Warehouse Manager
Location:
Lokeren, BE, 9160
At Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond!
About the role
The Warehouse Manager runs the day-to-day operations in the Global Distribution Center (GDC). The WH manager goal is to make sure that the logistic flow of both in and outbound of finished products, raw materials and packaging, relabel is running smoothly, taking into account all the safety and quality standards that need to be attained. The warehouse manager participates and initiates new initiatives to improve the safety, quality and productivity of the warehouse. The Warehouse manager has an active role and participates in the meetings with the unions. Together with the other management team members the WH manager participates in the realization of the master plan. This master plan supports the Supply chain strategy and is built on operational excellence, continuous improvement, right footprint and process and future proof organization.
Key figures:
1. Yearly activity: 600 kT (in and outbound)
2. GDC has a capacity of 120.000 pallets:
3. 80.000 in fully automated warehouse
4. 40.000 in conventional warehouse
5. 9 direct reports
6. 100 indirect reports
The Global distribution center is the heart of the logistics operation in chocolate.
Key responsibilities include
7. Lead and improve the daily operation in GDC (24/7)
8. Manage resource planning and taking into account productivity target
9. Daily meeting with the operations team with focus on productivity/ quality / safety / people
10. Monthly meeting with the teamleads
11. Weekly capacity meetings
12. Manage and coach a divers team of 8 teamleads and a system engineer.
13. Communicate within the team the strategy and the vision and make sure it is implemented within the teams
14. Report and manage the team performance.
15. Develops and improves new work procedures to make sure that all goods are managed in a proper way both according to our safety and quality standards.
16. Make sure the go for zero mentality is respected.
17. Manage the mid and long term working schemes of GDC to make sure that the company goals are reached.
18. Prepare the budget on operational and headcount cost together with the management team
19. Prioritize quality and safety on the shop floor. Lead by example
20. Manage the internal stakeholders and improve the internal relationship
21. KPI reporting on different areas: safety, quality, productivity and setup the necessary actions plans to further improve
22. Prepare the monthly staff meeting, participate in the management meeting
23. support the teamleads in absence talks, evaluation talks with their operators
24. involved in projects to improve the productivity of the warehouse
25. set up new tools in the warehouse (for example POKA)
26. Participates in meetings with union and CPBW
About you
27. As a Warehouse Manager, you distinguish yourself through your results-oriented mindset, organizational skills, flexibility, and focus on safety and quality;
28. You are able to adapt quickly thanks to your resilience under pressure, which allows you to maintain a strong sense of quality and responsibility at all times;
29. You can communicate clearly at all levels, both within and outside the organization;
30. You have leadership experience and continuously work on strengthening team spirit, enabling everyone to use their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals.
31. Minimum 6 to 10 years experience in Supply Chain management roles (logistics, supply chain)
32. Good insight in the company and logistic processes. Capable to plan/ prioritize and improve where needed.
33. Detailed understanding of SAP ECC & SAP EWM
34. Knowledge of automated Warehouse storage/loading solution(s) will be considered a plus.