Team Leader, Distribution

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Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

LOCATION : On-site Bridgewater, NJ. Relocation assistance is NOT provided. 

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening.

DISCOVER IMPACTFUL WORK:

As a Team Leader, Distribution at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll help achieve excellence in warehouse operations while contributing to global scientific advancement. Leading a team in our facilities, you'll ensure efficient, accurate, and compliant handling of vital materials that enable our customers to make breakthrough discoveries. This role combines operational leadership with process improvement to maintain our high standards of safety, quality, and service excellence.

You'll coordinate daily warehouse activities, develop teams, and optimize processes through Lean methodologies and our Practical Process Improvement (PPI) framework. You'll collaborate across functions to ensure seamless operations while maintaining strict compliance with cGMP, safety regulations, and quality standards. This position offers opportunities to enhance supply chain operations while contributing to Thermo Fisher's mission of enabling customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Meet and maintain team and distribution performance metrics.
• Lead teams within the designated area to achieve all departmental and business targets.
• Communicate and engage with the team and distribution leadership through daily management board meetings, ensuring awareness of business activities and understanding and addressing operational challenges that arise.
• Provide leadership/management support, including coaching, performance management development, training, issue resolution, and career development.
• Take ownership of safety initiatives, including incident investigations and reporting, safety walkthroughs, and continuous improvement activities.
• Track Same Day Ship (SDS) metric daily, analyze any misses, perform root cause analysis, and lead continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support and maintain accurate key performance indicators, track trends, and implement standard processes.
• Support departmental programs in accordance with Quality System procedures.
• Support departmental audit readiness and for participating in internal and external quality audits.
• Provide role-model leadership in inspiring change and continuous improvement through Lean standard processes.
• Support inventory accuracy activities to achieve annual targets for the Bridgewater Site.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory agencies regarding hazardous materials packaging, storage, and shipping.
• Be flexible and adaptable to varying priorities throughout the day.
• Identify training and development requirements, establish, and maintain training programs for all staff in the team, ensuring individual records are kept up to date.

HOW YOU WILL GET HERE:

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Previous warehouse experience and basic knowledge of warehouse management systems required.
• At least 2 year experience in supervising/overseeing the work of others.
• Good collaboration and interpersonal skills - the ability to lead, engage, and support others.
• Basic level proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, TEAMS, and Outlook.
• Knowledge of chemical storage and packing regulations would be an advantage.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Please note that this role requires working in an office, traditional warehouse, and chemical manufacturing setting.
• Personal protective equipment (PPE) will be provided, including safety glasses protection, hi-visibility outerwear, and closed-toed footwear.
• Prolonged periods of sitting may be required, and the ability to lift up to 50 lbs. unaided is necessary.

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus scheme, healthcare, company 401k, and a range of employee benefits! Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation. 

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform critical job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.

Compensation and Benefits

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs

• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement

• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy

• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan

• Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

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