Storeperson

Australia

**Position Description**

At Volvo Group Australia (VGA) we strongly believe in a future where sustainable and efficient transport and infrastructure solutions are essential for any society to prosper, where collaboration and diversity increase speed and solve societal challenges. Our solutions improve the everyday life of our customers and for the society at large, today and tomorrow.
We currently have two warehouse positions available at our Minto, NSW site. The primary purpose of this position is to ensure all operational activity within the Warehouse is carried out in the safest, cost-conscious, efficient/productive and Quality driven manner in order to achieve the required performance and quality targets pertaining to our customer’s needs and requirements. At all times, maintaining compliance with company standards, while leading and operating in a safety conscious environment.
Key Responsibilities
Warehouse Operations
- Work within a team that is driven to provide and contribute to a safe workplace (Zero Harm)
- Operate with a “high quality mindset”, ensuring holistic quality to the customer at all times
- Accurate receiving and dispatching of parts
- Ensure all parts received or dispatched are of the highest quality, ensuring customer expectations are driving force behind actions
- Participate in all workplace practices so as to provide for flexible working arrangements which improve quality, efficiency and productivity
- Process driven, with a mindset to adherence to standards in all functions of a role
- Promote and maintain a customer service focus, considering the expectations of customer and their requirements at all times
- Carry out and complete all work allocated, in a timely manner
- Efficiently complete all work as expected (in accordance with KPI’s), in the safest possible manner
- Liaise and support other teams & leaders
- Actively contributing to 5S and overall warehouse organisation and cleanliness
- Ensure compliance with all Volvo, VGA Policies, at all times
- Take all reasonable steps and precautions to work safely and report any and all risks or hazards

Teamwork and Collaboration
- Adopt and encourage teamwork & collaboration, both within your direct function and organisation wide
- Works with others to achieve shared goals
- Represent team qualities such as respect, helpfulness, co-operation, and support
- Contribute to an environment which supports members of the team
- Balances personal goals with team goals

Continuous Improvement (VPS)
- Participate and contribute to daily VPS team meetings
- Participate and contribute to Continuous Improvement environment, driving growth within the Distribution Centre and company
- Evaluates processes or programs to drive continuous improvement
- Proactively seeks to maximise opportunities to improve own and team performance Identifies ways of working better with stakeholders
- Lean Leader, ensuring efficiency through improving systems, processes, and structures
- Encourage and support a problem-solving mentality across all functions or roles
- Seek feedback and reviews results to determine opportunities for improvement
- Ensures that high quality standards of work are met

Health & Safety
- Ensure a culture of safe working and a safe work environment for all staff
- Raise concerns or actively address any health & safety issue identified
- Follow all instructions given for working safely
- Identify and report all hazards, incidents, injuries & near misses immediately
- Report for work in a safe manner, unaffected by drugs and/or alcohol
- Protect own safety and health and not adversely affect the safety and health of others
- At all times wear safety equipment provided for the job task or area
- Do not misuse or tamper with the safe use of equipment
- Promote wellbeing and health in your team by supporting positive work/life choices, having an awareness of mental health and other health issues, and understanding support networks
- Risk Management and Compliance
- Abide by and adhere to all company policies ensuring compliance of yourself and colleagues
- Manage risk and compliance in area, including ongoing identification of material risks
- Monitor and ensure adequate risk management and compliance processes are in place
- Contribute to strategic risk management and compliance activities, including ongoing risk identification and mitigation
- Ensure that senior management and your team have a good understanding of the material risks
- Implement and monitor controls to manage risk
- Maintain and oversee all systems of internal control in risk management and compliance systems
- Ensure key legislative requirements are met and changes to legislation are communicated
- Promote a company-wide risk aware culture

**ABOUT YOU**
- Qualifications_
Forklift licence LO & LF (mandatory)
Certificate in Warehousing/Logistics (desirable)
- Skills_
- Good communication skills
- Dedicated and self-motivated
- Capable of working unsupervise