Warehouse Team Leader in Northampton

Warehouse Team Leader
Northampton, Northamptonshire
£28,501 to £32,290 per annum, depending on experience
40 hours per week, 5 days out of 7, which may include early, late and weekend shifts
This role will be predominately working a 2pm – 10pm shift, Monday – Friday
About us
An award-winning, market-leading 3PL (third-party logistics provider), ILG specialises in high-quality order fulfilment and delivery services. Our customers are premium brands, many in the beauty, fashion and wellbeing sectors. Our mission is to help them succeed.
We are a people business, investing in training and development, recognising and rewarding our people's achievements and creating opportunities for them to progress within our business. So, if you want to develop an exciting career, learn from a friendly team and realise your full potential in a fast-growing company, this is the role for you.
The role
As a Warehouse Team Leader, you WILL be responsible for overseeing and executing key tasks within the warehouse to ensure efficient operations. This role is task-oriented and involves organising, coordinating, and driving the completion of essential warehouse functions, including shipping. The Team Leader will act as a “hands-on” resource, ensuring that daily operational tasks are carried out with accuracy, safety, and in line with company procedures, including adequate staffing and process improvement.
What we are looking for
- Previous experience of successfully operating in a supervisory role in a warehouse operation (desirable).
- Sufficient experience and knowledge of warehouse operations to effectively manage a designated area and provide an excellent level of service to the customer.
- Ability to identify issues related to stock, shipping, and workflow bottlenecks and take the initiative to resolve them.
- Used to working with KPIs and understanding their importance.
- Experience of leading a team to carry out tasks to completion, able to coordinate and delegate within the team whilst remaining operationally “hands on”.
- Where needed, able to support the Manager in the performance management, development, training or support of team members.
- Methodical with proven ability to prioritise workload and tasks.
- Familiarity with warehouse management systems and MS Office365. Competent in operating warehouse equipment.
- Understanding of workplace safety and security regulations and a commitment to maintaining a safe working environment.
- Ability to react within a complex and growing operational environment.
- Forward thinking with the ability to “think on their feet”.
- Financial understanding.
- Exposure to continuous improvement techniques.
- Understand the value of the service they and their team are providing.
Benefits
- Discretionary company bonus scheme.
- Pension, Life Assurance, Healthshield Cash Plan and Discount Perks.
- 22 days' holiday (plus