Senior Team Lead, Plant Operations

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October 13

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CHEP

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Transport • Sustainability

CHEP is a global leader in supply chain management, offering pallet and container pooling solutions. The company provides high-quality wooden and plastic pallets for industries, automobile supply chains, and retail environments. With a focus on sustainability, CHEP operates a circular economy model, reusing and recycling containers to minimize waste and reduce carbon footprints. They maintain a vast network of service centers and facilitate efficient, sustainable logistics for some of the world's largest companies, leveraging their extensive reach to enhance supply chain efficiency and collaboration worldwide.

10,000+ employees

🚗 Transport

📋 Description

• Oversee day-to-day operations at third-party service centers and TPMs within the assigned region. • Build and maintain strong, professional relationships with third-party providers. • Utilize operational data and performance metrics to evaluate the health and efficiency of sites. • Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and reduce costs. • Monitor and manage service center expenditures. • Track and analyze Cost Per Pallet (CPP) performance.

🎯 Requirements

• Oversee day-to-day operations at third-party service centers and TPMs within the assigned region, ensuring full compliance with established standards, policies, and procedures across the network. • Build and maintain strong, professional relationships with third-party providers, collaborating with site leadership to address operational challenges and implement improvements, including robust preventative maintenance programs for equipment and facilities. • Utilize operational data and performance metrics to evaluate the health and efficiency of third-party sites, identifying opportunities for safety enhancements and recommending investments to optimize productivity. • Drive continuous improvement initiatives, identifying and implementing strategies to enhance operational efficiency and reduce costs across third-party locations. • Monitor and manage service center expenditures, including tracking purchase orders, accruals, and payments, to ensure timely cost recognition and financial accuracy. • Track and analyze Cost Per Pallet (CPP) performance, identifying areas for improvement and providing actionable recommendations to ensure cost targets are met and exceeded. • Lead, motivate and support team members. • Keep the talent pipeline, train and develop team members. • Ensure processes are in place, followed and optimized. • First escalation level for the team. • Control KPI management. • Ensure continuous improvement of Service Center performance in all key areas. • Execute quality audits and follow up the corrective actions (within the defined region). • Lead and execute initiatives to ensure budget restrictions (within the defined region). • Maintain an accurate reporting of stock along with regular audits. • Responsibility for subcontractor relations including contract negotiation support. • Ensure that the production process is maintained to plan & quality criteria. • Ensure all Plant activities comply with current Health & Safety legislation. • Support project management for operations projects. • Implement, maintain and improve Service Center standards. • Quick reaction (high flexibility) to changing operating requirements within the network. • Managing diversity. • Managing conflicting interests. • Keeping the overview in complex and dynamic set-ups.

🏖️ Benefits

• Maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our Hybrid Work Model