Direct Ship Team Lead

Lead the team that supports our Direct Ship function, bring your optimising eye and help ensure the products we represent can get to market with ease

• Support the team and lead by example, managing escalated cases
• Support customers and suppliers to get the products they need!
• Highbrook location, Mon-Fri 830-5pm, hybrid working

The Role - Direct Ship Team Lead

As a Direct Ship Team Lead, you will lead the day-to-day operation of the team, coordinating workflow, managing escalated cases, and identifying opportunities to automate and improve processes. You'll support and lift the teams’ capabilities through coaching, development conversations, and performance reviews, nurturing a high-performing team that delivers exceptional service to our customers and suppliers.

The team manages a broad portfolio of responsibilities, from supplier direct ship enquiries and receipting through to inventory resolution and end-to-end process coordination.

Leveraging your leadership experience and continuous improvement mindset, you'll drive operational excellence, support strategic growth, and help deliver more solutions for our business customers across Aotearoa.

Your key responsibilities are:

Team Leadership

• Lead, coach and develop the Direct Ship Representatives.
• Allocate work across the team to achieve service levels and productivity targets.
• Monitor workloads and reprioritise work where required.
• Conduct regular one-on-ones and performance conversations.

Direct Ship Operations

• Maintain an active portfolio of Direct Ship work, including customer and supplier matters.
• Act as the first point of escalation for operational issues.
• Ensure service standards and quality expectations are achieved.
• Support reporting requirements and operational performance.

Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve systems, processes and workflows.
• Identify and champion automation opportunities that improve efficiency, accuracy and customer outcomes.
• Monitor operational trends and recommend improvements.

What you will bring:

• Tertiary qualification in Business, Technology or equivalent.
• 3–5 years' experience in Direct Ship, logistics, customer service or supply chain.
• Demonstrated experience leading or coaching others.
• Strong understanding of Direct Ship processes.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities.
• Strong customer and supplier relationship skills.
• Experience with ERP, CRM and Microsoft Office applications.

People, Culture and working for OfficeMax:

• Develop your skills with a personalised development plan
• Great people! A business you can be proud to work for!

Our brand is deceiving. When you think about OfficeMax, you often think stationery products. And sure, that is part of what we sell – but we offer much more than that with thousands of SKUs to help workplaces, work better. Supporting over 30,000 businesses across Aotearoa – in all sectors and industries around the motu.

OfficeMax has a focus on growth and partnership – for our people, our solutions, and our customers. Our aim is to support the development of your capabilities by providing learning opportunities that allow you to take accountability for your career direction.

By joining OfficeMax, you are choosing a business that prioritises diversity of culture and thought. You will bring your growth mind-set, a lens of curiosity and enjoy the challenge of constant evolution. No one day is the same! - haere mai, come join us!