Warehouse Supervisor

Welcome to Palfinger Australia, a proud member of Sime Darby’s _global_ team.
- Help drive warehouse efficiency & develop the team to grow our competitive edge
- Drive this your way - there is significant opportunity and growth potential here
- Based from our modern and purpose built National Head Office in Wacol.
- Full Time, Permanent position - Mon - Fri, 7:30am - 4:00pm [no weekends].
- Here we grow together, take responsibility & everyone contributes. 

Positive, hands-on + super visible - you’re all about leading by example Bring your customer focus and can-do attitude to this growing team

If you;
- Enjoy leading by example and guiding others to work together and achieve collective team goals.
- Have a keen attention to detail and follow processes well.
- Are a natural when it comes to problem-solving & thrive on making warehouses efficient.
- Are described by your colleagues as reliable - you finish what you start and people can count on you.
- Have an open-minded and ‘can-do’ attitude, you like to keep things positive and moving forward; and,
- Enjoy creating great teams that everyone wants to be part of.

** then WE NEED TO BE SPEAKING TO YOU**

Palfinger Australia is the Australian Distributor for the global leader Palfinger Lifting Solutions. Our Australian Team of 60 passionate and professional people are committed to building long-standing relationships with our customers and specialise in the selection, supply, installation and servicing of mounted cranes and other lifting solutions predominately to the Trucking Industry. Beyond our national head office in Brisbane, Palfinger Australia has teams based in Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle and Perth, as well the largest network of Service Partners that ensure our customers can access support when they need it, right across this vast country In joining us, you are also joining a bigger team of 20,000 men and women who work together across the many different businesses and brands that unite under the Sime Darby banner and operate throughout 18 different countries and territories in the Asia Pacific Region. No matter where they are and what role they play, our people are driven by the same goal - _to create positive returns for the economy and society._ Here we welcome individuals who share in our Organisational Values of respect, responsibility, integrity, excellence and enterprise.

**About this Position**

Reporting through to the National Aftersales Network Manager, you will be responsible for leading and developing a high-performance Warehousing Crew [currently 3 team members + yourself].

The Warehouse Crew is responsible for the processing of all inward and outbound goods, maintaining stock levels and managing the stock level accuracy to ensure Palfinger & its customers are always up and running.

This will involve things like:

- Leading & supervising the overall day-to-day activities of the warehouse team, promoting effective teamwork and employee relations to meet customer demand.
- Monitoring operational costs within the warehouse and its processes.
- Providing direction in the continuous improvement & optimisation of the operational efficiency of the warehouse through tools, warehousing/logistics practices and the team. Resulting in improving customer service and overall satisfaction levels.
- Adhering to Quality and Workplace Health and Safety practices and systems [in line with legal and regulatory requirements, customer expectations and company policies].
- Going about your day in a way that promotes Palfinger values and sets the standard for the team to become ambassadors of Palfinger values.
- Working towards building a strong team spirit and mateship across the team.
- Managing performance issues and resolving any conflicts that arise between Crew Members.

Full training on Palfinger Crane technology provided

**Right fit for you?**

This position is ideally suited to an individual who has been working in a leadership or supervisory role in a Warehousing and/or Logistics and/or Distribution environment.

Key challenges and Selection Criteria for the role include:

- Ready to lead a team, provide training, establish acceptable work levels and take team challenges as opportunities to improve the processes.
- Great communication skills - you articulate your messages clearly and engage well with others.
- A keen attention to detail and a natural willingness to take care and get things right the first time.
- An ability to ‘think on your feet’, multitask and remain effective under pressure.
- Good planning and organisation skills - having a good plan going into each day is really important here.
- Solid work history [you’ve shown a good long-term commitment to jobs in the past].
- Willingness to work in an active environment - your success will often require a hands-on approach
- Work is important to you - you’ve got financial goals & responsibilities or a family to support And,
- Sound numeric, literacy, com