Team Lead- International

Teleflex•Olive Branch, MS

About The Position

The Team Lead leads day-to-day shipping, receiving, or inventory control activities within a medical device distribution center. The role coordinates daily workloads and staffing, supports team members through training and direction, monitors operational performance, and helps ensure customer orders are processed on time. It also involves investigating and analyzing inventory inaccuracies and discrepancies, reporting findings, maintaining safety and regulatory compliance, and supporting continuous improvement.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED required.
Strong experience with MS Excel, MS Word, and Outlook.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to multitask and work within deadlines.
Excellent communication and organizational skills.
Strong leadership skills.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with fellow employees.
Ability to read and interpret a variety of Standard Operation Practices (SOPs) and work instructions with minimal instructions.
Written and spoken proficiency in both English and Spanish, with the ability to accurately translate between the languages without loss of context or meaning.
Ability to work overtime during the workweek and on weekends based on business needs.
Employees must wear safety shoes on the production floor.

Nice To Haves

Associate’s or bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience.
One year of leadership experience in shipping in a distribution center or warehouse.
Strong SAP knowledge and understanding of distribution processes.

Responsibilities

Lead a team in day-to-day shipping, receiving, or inventory control activities within a medical device distribution center.
Ensure staff meet daily requirements and projects meet their deadlines.
Plan and communicate daily volume, assign work, and adjust manpower with other leads to process customer orders in a timely manner.
Provide on-the-job training and direction to team members.
Determine reasons for system inaccuracies and recommend ways to prevent future inventory corruption.
Troubleshoot areas where regular counts cannot be completed in a timely manner and recommend improvements to inventory management and control.
Reconcile counts, perform root cause analysis and trending, track errors, and report information to responsible parties.
Investigate inventory discrepancies involving wrong quantities, products, or locations.
Analyze weekly inventory adjustments and report findings to upper management.
Analyze productivity and quality reports to achieve established goals.
Report cycle count data to management for review and publication, and determine accuracy percentages based on lines counted, units counted, and variance cost.
Enforce company rules and regulations in the supervisor’s absence.
Motivate and provide feedback to subordinates in the supervisor’s absence.
Perform material handler and/or distribution associate duties as needed.
Complete daily operational tasks using RF technology.
Focus on safety for all people and continuous improvement opportunities within the operation.
Maintain compliance with company policies, safety standards, good housekeeping practices, ISO, OSHA, and other government regulations.
Assist with special projects and other assigned duties.