Life in this role
As part of our Chilled & Fresh division, we have an exciting opportunity to join the team as a Warehouse Shift Manager on a full-time, permanent basis.
Shift: 4 on 4 off nights,18.00-06.00
As a Warehouse Shift Manager you will contribute to the success of the site by supporting the Operations Manager in the day-to-day running of the warehouse, ensuring all aspects of Health & Safety within the Warehouse are maintained and product is picked and dispatched to the highest standard in order to meet contractual KPI’s.
Key Duties of a Warehouse Shift Manager:
- Manage and motivate the shift team in order to ensure that productivity and service KPI’s are achieved or exceeded.
- Ensure the highest possible levels of health, safety and hygiene are upheld so that legislative and quality requirements can be complied with, ensuring relevant paperwork is completed and retained.
- Ensuring the highest levels of Quality and compliance are maintained and that the site operates to the Audit standard required.
- Deliver communication briefings so that all shifts are aware of all Company and local issues and employees are able to offer input / improvements and feel involved.
- Manage Goods Inwards area to ensure that receipts are made quickly and without damaging goods so that stock is available to satisfy orders.
- Develop all team members so that their contributions to the Warehouse can be maximised and succession plan.
- Carry out disciplinary / grievance interviews and investigations in line with Company procedure.
- Monitor and control sickness absence levels in line with Company policy and carry out return to work interviews effectively and efficiently.
- Monitor and control time and attendance system.
- To offer regular feedback, formal and informal, on team and individual performance, including behavioural issues and highlighting good performance and areas for further development.
- Man power planning, by ensuring the appropriate levels of overtime and agency workers to efficiently and cost effectively run the shift.
- Enforce and adhere all Company policies and procedures.
- Monitor and control training for teams, ensuring the correct amount of health & safety representation on shift, i.e. First Aiders, Fire Marshalls etc.
- Support Management in any ad-hoc duties within the Warehouse function.
What you’ll need ...
- Operational management experience within a FMCG warehouse environment
- Have a good working knowledge within a Warehouse and Logistics operation.
- Experience of Leading and Mentoring a large team
- Knowledge of warehouse health & safety legislation, including accident and incident investigation and root cause analysis
- Knowledge of consolidation and loading operations in FMCG Industry
- Previous experience of WMS systems with the ability to interrogate the information
- The ability to work efficiently and accurately under pressure.
- Effectively prioritise work load in order to meet set deadlines.
- Good communication skills
- Good working knowledge of MS Office – Word and Excel
What is in it for you?
If you're looking for a role where you can make an impact, develop your career, and be part of a team that works as one to achieve great results, we'd love to hear from you.
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