Freight Team Lead

With more than $1B in revenue, Tennant Company is a globally recognized leader in the cleaning equipment industry. For the past 150 years, we have been passionate about developing and manufacturing innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers. At Tennant Company, we are committed to stewardship and creating a cleaner, safer and healthier world. With manufacturing, operations and sales, service, and support functions across the globe, your journey at Tennant can take you places you never expected.

 

 

The Tennant Company Distribution Center is seeking a highly motivated and experienced individual to join our team as a Team Lead. In this position, you will be responsible for overseeing and managing a team to ensure the successful completion of orders. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a team in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
 

RESPONISIBILITIES:    

• Lead and motivate a team to complete daily orders.
• Allocate resources and manage workloads to ensure orders are completed daily.
• Responsible for department/shift in absence of supervision.
• Provide guidance and support to team members to help them achieve their full potential.
• Monitor team performance and provide regular feedback to drive continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with other departments to ensure effective communication and coordination of activities.
• Evaluate and implement processes and tools to improve team efficiency and productivity.
• Foster a positive and inclusive team culture that promotes collaboration, innovation, and professional development.
• Motivate team members to meet deadlines and productivity goals.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts and Kaizen events.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve bottlenecks, process failures, incomplete procedures, supply chain problems and training deficiencies.
• Actively engage and collaborate with team for improvements of safety, quality, delivery, and cost.
• Provide root cause & short-term corrective action for customer service and quality issues.
• Aid in troubleshooting problems within the function.
• Ensure the training of associates.
• Report violations of policies and procedures to supervisor.
• Attend and actively participate in start of shift meetings daily.
• Train in security and emergency response details.
• Spend 90% of time on the floor and 10% of time behind the computer.
• Work on floor as assigned.
• Needs to Drive PIT equipment.

 

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION:

• Proven experience as a team leader or supervisor in a similar role.
• Previous experience in a distribution center Warehouse is a MUST. 
• Experienced in international Shipping, customs and declarations highly Preferred. 
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.