Warehouse Shift Manager Job in Wolverhampton WV46UD, Midlands UK
Job Title: Warehouse Shift Manager
Location: Wolverhampton
Reporting to: Operations Manager
Warehouse Shift Manager required on a permanent basis for well established leader in the logistics market. Based at our Wolverhampton depot you will report to the Operations Manager.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Manage the warehouse operation to receive goods accurately and deliver safe, accurate and efficient picking loading of products to customers.
- Carry out stock counts and manage the control of products.
- Direct motivate and develop the management team to equip them with the skills to effectively lead and manage their teams.
- Ensure all staff are fully trained and have the correct equipment.
- Accountable for all tasks that the Operations Manager delegates to the team.
- Responsible for cascading communication throughout the warehouse operations and ensure that team briefings include KPIs for staff accountability.
- Propose, agree and implement service standard agreements for products with customers in conjunction with other areas of the business.
- Consider proposals and implementation of improvement methods in regard to staff, operational changes to warehousing and associated activities which will improve efficiency or levels of performance.
- Ensure a secure and safe environment for staff and products.
- Compile accident statistics which in turn are used to implement improvements for Health Safety.
- Support the company in regard to reducing its carbon footprint, for example recycling initiatives.
Skills Competencies:
- Significant warehousing and distribution experience in an FMCG environment.
- Planning and organising skills with a high level of numeracy.
- Excellent negotiating skills with the ability to influence and steer.
- Leadership and motivational qualities and proven experience of building a team.
- An effective communicator at all levels, good verbal and written skills.
- Personal motivation and confidence resulting in a positive impact.
- Genuine team player, a firm and confident manager who is skilled at setting clear objectives and motivating their team.
- Highly tolerant of change – able to work within an evolving organisation.
- Ability to challenge the status quo and drive changes in the business.
- Able to thrive in a highly competitive and demanding environment.
- Commercially focused, consumer orientated and customer service driven.
Shift Pattern:
45 hour week, rotating days and nights, 7 day a week cover to the warehouse operation.
About us:
The Culina Group provides high-quality logistics and related services for food drink grocery brands.
We are totally customer focused and specialise in the development and implementation of total supply chain solutions for major or niche ambient and chilled brand manufacturers and distributors.
Our goal is to establish a customer orientated one-stop solution that can meet existing and future challenges that are faced by food, drink and grocery manufacturers and the changing demands of the retail sector.
How to apply:
Please note as part of a move to paperless recruitment we can only accept applications via our careers website, we will not be accepting paper applications.
Req. Code : 2097
Division/Department : Culina Logistics
Open Date : 2011-12-09 12:00:00
Date Required : 2011-12-09
# of Openings : 2
Job Grade : D
Recruiter : Fiona King
Team : Payroll 