Warehouse Leader

Warehouse Leader

Are you passionate about leading warehouse and logistics operations while driving safety, service excellence, and inventory accuracy? Join Essity and play a key role in ensuring the efficient storage and distribution of finished goods, raw materials, and production-related inventories. This is an opportunity to make a lasting impact by leading people, optimizing operations, and supporting business growth through operational excellence.

About The Role

We're looking for people who embody our values, aren't afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We're always looking for ways to improve our products, processes, and ourselves. If this is you, we'd love to talk.

As a Warehouse Leader you will be responsible for securing the storage, inventory control, and distribution of Finished Goods, Raw Materials, Spare Parts, and Production Materials. You will lead warehouse operations, develop high-performing teams, manage external logistics providers, and drive continuous improvement initiatives to ensure safe, compliant, and efficient operations that support business objectives and customer satisfaction.

What You Will Do

• Ensure a safe, healthy, and sustainable work environment by promoting and leading Essity's I Care culture and safety standards.
• Develop, monitor, and continuously improve KPIs related to safety, quality, service, inventory accuracy, productivity, and people development.
• Lead daily warehouse operations, ensuring optimal utilization of space, equipment, workforce, and storage capacity.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and implement innovative solutions to improve warehouse and logistics performance.
• Plan, coordinate, and execute logistics and warehouse projects that support operational excellence and business growth.
• Manage relationships with third-party logistics providers and external partners, ensuring compliance with agreed service levels and performance expectations.
• Ensure effective inventory allocation and storage strategies across internal and external warehouse locations.
• Optimize warehouse resources, including facilities, material handling equipment, and staffing levels.
• Support distribution network initiatives and warehouse improvement projects to enhance customer service and operational efficiency.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Planning, and Procurement to improve end-to-end operational performance.
• Maintain and ensure compliance with ISO documentation and all applicable internal procedures within the area of responsibility.
• Lead performance management, coaching, succession planning, employee engagement, and talent development activities within the warehouse organization.
• Foster a strong safety culture focused on risk prevention, hazard identification, and continuous improvement.
• Lead inventory control processes, including cycle counts, physical inventories, reconciliation activities, root cause analysis, and inventory accuracy programs.
• Ensure effective management of Spare Parts Warehouses, Raw Material inventories, and production support materials to guarantee operational continuity.
• Ensure compliance with fiscal inventory requirements, regulatory standards, and internal/external audit expectations.
• Lead warehouse personnel and forklift operations while promoting accountability, operational discipline, productivity, and safe working practices.

Who You Are

• Experienced warehouse and logistics professional with a strong background in inventory management and supply chain operations.
• Knowledgeable in warehouse management, distribution processes, inventory controls, and logistics best practices.
• Experienced in leading teams and driving organizational performance within operational environments.
• Skilled in managing third-party logistics providers and external service partners.
• Strong understanding of inventory accuracy processes, cycle counting methodologies, and physical inventory execution.
• Knowledgeable in fiscal inventory requirements and regulatory compliance standards.
• Passionate about people development, coaching, and building high-performance teams.
• Results-oriented with strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
• Effective communicator with the ability to collaborate and influence stakeholders across multiple functions.
• Committed to continuous improvement, operational excellence, and customer service.

Experience and Qualification Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in Warehouse Operations, Logistics, or Supply Chain Management.
• 3+ years of leadership experience managing operational teams.
• Experience managing Finished Goods, Raw Materials, Spare Parts, and Production-related inventories.
• Experience working with ERP systems and Warehouse Management Systems (WMS).
• Advanced knowledge of inventory control processes and warehouse operations.
• English proficiency preferred.

Skills and Competencies

• Safety Leadership & Safety Awareness
• Leadership and Influencing Skills
• Strategic Decision Making
• Conflict Resolution
• Effective Communication Skills
• Presentation and Facilitation Skills
• Prioritization and Execution
• Time Management
• Delegation and Accountability
• Advanced Problem-Solving Skills
• Stakeholder Management
• Analytical Thinking
• Customer Focus
• Interpersonal Effectiveness
• Learning Agility
• Coaching and Talent Development
• Warehouse Operations Management
• Inventory Control & Inventory Accuracy Management
• Fiscal Inventory Management
• Spare Parts Warehouse Management
• Raw Material Inventory Management
• Warehouse Safety Management
• Forklift Fleet & Crew Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Operational Excellence
• Supply Chain & Logistics Management
• Change Management
• Project Management
• Lean Manufacturing & Lean Warehousing Principles
• Service Level Management
• Distribution Network Optimization
  

What We Can Offer You

Our purpose, Breaking Barriers to Well-Being, provides meaning to everything we do. Join us to improve well-being for people and drive positive change for society and the environment. At Essity, you'll feel valued, empowered to grow, and challenged to achieve business results in a collaborative and open atmosphere. Innovate for Good  |  Excel Together |  Be You with Us

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