Operations Lead

**Parts Distribution Centre - Operations Leader - 8 Month Contract**

**Eastern Canada Parts Distribution Centre**

**Afternoon Shift (1:00 PM - 10:00 PM)**

**Bowmanville, ON**

Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) is the exclusive Canadian distributor of Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Toyota Canada's head office is in Toronto, with regional offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Halifax. Toyota parts and accessories are distributed through TCI's Parts Distribution Centres in Bowmanville and Richmond. TCI supports over 280 Toyota and Lexus dealers in Canada with services that include training, sales, marketing, environmental and customer satisfaction initiatives.

**What Sets Us Apart?**

A focus on People, Passion for Toyota, Innovation and Make Things Better has made us an award-winning company, recognized worldwide for our technological leadership and superior standards of quality, community involvement and environmental responsibility.

**Job Summary**:
**What We’ll Bring**:

- Hybrid work environment
- A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility and respect
- Competitive compensation package including health and dental benefits
- Vehicle discount program
- Health and dental benefits effective immediately
- Professional growth and development to help advance your career
- Great company culture-Respect for people and continuous improvement is at our core
- Opportunity to learn and grow in a dynamic fast-paced environment
- Paid holiday shutdown

**What You’ll Be Doing**:
**Leadership/Team Member Development (25%)**
- Coordinate and supervise day-to-day operational activities providing leadership in areas of Team Member safety, quality, efficiency, and training
- Guides and leads Team Members with policy adherence and interpretation.
- Provide ongoing and timely coaching to direct reports related to performance and development
- Establish plan to support the development of Team members for current and future job responsibilities
- Create and deploy short and medium range plans and develop strategies to execute all scheduled and developmental training for Team Members

**Team Member Relations (25%)**
- Using Toyota communication strategy, maintain favorable working relationships with direct & indirect reports by actively seeking Team Member participation and input
- Create an inclusive work environment by supporting diversity & inclusiveness initiatives/activities.
- Partner with Operations Managers & Human Resources to effectively administer procedures to address Team member concerns.

**Planning & Implementation (20%)**
- Create and deploy short and medium range plans and develop strategies to improve building safety, quality, and efficiency
- Responsible for planning, evaluation, and oversight of kaizen and facility project activities.

**Customer Service/Quality/Operations (20%)**
- Promote a safe work environment by supporting Health & Safety initiatives.
- Analyze quality results, identify trends and create action plans to address areas of opportunity.

**Administration (10%)**
- Responsible for the accurate and timely reporting of results including but not limited to volumes, hours, and incident reports
- Monitor and report on Parts Distribution Centre (PDC) performance to management daily
- Effectively communicating results and other information through daily huddles.

**What You’ll Bring**:

- High School Diploma required
- College or University Degree in specialized training or related discipline is preferred
- Minimum 5 years related warehouse experience
- 2-3 years of supervisory experience is considered an asset
- Material Handling Equipment experience
- Strong leadership, interpersonal and administrative skills
- High degree of personal initiative
- Excellent oral and written skills
- Working knowledge of MS Office and DC (Distribution Centre) operating systems (ERP/WMS - SAP) is preferred
- Proven ability to initiate & improve work processes to increase efficiencies

**What You Should Know**:
Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace diverse perspectives and value unique human experiences. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates the diversity of the communities where we live and do business. Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, or any other characteristics protected by law.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision care

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday