Supervisor Warehouse Operations

In a nutshell

Warehouse Supervisor at Toyota Parts Centre Europe, responsible for leading warehouse operations, developing teams, and driving efficient logistics performance within Toyota's European supply chain

Company Information

Toyota is one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers and a leading global company, founded in 1937. Today, Toyota sells vehicles in 170 countries and employs over 350,000 people worldwide.At Toyota Motor Europe (TME), with our headquarters based in Brussels, Belgium, around 2,700 colleagues from more than 60 nationalities work together across Europe. We are responsible for the wholesale marketing of Toyota and Lexus vehicles, parts and accessories, and we support Toyota's European R&D, manufacturing, and engineering operations.We are on an exciting journey as we continue to evolve into a mobility company. Our goal is to create even more value and happiness for our customers through a wide range of mobility solutions.

Your team and your responsibilities

Group description:

Parts Supply Chain Group mission is to deliver the right product (service parts, accessories and information) at the right time, through lean integrated logistics, exceeding Customer & Stakeholder expectation, with engaged members realising a sustainable future.

These parts arrive from different suppliers or plants all over the world to Diest (Belgium), where they are distributed directly to the final customer or to our Regional Depots/ National sales companies.

Our Network structure staffs 1500 Toyota members, we deliver to over 3500 garages and 44 regional warehouses within Europe, Belarus and North Africa.

Division description:

Within this network, Toyota Parts Centre Europe (TPCE) is the epicentre from where we coordinate the logistics of these parts and accessories in a warehouse that has more than 100.000 m 2 and employs around 1000 employees combining shopfloor members and office members.

We are currently looking for a warehouse supervisor in TPCE.

Your Team and Your Responsibilities

As a supervisor you will be responsible of a group of around 30 members, your goal will be:

• Lead the shift by organizing, planning, and coordinating daily manpower and equipment allocation while ensuring Safety, Quality, Delivery, Performance, 5S, and SOP compliance.
• Ensure stable and standardized operations, delivering all warehouse processes safely, on time, and according to company standards.
• Oversee end-to-end warehouse workflows, including unloading, receiving, storage, picking, sorting, loading, shipping, inventory management, transfers, and returns.
• Develop, coach, and support Team Leaders while promoting Kaizen, TPS principles, continuous improvement of JES/SOPs, and Quality Control Circle (QCC) activities.
• Lead and engage team members in line with the Toyota Way, fostering safety, quality, performance, attendance, discipline, and people development.
• Conduct performance discussions, evaluations, return-to-work interviews, and other people management activities.
• Act as a problem solver by driving root cause analysis, implementing effective countermeasures, and managing warehouse KPIs and abnormalities.
• Support the achievement of business targets through data-driven decision making and cross-functional collaboration, always considering the broader customer and operational impact.
• Provide operational and system support to Team Leaders and members, including AS400-related guidance.
• Ensure full compliance with legal and Toyota safety standards, and immediately stop any unsafe operation.
• Communicate daily performance, volume, safety, and operational priorities to the shift team.
• Act as a 5S role model, promoting a culture of discipline, ownership, and continuous improvement.

We also want you to be the best version of yourself, that is why we always encourage people to reflect about their development and growth towards higher management functions within TME and other entities of Toyota in Europe.

The basic principle for us is called: "KAIZEN" and is what guides us in our pursuit of 3 Best (Best Process/ Best Member/ Best Management).

Your Profile

• You have a bachelor’s degree in Automotive, Engineering, Logistics
• You have a high shopfloor interest
• You are motivated to manage shopfloor population & develop members
• You are fluent in Dutch (and English (TME business language))
• You have good fact finding and analysis skills to draw conclusions from the gathered data and information
• You have a creative mind and a passion for supply chain
• You are practical, logical and with a hands-on approach
• You are well organised, and your flexibility makes you a perfect team player
• Self-starter,