.
• Lead Continuous Improvement events to help achieve department savings targets.

Skills

Logistics leadership

Warehouse operations

Team coaching

English communication

Microsoft Office

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Job description

About the role

The Shipping Cell Lead is responsible for all activities and output for shipping. He/she ensures compliance with quality standards and that all operations are maintained and performed safely and within a continuous improvement culture. The cell lead can understand, resolve and communicate shipping priorities to all individuals within shipping team and escalates any issues that may impact shipping to the area Supervisor or Manager.

Key responsibilities

• Coaching and mentoring of individuals within the shipping cell
• Communicating goals and targets and setting daily priorities/objectives for the cell
• Initiative to identify issues and escalatest to supervisor properly
• Delegates assignments to team in a dynamic work environment
• Ensure that all appropriate training has been completed for everyone prior to assigning tasks
• Identify daily shipping requirements and prioritize work for the members within the cell accordingly
• Collaborate with Traffic and Compliance Team and Order Administration Team to resolve issues and set appropriate priorities to fulfill the delivery
• Adhere to company standards and regulatory on Environmental, Health and Safety guidelines
• Lead a shipping team with 5-6 team members, to achieve daily packing & shipping KPI target
• Lead Continuous Improvement events to help achieve department savings targets

About you

• 5+ years in a Distribution Center environment
• 1 years above in leadership in logistic/warehouse (will be an advantage)
• Being a fast learner and willing to share and train others on the team
• Able to work independently and provide guidance to the team
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills in English (other language will be advantage)
• Ability to understand and follow complex instructions and elevate any deviations from the defined process to the area Supervisor or Manager
• Must be proactive, problem solving and decision maker person
• Microsoft Office
• SAP system (will be an advantage)
• Power BI (will be an advantage)