Warehouse Team Leader: Staging at Sherwin-Williams

Responsibilities
Duty to perform functions of:

• Handling, storage, moving, physical safe-keeping, protection from the elements, rotation of inventory
• Issuing of materials to production via a kanban system of delivery
• Return raw materials to correct locations once production is completed
• Receiving of intermediate and finished product from production
• Transfer of expired/redundant inventory to appropriate separate locations
• Conduct and drive stock cycle counts

Ensure:

• Compliance with all relevant QSHE, ISO and NOSA procedures and standards
• Good inventory practice e.g. FIFO, parts kept with same-product wholes, same-product in same location
• High standard of physical safe-keeping and protection from damage, theft, loss etc of all inventory
• Redundant/expired material quickly identified, re-labelled, physically moved to a clearly demarcated area
• Accurate, complete and timely recording of all inventory transactions (real time transactions)
• High standard of housekeeping (6S) in all inventory locations under own control
• Proper use and safe-keeping of all inventory measurement and recording electronic devices
• Safe and careful operating and safe-keeping of all forklift and reach trucks under direct control
• Control of all packaging on site maintained
• Control of bulk raw materials on site maintained
• Staging team adhere to all processes & suggest refresher training for team to Supervisor if necessary 
• Able to investigate root causes and suggested possible solutions for deviations 
• Complete RM allocations and book in stock from production
• Physical 4 eye check after all RM has been fully stage & change the status to WIP in the system before the batch card is released to factory.
• Understanding the concept of supplying production lines 
• Control of part pack stock and work with Planner to be added to next batch 
• High standard of housekeeping (5S’s) in all locations

Qualifications
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Inventory / Warehousing qualification required
• Valid forklift and reach truck license essential
• Certified in relevant hazardous material handling procedures

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• 5 years of Warehouse team lead/supervision with experience in Warehousing, RM pre-weigh and Inventory management.