Warehouse Team Leader (Fixed Term Contract, 9 months)

Join our dynamic team as a Warehouse Team Leader in Lucca, where you will play a crucial role in ensuring the efficient flow of materials to our fast-moving assembly line and Rotork assembly plants worldwide. Your responsibilities will include leading a team to deliver accurate supply of components while actively engaging in LEAN manufacturing and continuous improvement practices.

In this role, you will:

• Take a proactive and disciplined approach to Rotork Environmental Health and Safety policy, encouraging identification and resolution of potential hazards. Reporting and closing out investigation into accidents and incidents.
• Disciplined approach to 5s principles, Warehouse, and inventory management policies.
• Lead the warehouse team, providing training, coaching, and conducting assessments.
• Lead the warehouse in accordance with the Rotork Lean and Daily Management rules / event-cycle of the site. (Rotork Management Operating Systems) Implementing warehouse policies to achieve the organisational goals.
• Drive Warehouse service levels for accuracy, quality, and process lead time to achieve productivity goals.
• Facilitate the Warehouse Tier 1 SQDCP process, implementing tools, visual management, and information flow into the Tier 2 SQDCP process.
• Manage the accuracy and efficiency of Warehouse processes, inclusive of; good receipt, put away, picking, material handling and dispatch.
• Plan resource and capacity (internal and external) requirements based on production requirements, supplier, and customer schedules. Balancing workload to demand.
• Manage all aspects of inventory control and flow, ensuring integrity in inventory value, levels, storage, physical and transactional movements.
• Maintain distinct flow and segregation of materials between production and the Warehouse for finished goods, identifying dedicated locations and movement control requirements.
• Plan daily resource requirements balancing workload to demand, managing agency requirements and associated costs and training.
• Lead and improve Warehouse performance and stock accuracy with the engagement of the team by applying Lean principles and taking ownership for the execution of the plans.
• Key user for all Warehouse management systems and associated software systems.
• Maintain all Warehouse equipment, FLT, Pallet trucks, Scales, Racks to ensure compliant.
• Lead the cycle count and stocktaking execution to improve inventory accuracy and control.
• Responsible for all Warehouse metrics, performance, and root cause countermeasures, inclusive of EHS, Customer OTD (First Promise), Gross and Net Inventory, Slow and Non-Moving Stock, RIO Rate, Net Value accuracy and Absolutely quantity accuracy.
• Responsible for all Warehouse costs, including labour, overheads, external storage and premium freight, monitoring and analysing spend according to the budget.