Supervisor, Operations

Operations Supervisor – Lead a High-Profile 24/7 Warehouse Start-Up!

Salary Range - 75,000 to 80,000

Are you a hands-on operations leader who thrives in fast-paced environments and loves building successful teams from the ground up? This is your opportunity to take the lead in launching an exciting new warehouse operation and play a key role in shaping its long-term success.

We are looking for experienced and driven  Operations Supervisor to support a large-scale, 24/7 warehouse operation during an exciting start-up phase. This role will lead operations teams across multiple shifts, drive performance, and help create a culture focused on safety, accountability, teamwork, and operational excellence.

If you are energized by start-up environments, continuous improvement, and leading large teams in a high-volume operation — we want to hear from you!

Why This Opportunity Stands Out

• Be part of a major warehouse start-up operation
• Lead teams in a dynamic 24/7 environment
• Opportunity to help shape operational processes and culture from day one
• High visibility role with career growth opportunities
• Work alongside experienced leadership teams in a growing global organization
• Fast-paced environment where your ideas and leadership matter

What You’ll Do

• Lead daily warehouse operations across multiple shifts in a 24/7 environment
• Manage and develop team leads, and frontline employees
• Drive performance in safety, productivity, quality, and customer service
• Support workforce planning, staffing strategies, and operational execution
• Monitor KPIs and implement continuous improvement initiatives
• Ensure compliance with company policies, safety standards, and operational procedures
• Partner closely with HR, Safety, Quality, Inventory Control, and Customer teams
• Coach and develop leaders to build a high-performing operational culture
• Support site start-up activities, process implementation, and operational stabilization
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy, and employee engagement

What We’re Looking For

• Operations leadership experience in warehouse, logistics, distribution, manufacturing, or supply chain environments
• Experience leading large teams in high-volume operations
• Strong leadership, communication, and decision-making skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, changing environment
• Experience supporting multi-shift or 24/7 operations preferred
• Strong problem-solving and continuous improvement mindset
• Ability to build strong partnerships across departments
• Experience with warehouse systems, metrics, and operational reporting

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, or related field preferred
• Start-up, transition, or greenfield launch experience strongly preferred
• Experience managing salaried leaders and hourly workforces
• Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement experience is a plus

Join DP World and Build Something Great

At DP World , we are transforming global logistics through innovation, teamwork, and operational excellence. This is more than just an Operations Supervisor role — it is an opportunity to help launch and lead a major operation that will make a real impact.

If you are ready to lead teams, drive results, and help build the future of a world-class warehouse operation, apply today!

About the Role

How you will contribute

• Plan, coordinate work, train, motivate, monitor and evaluate performance of team members; ensure their ability to safely operate material handling equipment to move materials.
• Monitor and measure team member performance for accuracy and document on daily production metrics.
• Identify and eliminate safety and housekeeping hazards to minimize workplace accidents.
• Ensure compliance of employees to processes, work instructions, standard work and work elements.
• Liaise with materials department to ensure on time receipt and shipment of material.
• Other duties as assigned.

Your Key Qualifications

• HS Diploma/GED required
• Experience supervising in an Automotive, Manufacturing, or Supply Chain/Logistics facility.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills.
• Experience and or training regarding the Occupational Health & Safety, 5S, Lean Methodologies preferred.
• Quality systems knowledge - to a reasonable level be able to monitor staff performance and costs within the department (including, but not limited to: time-keeping, quality, productivity, etc.) 

Compensation

DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market competitive compensation package.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally. 

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 111,000 employees from 159 nationalities, spanning 77 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

DP World is on a mission to transcend boundaries and bridge the gap between all nations and cultures – not just in what we do but also in how we behave.

We are dedicated to creating a culture where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to reach their full potential. We believe that embracing inclusion and diversity, drives innovation and growth and helps us connect people, businesses, and societies. Free minds and different perspectives are changing our world, and together we can change what’s possible.

The DP World family comprises of syncreon, Imperial and P&O.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW

TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.