Team Leader for Packaging & Warehouse
Job Number: 26-01350
Job Number: 26-01350
Raise the bar on your career with a global industry leader. ECLARO is looking for a Team Leader for Packaging & Warehouse for our client in Waco, TX.
ECLARO's client is a global leader in premium beverages, with an iconic portfolio of world-renowned brands enjoyed in more than 180 countries. Known for its commitment to innovation, sustainability, and an inclusive culture, the company offers exciting opportunities to grow, make an impact, and build a rewarding career. If you're ready for your next challenge, this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for.
Position Overview:
- Provide extraordinary leadership through delivering outstanding results and setting clear strategic direction to your operational area to conduct the business.
- Spending significant time engaging, motivating, and encouraging your team to deliver extraordinary performance (50-60% time spent in the operations).
- Effectively lead through change and foster an environment of continuous improvement, partnering with the site's Manufacturing Excellence Manager to implement continuous improvement initiatives.
- Embed a strong Tier 1, fostering into Tier 2, leading and motivating the shift team to take accountability in all aspects of the balanced scorecard, warehouse operations, inventory accuracy, and morale.
- Lead & advocate the Continuous Improvement Program to develop performance, standards, capabilities, warehouse processes, and asset care to exceed balanced scorecard targets. Set & achieve departmental deployment plan.
- Build an environment that supports an inclusive and positive culture where people feel listened to, valued, and developed.
- Mentor the team by providing guidance and support to all immediate reports and their teams to facilitate achievement of department targets and successful delivery of continuous improvement projects.
- Embed an atmosphere that focuses on safety, quality control, inventory integrity, customer service, and operational efficiency.
- Ensure the effective flow, storage, handling, and distribution of raw materials, packaging materials, and finished goods while maintaining inventory accuracy and warehouse compliance standards.
- Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for current or future visa sponsorship
Responsibilities:
- Own important targets across shifts, leaning on T1 and T2 to handle and drive performance, ensuring safety is the number one priority.
- Continuously aim for the next level of performance and ensure all team members do the same through productive team meetings, ITF attendance, and performance reviews.
- Handle the risk profile within your department and work with the governance team to address issues.
- Contribute to setting the annual AOP and deliver it, collaborating with the Bottling & Warehouse Manager and planning functions to deliver daily, weekly, and monthly plans.
- Communicate effectively with distributors, customers, and carriers to schedule shipments and deliveries.
- Ensure Purchase Orders and Front of House orders are built accurately and in a timely manner.
- Maintain inventory of packaging materials, raw materials, and finished goods, ensuring inventory accuracy and compliance with inventory control procedures.
- Manage warehouse operations, including receiving, storage, replenishment, picking, packing, shipping, and cycle count activities.
- Lead inventory management processes, including cycle counts, stock reconciliations, inventory audits, and root cause investigations for inventory variances.
- Ensure all inbound and outbound shipments are processed accurately, efficiently, and in compliance with company and regulatory requirements.
- Manage all data entry, bottling logs, warehouse transactions, inventory adjustments, and consumption reports.
- Uphold proper documentation and record keeping for inbound and outbound shipments, inventory movements, and warehouse compliance requirements.
- Drive warehouse organization through 5S and visual management principles to maximize space utilization, efficiency, and safety.
- Monitor warehouse KPIs including inventory accuracy, order fulfillment, on-time shipment performance, productivity, safety incidents, and transportation costs.
- Coordinate material flow between production, packaging, warehouse, and distribution functions to ensure uninterrupted operations.
- Interpret requirements such as Asset Care, 5S, and deploy resources to make them happen.
- Ownership of asset condition in your area, including warehouse equipment such as forklifts, pallet jacks, conveyors, and racking systems, working with the Engineering Centre to deliver the Asset Care plan.
- People Management activities including 1:1s, performance and development management, absence management, ER case management, training, recruitment, succession planning, employee onboarding, and certification compliance.
- Develop team morale, recognize extraordinary performance, and take timely action to address underperformance where required.
- Conduct Permit Writing and Control of Contractors, working as a team with the Site Management Coordinator, where required.
- RAMs approval.
- Responsible for budget performance within your Business Unit cost code, including warehousing, labor, and material handling expenses.
- Sign off on management checks.
- Problem Solving for Performance:
- Ensure accurate application of RCPS through role modeling and leadership.
- Raise 5 Why's as defined by agreed trigger points and lead situational problem solving on shift.
- React immediately to operational issues as they are exposed.
- Own accident reports, inventory discrepancies, shipping errors, warehouse incidents, and non-conforming product investigations.
- Responsible for accurately recording and closing incidents.
- Analyze warehouse and packaging performance metrics to identify trends, implement corrective actions, and improve operational efficiency.
- Engage with Daily Operational Review meetings to discuss persistent performance and service issues.
- Leading Change for Continuous Improvement:
- MOC process embedded and followed.
- Handle and establish team capability.
- Influence support functions to support their improvement initiatives.
- Lead continuous improvement projects focused on warehouse productivity, inventory accuracy, material flow optimization, storage utilization, and transportation efficiency.
- Champion Lean Manufacturing, Warehouse Excellence, and 5S initiatives to reduce waste and improve service levels.
Required Qualifications:
- Natural leader with a proven record of leading high-performing teams in manufacturing, packaging, warehousing, or distribution environments.
- Confirmed experience in production, warehouse, or distribution management is essential.
- Experience managing inventory control, shipping and receiving, warehouse operations, and material handling processes preferred.
- Prior experience with SAP, WMS (Warehouse Management Systems), or other ERP systems is desired.
- Ability to handle people performance, mentoring, and development of a multi-disciplined team.
- Proactive structured problem evaluation and solving skills learned through exposure to Lean, Six Sigma, TPM, Manufacturing Excellence, or Warehouse Excellence programs.
- Basic financial awareness and understanding of labor productivity, inventory carrying costs, budgeting processes, and business drivers.
- Strong understanding of inventory control practices, warehouse safety requirements, and logistics operations.
- Has a consistent record of adherence to Core Processes and Standards.
- Demonstrates role model behavior and coaches others to follow a consistent approach and go beyond minimum requirements.
- Travel involved – Will be travelling between Waco, TX and Bellmead, TX and there will be mileage reimbursement when travelled for work
- Education – Associates degree required
- Experience – 2 years of minimum experience
If hired, you will enjoy the following ECLARO Benefits:
- 401k Retirement Savings Plan administered by Merrill Lynch
- Commuter Check Pretax Commuter Benefits
- Eligibility to purchase Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance through ECLARO
If interested, you may contact:
Paul Joseph
pjoseph@eclaro.com
Equal Opportunity Employer: ECLARO values diversity and does not discriminate based on Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status, in compliance with all applicable laws.
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