What are the responsibilities and job description for the Yard Supervisor position at Toyota Motor Europe?
In a nutshell
Ensure safe and efficient yard operations from pre-parking to trailer departure. Lead pre-parking, parking management, and yard safety while coordinating daily shunting activities with external partners (K&N, GTS). Monitor operational performance through KPIs, audits, and FMDS implementation. Support and track yard operations during major reconstruction projects (“Yard Reborn”). Drive continuous improvement through Kaizen initiatives and system enhancements (OTM, YMS, AS400). Collaborate cross-functionally with warehouse, planning, transport, and safety teams to optimize processes and ensure alignment. Contribute to project management and operational excellence within Site Operations, ensuring high safety standards, efficiency, and service performance across all yard activities.
Company Information
TOYOTA is one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers and a leading global corporation. Founded in 1937. Toyota now sells vehicles in 170 countries and employs over 350.000 people. Based in Brussels, Belgium, and staffed by 2.700 people and more than 60 nationalities, Toyota Motor Europe (TME) handles the wholesale marketing of Toyota and Lexus vehicles, parts & accessories, and manages Toyota’s European R&D, manufacturing, and engineering operations.
We are excited to be transforming into a mobility company focusing on bringing even more happiness to our customers through various mobility solutions.
Your team and your responsibilities
Team/division description
WH grade under Site Operations. From pre-parking till trailers departure. Pre-parking management and safety, operations of drivers and shunters in the yard, as well as various X-departmental projects on the yard. Preparation of yard reborn. Upcoming big yard reconstruction is to be closely followed during works. Regular audits (driver/shunter, safety patrol, etc)
Your responsibilities
- Parking management lead
- Yard Safety Lead
- Pre-parking management lead
- KN KPI control
- Daily Ops control
- Regular Yard checks
- Yard FMDS lead
- Safety KPIs/Driver KPIs
Your Profile
- Education level & general experience:
3-5 years of operational experience, bachelor degree
- Technical knowledge:
Warehouse operations knowledge
Site Operations knowledge
Logistics knowledge
Excel, PP, PBI
- Breadth of expertise:
Warehouse and Site Operations Ops, Logistics, Project management
- Competencies:
TBP, TPS, 5Cs, FMDS – will be trained
A truly diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace
At Toyota Motor Europe, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all. All our recruitment decisions are based on the individual and their qualifications along with the job requirements. The selection process is without regard to nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, ethnicity, disability or other personal characteristics. We do not tolerate harassment or discrimination as our individual experiences and overall diversity is our key strength. Together we have the power to make a positive change and go beyond the ordinary.
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