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Job Title: Lead Material Handler

Location: Basingstoke

Shift Pattern: Mon - Fri alternate 6am to 2pm, 2pm to 10pm

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $25 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving sophisticated analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or growing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them. Our distributed team of more than 75,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services and Patheon. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.

Position Summary :

Based at our Distribution Center, the Distribution Shift Leader , will have responsibility for the quality and provision of picked and packed stock, received and dispatched product, ready for on time delivery to both inland and overseas customers. Working closely with the Team Leader, you will be focused on ensuring that materials and products are put away, picked, packed, handled, stored and accurately maintained at all times, the warehouse organized in the safest, most efficient way and items processed following a hierarchical Safety, Quality and Delivery (SQD) model. This is achieved by first line leadership of flexible, highly engaged and empowered teams across multiple shifts, ensuring that capacity is handled to meet the plan, and defined procedures are always followed in order to deliver product safely, correctly and efficiently at all times.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Safety, Quality (RFT), Delivery (LOTIF), Cost and Inventory elements within the team, working closely with the Warehouse & Stock Management Team Leader to provision and report out routinely on KPI’s and recovery plans where vital.

• Supervise day-to-day work plans & resource planning in the department to ensure all Stock management Replenishment, Put away, Receipts, Deliveries/Pick Pack demands are met.

• Number of Direct Reports: 5 - 15 people

• Perform daily stock movement/management activities as required to support the team.

• Carry out daily direction/plans for teams by ensuring effective tiered meetings take place, participating and leading Tier 2 & supporting Tier 3 meetings as required.

• Ensure the house keeping standards and organisational activities are maintained at all times.

• leadership of the team with a professional approach and role model leadership in all situations – this may include supporting or conducting performance discussions and assessments, and other employee relations activities including disciplinary investigations, absence reviews and Return To Works etc.

• Role-model the Thermo Fisher Scientific 4I Values, leading by example with a safety-first attitude, constantly challenging to enhance processes with continuous improvement and supporting effective organizational change.

• Work closely with the Distribution Team Leaders/Supervisors to lead/support the problem solving of issues using a RCCM approach, in a calm and professional manner, providing clear, concise and appropriate feedback.

• Drive department Gembas, Standard Work, Training, WI’s and SOP’s to ensure all are current, up to date and in use, providing a repeatable and stable structure in the warehouse team.

• Work closely with the Distribution Team Leaders/Supervisors to plan the onboarding and ongoing training of new starters. Agree training plans for the upskilling of all team members to optimise flexibility, team efficiency and engagement.

• Deputise for the Distribution Team Leader/Supervisor when required to ensure output and performance are sustained.

• Further duties and responsibilities as required by the business and within the capabilities of the post holder.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Proactive Leader of People - within an operational Safety, Quality, Delivery environment.

• Quality Approach – realizing the importance of ‘right first time, every time’.

• Good teamwork and communication skills - the ability to lead, engage and support others.

• Decision Quality - Attention to detail using a systematic approach to making sound decisions.

• Role Model Leader – Hands on approach and flexible attitude to daily work/responsibilities, ability to lead by example and mentor/guide others to produce empowered teams and individuals.

• Problem Solver – understanding the importance of containment, corrective and preventive actions, employing a data led, factual approach to root cause problem solving.

• Process Led – ensuring standards are in place and followed at all times as a fundamental for a structured environment.

• A calm approach and ability to act decisively when responding to operational critical troubleshooting in a fast-paced technical environment.

• Current vehicle licenses desirable (Flexi, Stacker, MEWP), but full training provided for the right candidate.

• Good technical knowledge of SAP (or equivalent ERP system) in a Warehouse/Stores environment.

• Strong organizational skills for coordinating and delivering training at multiple levels

• Criminal background and security checks in accordance with Known Consignor requirements.

• Encouraged to sign dangerous goods transportation documents taking legal responsibility for their packaging and presentation to the carrier.

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us (https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/5-reasons-to-work-at-thermo-fisher-scientific) . As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

Apply today! http://jobs.thermofisher.com

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.