Yard Supervisor

2 weeks ago

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Brambles Group Full time

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 300 million pallets, crates and containers.

We employ 11,000 people and operate in more than 55 countries.

Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world's biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact.


What does that mean for you? You'll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner.

You'll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You'll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our

Hybrid Work Model

Job Description:

Great opportunity to lead a team, with a focus on safety, driving team performance and delivering productivity targets

Are you an experienced Operations Team Supervisor or a Team Leader looking to take the next step in your career?


As part of the Supply Chain team, this role will be to lead the Despatch and Yard team at our site in Christchurch, providing direction and support to the team, ensuring productivity targets are met and leading innovation and change across both shifts.

The role is dayshift based with the hours flexible to ensure continuity.

This site is undergoing significant change, improvement and investment and will require the skills of an accomplished leader to help drive this change.


The key responsibilities of this role include:

  • Creating a positive, productive and safe working environment
  • Ensuring continuous improvement in safety and quality
  • Providing leadership, direction, coaching and support to the team
  • Driving team performance, providing recognition or creating improvement plans as required
  • Ensuring productivity targets are met via appropriate resourcing and planning
  • Demonstrate supervisory experience in automated production, or an operations environment, or experience in transport and logistics.
  • The leadership capability to drive and motivate a diverse multicultural workforce
  • Solid experience in performance management and conflict resolution
  • A commitment to safety, continuous improvement, innovation and change
  • Some exposure to production and maintenance planning, embracing the use of technology
  • Strong communication and team building skills
  • Experience in a highly unionised environment preferred
Preferred Education

Not Indicated

Preferred Level of Work Experience

Not Indicated


We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and we are committed to developing a diverse workforce in which everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has the opportunity to contribute to business success while realizing his or her potential.

This means harnessing the unique skills and experience that each individual brings and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.

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