Warehouse Manager
Trade · Mangere, Auckland, New Zealand · Full-Time · $90,000/yr
Is warehouse leadership your strength? A distribution company in Mangere, Auckland, New Zealand, with a solid history, needs an accomplished Warehouse Manager. The position is full-time.
This job is much bigger than looking after goods in and goods out. The employer will trust you to:
- develop and inspire your staff
- upgrade systems and stay compliant
- handle logistics partners
- make sure the entire site runs efficiently
The right person is a seasoned logistics professional with real leadership, strong operational know-how and a history of dependable warehouse results. Tip: in your English-language CV, mention how big your past teams were and which systems you used.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the warehouse's daily performance, and make sure the buildings, machines and resources are properly looked after
- Hire, onboard, train and motivate supervisors and staff, and review how each person is doing
- Plan each day's people and equipment around orders, shipments and what matters most
- Make sure stock figures are right and run the planned stocktakes
- Watch DIFOT, KPIs, output and the level of service
- Study the layout and find ways to fit more into the storage space
- Manage the devanning of import containers and all receiving tasks linked to it
- Liaise with Customs, freight firms, shipping lines and logistics partners, and supervise outside suppliers and service companies
- Act as the MPI Facility Operator or Accredited Person when this is required
- Run accurate digital processes through the WMS and linked IT systems, alongside Sales, Finance, IT and other departments
- Take the lead on Health & Safety so everyone puts safety first
- Remove waste and slow steps, bring in practical improvements and grow a team culture of accountability, teamwork, reliability and always getting better
Requirements & Eligibility
- A proven background as a Warehouse Manager, Distribution Manager, or senior warehouse professional, with a record of leading warehouse crews and operations staff
- Deep know-how in stock accuracy, planning a warehouse and managing inventory
- Hands-on experience with container handling, international freight and imports
- Understanding of MPI processes and New Zealand compliance requirements is advantageous
- Solid knowledge of workplace Health & Safety, and you put it into practice
- Very good at communicating and managing people
- Makes decisions and solves problems with confidence
- Stays steady under pressure when a busy distribution site has many competing demands
- Precise, with strong attention to detail in every operation
- Good IT skills, including WMS or integrated warehouse systems, and experience in paperless or technology-enabled sites
- A commercial view of productivity, costs and how resources are allocated
- Reliable and on time, professional, and keeps high standards
- Can supply genuine evidence of qualifications, experience and career history so it can be verified
- Must satisfy New Zealand's employment, immigration and sponsorship requirements as applicable
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