Warehouse Lead

Unilever • Hammond, IN

7d

About The Position

The Warehouse Lead is responsible for overseeing the strategy and operations of the warehouse, ensuring efficient logistics and asset management. This role supervises warehouse cell activities, ensures warehousing assets are maintained and perform at a high level of efficiency, coordinates with Unilever logistics teams for all issues with deliveries, and maintains a safe and productive work environment. This leader needs to hold the warehouse team to a high standard and maintain accountability to ensure Unilever Safety, Quality and GMP standards are kept. Collaborate with maintenance teams to conduct thorough preventive maintenance (PM) activities on all equipment (conveyor, sortation, palletization, and stretchwrapper assets) for optimal performance. Manage warehouse cell operations ensuring the Autonomous Maintenance (AM) is performed to standard. Own the Run 2 Standard (R2S) cell for the warehouse, ensuring AM, PM and FI progress matches the glidepath expectations. Coordinate with Unilever Logistics teams to facilitate timely pickups of finished goods and resolve scheduling issues . Manage the yard, prioritizing loads to focus on reduced demurrage costs. Oversee Powered Industrial Vehicle contracts, monitor repairs, and ensure vehicles are operational and compliant. Manage relationships with other logistics contractors, ensuring service quality and adherence to safety standards. Order and maintain inventory of warehouse materials to support operational needs. Provide comprehensive training to warehouse operators, ensuring competence and compliance with safety protocols. Manage the WMS system on site and coordinate with external WMS contractors for routine maintenance and troubleshooting of the software. Oversee WMS improvements and coordinate with project engineers on Warehouse capex projects for operational needs Own packaging and finished good inventory; ensuring accurate counts are recorded

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, logistics, supply chain, or related STEM field.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in operations or logistics management, either in industry or military.
• Strong leadership and supervisory skills with proven ability to manage teams.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving abilities.

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing contractor relationships and Powered Industrial Vehicles preferred.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing the strategy and operations of the warehouse
• Supervising warehouse cell activities
• Ensuring warehousing assets are maintained
• Coordinating with Unilever logistics teams for all issues with deliveries
• Maintaining a safe and productive work environment
• Collaborating with maintenance teams to conduct thorough preventive maintenance (PM) activities on all equipment
• Managing warehouse cell operations ensuring the Autonomous Maintenance (AM) is performed to standard
• Owning the Run 2 Standard (R2S) cell for the warehouse
• Managing the yard, prioritizing loads to focus on reduced demurrage costs
• Overseeing Powered Industrial Vehicle contracts
• Managing relationships with other logistics contractors
• Ordering and maintaining inventory of warehouse materials
• Providing comprehensive training to warehouse operators
• Managing the WMS system on site
• Overseeing WMS improvements
• Owning packaging and finished good inventory

Benefits

• Unilever employees are eligible to participate in our benefits plan. Should the employee choose to participate, they can choose from a range of benefits to include, but is not limited to, health insurance (including prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage), retirement savings benefits, life insurance and disability benefits, parental leave, sick leave, paid vacation and holidays, as well as access to numerous voluntary benefits. Any coverages for health insurance and retirement benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level