The Prospect:
The Area Lead Warehouse is responsible for overseeing the daily operations of a designated warehouse area, ensuring the safe, accurate, and efficient receipt, storage, handling, and movement of materials. This role provides hands-on leadership to warehouse personnel, maintains compliance with safety, quality, and operational standards, and ensures product integrity throughout the warehousing process.
The Role
· Supervise daily warehouse operations within the assigned area to ensure the safe, accurate, and efficient handling of materials.
· Maintain accurate inventory records across warehouse management systems, ensuring inventory integrity within PVC and AMB warehouses.
· Coordinate, assign, and monitor daily work activities to achieve operational, quality, and service targets.
· Oversee the accurate receipt, scanning, storage, and movement of materials in accordance with established procedures.
· Ensure compliance with all safety, quality, regulatory, and operational requirements, including GMP and warehouse standards.
· Investigate and resolve operational issues, escalating risks and exceptions as required to maintain business continuity.
· Maintain accurate documentation and records relating to inventory transactions and material movements.
· Train, coach, and support team members while assisting with audits, inspections, and continuous improvement initiatives.
To be successful
· Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Logistics, or a related discipline, or equivalent vocational/technical qualifications combined with significant relevant industry experience.
· Minimum 5 years' experience in warehouse, logistics, or shipping operations within a global or regulated manufacturing setting.
· Demonstrated leadership experience, including mentoring team members, leading shift-based operations, and assigning and monitoring work activities.
· Experience using SAP and warehouse management systems for inventory control, material tracking, scanning, and stock accuracy management.
· Solid knowledge of pharmaceutical warehousing best practices, current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP), and safe work permit requirements.
· Proven ability to support audits and inspections, maintain accurate records and documentation, train operators on standard processes, and proactively identify and escalate operational issues.
📌 Area Lead Inbound Broadmeadows (Australia)
🏢 CSL
📍 Australia