Seasonal Operations Supervisor

DHL Germany; Memphis, Northern (TN, KY); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

DHL Germany in Memphis, TN is seeking a Seasonal Operations Supervisor for a Friday to Sunday night shift. You will supervise daily and weekly operations in your area, lead, motivate, and develop the workforce, and ensure site and customer requirements are met.

The role emphasizes safety, productivity, and continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates have an operations background, 1-2 years in logistics, and up to 3 years in lead or supervisory roles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Operations background
• 1-2 years logistics industry experience
• 0-3 years experience in lead/supervisor/management role

Responsibilities

• Direct the daily activity to ensure a safe, secure, clean work environment
• Ensure associates have access to proper tools and that tools are maintained
• Lead productivity improvements by optimizing processes and efficiency
• Collaborate with regional sites on safety, labor sharing, and best practices
• Plan and manage daily workload and staffing to minimize unplanned overtime
• Handle shift, daily, and weekly workload planning and volume forecasting
• Ensure company policies are communicated, applied, and enforced (i.e., safety, accounting, operational, regulatory, and administrative).
• Maximizes quality and productivity by understanding job standards for each function, and evaluating performance variances in order to identify root cause and corrective action.
• Effectively communicate work task Standard Operating Procedures, convey key information during preshift meetings and ensure appropriate shift hand-offs.
• Provide a professional environment with relation to external customers and vendors such as drivers, dispatchers, and customer representatives.
• Execute daily customer / vendor contract requirements and identify accessorial activity (work outside commercial contracts) and ensure necessary documentation.
• Ensure inventory integrity by timely and accurate receiving, picking, shipping, and inventory management.
• Participate in the collection of performance measurements consistent with customer, vendor, and site requirements.

Skills

Operations experience

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Friday - Sunday (Night Shift)

Seasonal Operations Supervisor

Join us for an exciting short-term opportunity during our peak season! In this dynamic role, you’ll play a key part in supervising daily and weekly operations within your assigned area. You’ll have the chance to lead, motivate, and develop our workforce while ensuring we meet customer and site requirements. You’ll engage in continuous improvement initiatives and help foster a positive work culture by upholding company policies. This is a fantastic chance to make a meaningful impact in a fast-paced environment!

Key Accountabilities

• Direct the necessary daily activity to ensure a safe, secure, clean and fair work environment for associates.
• Ensure the associates have proper access to the necessary tools to perform their assigned duties and that the tools are routinely inspected and maintained
• Organize and lead the focus on improved productivity levels in a manner that first stresses effectiveness by improving processes and secondly stresses the efficiency of associate work.
• Collaborate with the regional sites to share in safety, labor sharing, and best practice initiatives.
• Plan, manage, and adjust the daily workload and staffing to minimize the unplanned overtime.
• Ensure shift/daily/weekly workload planning and volume forecasting routines are accomplished (i.e., staffing, equipment, space)
• Ensure company policies are communicated, applied, and enforced (i.e., safety, accounting, operational, regulatory, and administrative).
• Maximizes quality and productivity by understanding job standards for each function, and evaluating performance variances in order to identify root cause and corrective action.
• Effectively communicate work task Standard Operating Procedures, convey key information during preshift meetings and ensure appropriate shift hand-offs.
• Provide a professional environment with relation to external customers and vendors such as drivers, dispatchers, and customer representatives.
• Execute daily customer / vendor contract requirements and identify accessorial activity (work outside commercial contracts) and ensure necessary documentation.
• Ensure inventory integrity by timely and accurate receiving, picking, shipping, and inventory management.
• Participate in the collection of performance measurements consistent with customer, vendor, and site requirements.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, preferred
• Operations background
• 1-2 years logistics industry experience, preferred
• 0-3 years experience in lead/supervisor/management role

Our Organization has a business casual environment and focuses on teamwork, associate development, training, and continuous improvement.

Our Organization is an equal opportunity employer.

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