About the role
DroneShield is seeking a Warehouse Manager
This is a hands-on key leadership role that has been established to stabilise and future-proof DroneShield's warehousing operations. Reporting directly to the Supply Chain Manager, you'll lead a growing team of 8-12 staff across inbound, kitting & picking, packing & dispatch, whilst ensuring overall inventory control is maintained.
Currently located in Sydney, DroneShield is moving its warehousing operations to a dedicated 3,000 square metre facility in Alexandria, being fit-out to become a best-in-class warehouse & production facility. You'll start your journey with us in Pyrmont and lead us into our new facility
In parallel, DroneShield is rolling out a new ERP/WMS system (Oracle) that will enable the candidate with a clean slate to manage and maintain warehousing operations & stock control both now, and into the future.
Responsibilities, Duties and Expectations
Whilst leading your team, you'll work cross-functionally with DroneShield's Quality, Procurement and Manufacturing leaders to ensure that outbound operational milestones are met consistently and are tightly controlled.
If you're a hands-on leader who thrives on creating clarity, driving improvement, and empowering your team, this is your opportunity to lead real change in a high-impact, Defence Technology business.
The key expectations of the role are to:
Set the culture of accountability & continuous improvement
Lead by example with pace and quality of work
Meet internal customer needs to ensure operational synergy
Grow, develop and mentor the warehousing team
Identify process gaps and introduce process efficiencies with speed
C ontribute to all warehousing activities for situational awareness
Qualifications, Experience and Skills
We're looking for an experienced leader with 5+ years of experience in direct Warehouse Management. If you're a warehousing professional that understands the criticality of getting the basics right, we want to hear from you.
Tertiary qualifications in Business, Warehousing and Logistics are preferred and desired, but not essential.
The ideal candidate is one that:
Works well under pressure
Is an expert communicator
Maintains professionalism & a positive attitude at all times
Note for recruitment agencies: we do not accept floated candidates from external recruiters unless they were instructed to do so.
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