Position: Warehouse Supervisor
Location: Sunderland
Contract Type: Permanent
Reports To: Warehouse Manager

 

Driving the future of automotive. We’re Lear For You.

 

Company Overview

Lear, a global automotive technology leader in Seating and E-Systems, enables superior in-vehicle experiences for consumers around the world. Our diverse team of more than 173,000 talented employees in 37 countries is driven by a commitment to innovation, operational excellence, and sustainability. Lear is Making every drive better™ by providing the technology for safer, smarter, and more comfortable journeys. Lear, headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, serves every major automaker in the world and ranks #189 on the Fortune 500. Further information about Lear is available at lear.com, or follow us on Twitter @LearCorporation

 

 

Key Responsibilities

Represent the company in a professional, positive, and customer-focused manner Ensure safe, efficient, and compliant warehouse operations in line with HSE standards Plan, coordinate, and monitor receipt, storage, movement, and dispatch of goods Drive zero tolerance for quality deviations to meet customer deliverables Maintain accurate inventories through physical counts and system reconciliation Ensure accuracy of all goods-in / goods-out documentation and stock labelling Ensure warehouse IT, WMS, and automated systems are accurate and up to date Optimize warehouse layout, space utilization, and future capacity planning Identify, recommend, and implement process and system improvements Reduce waste and drive continuous improvement, cost reduction, and efficiency Maintain best-practice logistics standards, policies, and procedures Lead, coach, and develop warehouse staff and team leaders to meet KPIs and deadlines Monitor and manage time and attendance for the materials team

 

Key Skills & Qualifications

Strong knowledge of logistics KPIs Experience working with WMS / ERP / MRP systems Hands-on experience with continuous improvement methodologies
(e.g. Kaizen, Kanban, 5S, PDCA, Gemba) Solid PC skills: Excel, Word, Outlook Preferred experience with MRP systems, ideally AS400 / BPCS