Operational Warehouse Manager

Get to know your team and responsibilities

 Organisation, control and monitoring of all logistics processes in order to guarantee supply of dealers with parts and accessories at the right time, in the right quantity and in the right quality in line with requirements and taking into account the TPS concept with highest possible safety level. Allow the dealer to provide a seamless service to our customer.

Main KPIs

• Safety KPI‘s (Accident rate, incident reporting, safety patrols, …)
• Quality KPI’s (Warehouse denials, non-shipped lines, shortages, miss-picks, damages, …)
• Operational KPI’s (Supply service rate, warehouse efficiency, …)
• Compliance: ISO14001, SOX, local legislation, …
• Motivation KPI’s (Attendance, employee survey score, …)

Your responsibilities

Operations Management

• Deliver best in class operations by using Toyota Way tools

• Control and monitor all incoming / outgoing goods / transfers / transfers according to standardized procedures and defined priorities
• Create smooth operations through in & outbound flow control & planning (Heijunka)
• Visualise processes, Yamazumi, M&I flow, Standard Operation Procedures

Health & Safety

• Create and foster safety culture: Safety always first, zero tolerance related to safety, lead by example and ensure Stop-Call-Wait culture

• Create a zero-risk operations environment through proactive risk management
• Health & Safety assessments: Daily safety patrols, regular risk related discussion with staff , accident & incident reporting
• Analyse safety issues, uncover root-causes and define countermeasures to avoid re-occurrence

Quality

• Deliver ‘best in class’ quality to dealers
• Analyse quality issues, uncover root-causes and implement countermeasures to improve quality
• Encourage, follow up & guidance of depot kaizen activities

 HRD & People Management

• Daily HR Management according to Toyota Way
• Set up & monitor local versatility/skill matrix & create development plans
• Identify development needs of warehouse associates
• Organise/facilitate training plan for warehouse

Cost Management

• Maintenance of reporting system
• Daily/monthly follow up
• Plan and implement cost reduction activities
• Equipment & fleet management

Who are we looking for?

Your profile

Education

• University degree or equivalent
• Business education or study

Experience:

• 5 years’ experience in logistics and/or shop floor management
• preferably automotive sector experience                                              

Technical Knowledge:  

• Understanding of operational processes and flows
• Fluent in German and English
• Knowledge of MS Office

Other skills:

• Experience in total responsibility for delivery of daily result in a shop floor environment.
• Proven track record of people management
• Good understanding of Supply Chain Management and implementation of Lean / T.P.S. principles in shop floor operations
• Excellent analytical skills
• Knowledge of automotive industries and market

You have a Toyota DNA, this means you:

• Courage: you are ready to let go of the easy path to reach challenging targets
• Collaboration: you are a team player, respectful and inclusive in your style and you take a customer-oriented approach
• Creativity: your passion drives you to explore innovative ideas and challenge the impossible 
• Curiosity: you combine imagination and fact-based observation
• Coaching: you share knowledge and feedback with your colleagues and celebrate each other’s success

Our offer

Are you enthusiastic about Toyota and the vehicles of this brand? Then this is the right place for you to get started. We offer a dynamic and challenging multicultural work environment in which competence and quality play an important role. Enhancing personal growth and a real opportunity to invest in your future through on the job development and training. Where your effort, dedication and initiative are rewarded by a competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefits package

We offer a multicultural working environment where you will become part of a motivated team where competence and quality play an important role.

We promote personal growth and offer a realistic opportunity to invest in your own future by providing business development and training.

We offer a challenging career and flexibility at different levels of experience and for different personal and family backgrounds to develop the talents and enable the work-life balance.

With us, your performance, dedication and initiative are recognized by a comprehensive compensation and benefits concept.

At Toyota Motor Europe, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all. All of our recruitment decisions are based on the individual and their qualifications along with the job requirements. The selection process is without regard to nationality, gender, age, ethnicity or disability. We do not tolerate harassment or discrimination as our individual experiences and overall diversity is our key strength. Together we have the power to make a positive change and go beyond the ordinary.

If you need any specific consideration for the interview process due to disability or any other reason, please let the recruiter know.

Place of employment:               

Austria - Bruck an der Leitha: Toyota Parts Center Austria