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    Warehouse Shift Manager

    Role Overview:

    As a Warehouse Shift Manager, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the efficient operation of our warehouse. You will be responsible for overseeing the activities on your shift, managing a team of warehouse colleagues, and ensuring that all tasks are completed accurately and on time.

    This is a key role that requires strong leadership, excellent organisational skills, and a proactive approach. The role will be working rotating shift patterns, any 5 days out of 7.

    What does the role entail?

    • Leading a team of circa 250 colleagues through a First Line Manager structure.
    • Operational activities include inbound receiving, stock put-away, picking, despatch, returns and recycling.
    • Drives process change and improvements whilst maintaining Health & Safety as a priority and developing standard operational process ensuring accuracy of stock is optimised.
    • Work in close cooperation with peer group including inventory, H&S, planning and HR Manager.
    • Achieve and exceed operational KPIs and work with other departments on any deviations and corrective action plans.
    • Driving operational efficiency across multiple disciplines and time frames ensuring resources coordinated in line with changing demands and deadlines.                                                         
    • Supports & identifies process improvements whilst maintaining Health & Safety as a priority and developing standard operational process ensuring productivity targets exceeded.    
    • Shift handovers.
    • Staff engagement including pre-shift briefings supported by up-to-date KPI display and dialogue.
    • Review performance and tackle any underperformance through appropriate Management intervention.
    • Set and drive critical tasks and measures through team review, business plans and PDP’s.

    What skills & experience do we seek?

    • Proven experience of managing in a warehouse environment.
    • Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate and develop staff.
    • Warehouse Management Systems with Red Prairie or Blue Yonder knowledge an advantage
    • Microsoft excel, word & PowerPoint as you will be refining processes, procedures and policies.
    • Team player and great communicator with a strong work ethic and an engagement enthusiast

     

    What’s in it for you?

    • 33 days annual holiday including bank holidays.
    • Parking on site free.
    • Bike parking secure and undercover along with cycle to work funding scheme.
    • Staff discount in The Range stores plus other shops & stores