Warehouse Team Lead

SICK Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in logistics seeks a Warehouse Team Lead to oversee operations and manage a team. You will be responsible for enhancing performance, ensuring inventory accuracy, and maintaining safety standards. Candidates should have a solid background in warehouse management with a focus on leadership and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years in warehouse management, with 5 years in a supervisory role.
• Strong understanding of inventory management and logistics.
• Forklift license is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise warehouse team, managing daily operations.
• Ensure compliance with safety standards and regulations.
• Maintain accurate inventory and optimize warehouse layout.

Skills

Leadership

Problem-solving

Time Management

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Professional Certificate / NiTEC

Graduate Diploma in Logistics

Tools

SAP WMS

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Warehouse Team Lead is responsible to lead and evolve our warehouse operations – both in house and with third party logistics providers to streamline operations, enhancing 3PL performance, and delivering outstanding results. In this role, you’ll play a key part in driving efficiency, ensuring inventory accuracy, and delivering high standards in quality, safety, and performance. You’ll also work closely with cross-functional department, collaborating and influencing across various levels to drive operations excellency.

Your Challenge:

• Lead and supervise a team of warehouse assistants to manage day-to-day warehouse operations efficiently, including inbound and outbound shipments, transportation, and warehousing.

• Plan warehouse activities to operate at optimum levels, working towards efficiency and productivity.

• Plan and balance deliveries between internal delivery team as well as outsourced delivery providers; to ensure stocks get to our customers in time.

• Lead team to maintain accurate inventory through planned cycle counts, monthly reconciliations, inventory analysis, and related reporting.

• Maintain an organized, safe, and efficient warehouse environment, upholding 5S principles

• Ensure compliance with all warehouse/operations related government regulations and WSH safety standards

• Ensure regular maintenance of warehouse equipment.

• Ensure all warehouse activities and transactions are accurately updated in SAP.

• Verify that all inbound and outbound deliveries are properly documented.

• Supervise and evaluate warehouse team’s performance to ensure team productivity, ensuring adherence to best practices and proper handling of equipment, materials, and supplies.

• Monitor department KPIs to identify areas for improvements and implement optimum inventory management

• Plan and optimize warehouse layout efficiency, utilisation, and forecasting occupancy of storage space.

• Review, develop/enhance and implement warehouse policies, SOPs and best practices.

Specifications:

• Professional Certificate / NiTEC, Graduate Diploma in Logistics or relevant qualification

• Minimum 10 years of experience in a warehouse management in logistics / manufacturing industry with minimum 5 years track record in supervisory role

• Strong leadership and people management skills

• Strong understanding of warehouse operations, including inventory management, order fulfilment, and logistics planning

• Forklift license will be advantages

• Excellent problem-solving, decision-making, and time management skills

• Able to work under stress, fast-paced environment, flexible and adaptive to change, dynamic and pragmatic

• Proficient in using warehouse management systems (e.g. SAP WMS) and data analysis tools

• Able to move loads and carton boxes of up to 20 kg

• Able to commit to shift work and overtime to supervise warehouse operations

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

• Good communication and interpersonal skills to liaise with cross-functional teams and external stakeholders

• Familiarity with health, safety, and environmental regulations applicable to warehouse operations

• Innovative and capable of identifying and implementing solutions in logistics, transportation and warehousing.