Warehouse Supervisor
Evvo is looking for a dynamic and positive person to join our team. Applicants should expect to work with people who care deeply about the environment and excel in their jobs. The role will be responsible for warehouse operations and we will provide the tools, resources and innovative services to support you.
About us: Evvo is a fast-growing clean-tech firm, having expanded by 430% in three years. We specialize in integrating circular economy principles for large businesses and governments, focusing on mobile device management (smartphones and tablets). Our approach extends device lifespans and offloads mobility-related queries from our clients' IT teams, a practice we call Delegated Mobility Management. Our proprietary technology delivers key advantages in data security, environmental sustainability, efficiency, and cost savings to our clients.
Our goal is to save our planet, one electronic device at a time.
Job Description:
The Warehouse Supervisor is a critical role in the operations team, managing all aspects of the Evvo warehouse and logistics operations in our Cambridge, Ontario facility. The Warehouse Supervisor is responsible for ensuring all warehousing and logistics KPIs are met, scheduling and managing day-to-day activities for the employees in their department, as well as maintaining a safe and healthy work environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Planning:
- Analyze and project resource requirements based on forecasted production plan and longer-term strategic goals
- Enable executives to make informed decisions in planning, resourcing and budgeting within agreed deadlines
- Training programs encompassing cross training on platforms and new services
- Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) system methodology
- Ensure adequate resources to meet KPIs
Warehousing:
- Provides leadership, direction and guidance to a subsection of Evvo employees
- Work directly with all team members to increase process optimization
- Track, document and report any major changes to warehouse operations, team members or environment e.g. WIP Reports, KPIs
- Develop and execute continuous improvement action plans that will increase improvement in all activities in the warehouse
- Facilitate workflow optimization
- Ensure positive staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counselling; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
- Complete production plan by scheduling and assigning personnel; accomplishing work results; establishing priorities; monitoring progress; revising schedules; resolving problems; and reporting results of the processing flow on shift production summaries.
- Consistently meet customer requirements including quality, turnaround time and production volumes.
- Ensuring that the implementation of a customer solution exhaustively reflects the customer’s warehousing and logistics requirements
- Regular communication with internal and external customers
Quality:
- Sustain and ensure complete adherence to current and future business management systems. i.e.: ISO 14001, R2, ISO45001, ISO9001, RQO, ISO27001
- Ensure continuous and consistent improvement, quality, customer service in accordance with company policies/procedures
- Develop and recommend warehousing and logistics improvement opportunities
- Ensure Quality Assurance Plan and Procedures are followed and any non-conformances follow the CAR process.
- Actively participate in the corrective action resolution process. i.e.: CAR
- Involvement and collaboration with management and staff as it relates to Quality/Process irregularities or production issues.
- Lead warehouse operations in continuous improvement activities to drive operational efficiencies and process movement
- Ensure appropriate training programs are in place for all products and processes ensuring personnel have all the tools required to complete work efficiently, effectively and safely.
- Creating and updating of work instructions as necessary
Health & Safety:
- Assist in Integrated Management System enforcement
- Active in all Health and Safety meetings and initiatives, including but not limited to involvement in safety information sessions, workplace audits, and recommendations on training
- Foster an open door, positive working environment, maintaining a consistent schedule of value add leadership and Town Hall meetings.
- Ensure all staff embrace and abide by the goals of the Evvo Employee Handbook, including appropriate PPE
- Drive 5S program throughout the facility
- Ensure that safe conditions exist at all times within the work environment and take the appropriate action to protect the health and safety of all employees, visitors and contractors on site.
- Enforce all company policies, programs, rules and regulations
Other:
- Oversee daily opening and closing activities as required
- Ensure shipments and pickups process smoothly
- Ensure a safe work environment exists at all times
- Ensure all workers under their supervision are properly trained in their role, emergency response measures and health and safety.
- Source and purchase needed supplies
- Other duties as directed by manager
Skills, experience, and competencies
Must Haves:
- Ability to work in Cambridge, ON on a daily basis
- Exceptional leadership skills to motivate and manage the entire team with diplomacy and tact; strong team-building and mentoring skills
- Expert in warehouse best practices
- Ability to make informed decisions, prioritization and problem resolution
- Exceptional organizational skills
- Self-motivated: results Oriented
- High energy level with the ability to be flexible and thrive in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.
- Passionate about making a positive impact on the environment
Good to have:
- Working knowledge of ISO 9001, 14001, 45001 and R2
- Lean/Continuous improvement experience
- International shipping experience
- MDM and Staging experience
- Proficiency using Google Suite and Microsoft Office applications
- Experience with Netsuite ERP