You ensure excellent functioning of the warehouse activities that fall under your responsibility. You focus on supervising the daily warehouse activities and strengthening all logistics processes related to them. The daily warehouse activities include inbound, put away, storage, picking, packaging, value-added services, and dispatch. The goods flow is largely automated. Together with various stakeholders, you ensure that the installation is optimally managed and maintained.

Your Role

As a Warehouse Supervisor, you will be in charge of the operations (BAU) in the warehouse, which means you will guide and train the operational staff. After completing the necessary training, you will implement green-level actions (using tools like PS, visual and process management, training plans, and skill matrices).

Your Responsibilities

• As a supervisor, you are responsible for ensuring operations by managing internal and external KPIs (SQCDEP) and coaching your foremen. You oversee your foremen and, together with them, are responsible for directing your team of warehouse employees. You guide your foremen in the day-to-day management of warehouse activities and the operation of automated processes, ensuring that they achieve the predefined goals related to productivity, safety, and quality.

• You personally drive the operation toward achieving long-term objectives and act as the ultimate responsible authority for your team of warehouse employees. This involves setting clear objectives, daily communication, evaluations, training, accident analyses, and sick leave discussions.

• To achieve optimal operations, you collaborate with the planning department, fellow supervisors, operations managers, and various internal support services.

• You’ll be part of a motivated team with a continuous improvement culture. After completing your yellow belt training, you’ll lead and implement improvement projects and apply the 5S methodology.

• Additionally, you will ensure compliance with safety rules through regular safety inspections, accident analyses, and safety communication. All of this aims to encourage our employees to actively contribute to a strong safety policy.

Your Skills and Experiences

• You are a strong leadership figure who translates operational KPIs into an efficient approach on the floor and ensures its implementation.

• With your managerial experience, you know how to form and motivate a team to work toward a common goal. You can adapt to different situations and colleagues, and you’re open to changing your approach if needed.

• Additionally, you are proficient in creating reports in Excel, handling warehouse management systems, and working with MS Office applications.

• Your characteristics include drive, independence, and a problem-solving mindset.

• Advanced knowledge of Dutch and English.

Good Reasons to Join

At Kuehne+Nagel you are always part of a team, but still have control over how you arrange your own work and your own way of achieving success. Present your customers with the products and services of a company that is the global market leader in logistics in many sectors. In return we offer a wide range of continuing professional development opportunities.

Kuehne + Nagel is an equal employment/affirmative action employer. If you require an accommodation for any part of the online application process due to a disability, please contact the Employee Services HR Help Desk at 1-800-267-1326 during the hours of 8:00am - 5:00pm EST; Monday through Friday or via e-mail at: HR.helpdesk@kuehne-nagel.com with the nature of your request. We will answer your inquiry within 24 hours.