Warehouse Lead

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Job Summary

Come join the Warehouse team of a successful business in a strong growth phase. It is a fantastic opportunity to help lead a dynamic, fast-paced warehouse team.

Taura Natural Ingredients is a global manufacturer and supplier of functional fruit ingredients for leading brand snack producers. We are a market leader in the development of functional fruit, with production facilities in Mount Maunganui and Belgium. For further information, visit www.tauraURC.com.

About the Role:

We are seeking an energetic, experienced warehouse professional to join our friendly team. The Warehouse Lead role will report to our Warehouse Supervisor and will assist in the management of our warehouse team and all related warehouse activities. This role is a fixed term contract for a period of 18 months.

In this position, you will support the Warehouse Supervisor in all daily warehouse functions, including stock receipting, storage and inventory management, customer dispatches, container export coordination, stock takes, and warehouse team management.

This role interacts with numerous internal departments and external service providers and plays a pivotal role in ensuring our business runs smoothly on a daily basis.

Key responsibilities will include:

1. Act as a 2IC to the Warehouse Supervisor, overseeing the warehouse team and all warehouse duties when the Warehouse Supervisor is away or requiring support.
2. Ensure all inwards goods receipts and outwards customer dispatches are completed accurately and in a timely manner.
3. Assist in the management of product storage to ensure product integrity, compliance, and space optimisation.
4. Undertake stock takes and maintain accurate stock control at all times.
5. Ensure the accurate preparation of raw materials for use in production.
6. Liaise with freight and storage providers to ensure effective processes and solid business partnerships.
7. Maintain strong working relationships with internal departments such as Sales, Production, Quality, Supply Chain and Product Development.

Skills and experience to be successful in this role:

1. Previous experience working in a warehouse and/or a food production environment.
2. Ability to lead a team and communicate with confidence and clarity.
3. Experience with people management.
4. Previous forklift experience a must, ideally including F & D endorsement and OSH forklift certificate.
5. MPI Biosecurity Approved person certificate an advantage.
6. Experience using ERP and inventory management systems.
7. Clean, current NZ full Driver's License.
8. Team player with solutions-focused approach.
9. High attention to detail with excellent time management skills.
10. Effective communication and interpersonal skills, both verbal and written.

As a food manufacturer, we offer a nice clean environment to work in with safe on-site parking.

As part of Taura Natural Ingredients commitment to Health & Safety, the successful applicant will undergo a pre-employment medical and drug screening test. Remuneration will be competitive and includes Southern Cross Healthcare.

Successful applicants must have full working rights in New Zealand to apply. Please note only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

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