M1M1 — Manager (Team Lead)
Material Handling Team Lead / Supervisor
Leads a small team of front-line staff in daily material handling tasks. Focuses on immediate execution, maintaining order and discipline, and meeting immediate targets for throughput and accuracy.
What this level means
Front-line people manager of a single team; owns delivery, coaching, and execution.
- Scope
- A single team
- Autonomy
- Manages within established goals
- Complexity
- Day-to-day delivery and people issues
- Impact
- Team output and health
- Decision rights
- Owns team execution, hiring input, performance
- Leadership
- Direct people management of one team
- Typical experience
- 3–6 yrs
What you'd do
- Assign and monitor daily work
- Resolve simple issues like a mislocated pallet
- Enforce standard operating procedures and safety rules
- Ensure team adherence to safety protocols
- Conduct daily briefings and debriefings
- Monitor team performance and provide feedback
- Coordinate with other teams for smooth operations
- Maintain records of daily operations
- Assist in training new team members
- Report operational issues to higher management
- Assign daily tasks to team members
- Monitor and ensure task completion
- Resolve operational issues promptly
- Conduct safety checks
- Prepare daily operation reports
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Leadership
- Safety management
- Operational Coordination
- Communication
- Problem resolution
- Time management
- Training
- Record keeping
- Material Handling Procedures
- Safety regulations
- Team management
- Operational best practices
- Communication techniques
- Problem Solving Strategies
- Time management techniques
- Training methods
- Team leadership
- Safety Enforcement
- Operational Execution
- Communication Skills
- Problem Solving
- Time management
- Attention to detail
- Adaptability
What good looks like
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Experience in warehouse operations
- Strong leadership skills
- Excellent communication abilities
- Proficiency in safety management
Common titles
Manager, Material Handling ManagementMaterial Handling Management ManagerManager, Material Handling ManagerMaterial Handling Manager ManagerMaterial Handling Team Lead / Supervisor
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
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