Team Lead Warehouse (m/f/d)

Company Description

Gerresheimer is the global partner for pharmaceutics, biotech, healthcare, and cosmetics with a very broad product range for pharmaceutical and cosmetic packaging solutions and drug delivery systems. The company is an innovative solution provider from concept to delivery of the end product. Gerresheimer achieves its ambitious goals through a high level of innovative strength, industrial competence and concentration on quality and customer focus. In developing innovative and sustainable solutions, Gerresheimer relies on a comprehensive international network with numerous innovation and production centers in Europe, America and Asia. Gerresheimer produces close to its customers worldwide with around 11,000 employees and generated annual revenues in 2022 of EUR 1.8bn. With its products and solutions, Gerresheimer plays an essential role in people's health and well-being.

Gerresheimer Peachtree City L.P. was established in 1993 in Peachtree City, GA, as part of the Plastics & Devices Division manufacturing and assembling a variety of precision molded plastic parts for various applications in the medical industry. The subsidiary operates in an 87,500 sq. ft. production facility with 200 employees. 

Job Description

• Management of a warehouse and logistics team to ensure stable logistics processes, taking into account internal requirements.
• Personnel management with all necessary individual tasks (ensuring the induction, assessment and further development of subordinate employees, staff appraisals, etc.)
• Ensuring the smooth deployment of personnel (based on attendance and absence planning, evaluation of the process organization, etc.)
• Independent planning and coordination of goods handling and warehouse organization in cooperation with upstream and downstream departments, such as procurement and production
• Planning of processes in incoming and outgoing goods, as well as control and determination of internal goods transport and storage
• Monitoring and optimization of loading and storage processes, taking into account internal requirements
• Initiating the necessary document preparation (e.g. customs documents)
• Ensuring and planning of inventory controls and inventories
• Ensuring punctual and timely shipment
• Ensuring the depreciation, destruction or disposal of goods in accordance with the directive
• Initiating and ensuring the necessary documentation in compliance with internal requirements
• Proactive cooperation with internal and external interfaces (e.g. plant and division management, quality, HR, customers)
• Responsible for compliance with laws and regulations, as well as internal requirements

Qualifications

• Knowledge acquired as part of a 3-year apprenticeship (technical or commercial focus) and expanded by means of advanced training (e.g. logistics specialist, logistics master).
• This function requires at least 5 years of experience in a comparable function with corresponding personnel responsibility.
• Expert knowledge of logistics processes (shipping, warehouse management, warehouse logistics, etc.)
• Very good knowledge of personnel management and qualification
• Very good IT skills (MS Office, MES, SAP)
• Forklift license
• Knowledge of customs and export regulations
• Leadership skills, especially in the context of a role model function (integrity, transparency, appreciation)
• Enforcement strength and resilience
• Team orientation and sociability
• Good communication skills (especially communication of personnel and conflict discussions, moderation)
• Flexibility and action orientation
• Structured and independent way of working
• Entrepreneurial thinking and acting and conscientiousness
• Process organization and process design 

Additional Information

• clean room work environment
• company health benefits, 401k, incentive bonuses