Logistics Team Leader in Redruth

Location: WMFTS UK - Cardrew Industrial Estate

When you join us, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential.

Job Summary:

We are seeking a talented and motivated Logistics Team Leader to join our dynamic team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and inspire a high-performing logistics team, providing coaching, mentoring and development while creating a positive, collaborative culture that delivers exceptional operational results.
• Drive day-to-day logistics excellence across goods-in, warehousing, materials handling, packing and distribution, ensuring workflows run safely, efficiently and to the highest quality standards.
• Champion continuous improvement, using Lean principles, 6S and problem-solving techniques to enhance performance, reduce waste and support business growth.
• Take ownership of people leadership and compliance, including absence management, return-to-work discussions, recruitment support, performance management, health & safety, quality and ISO standards.
• Build strong relationships across the business, working closely with colleagues, customers and stakeholders to achieve operational targets, maintain inventory accuracy and deliver a reliable, cost-effective logistics service.

Who you'll work with:

• Logistics teams across multiple sites
• Internal stakeholders and support functions
• External partners including carriers, suppliers, contractors and auditors

Skills/Experience:

• Proven logistics experience across warehousing, goods-in, materials handling and distribution.
• Strong people-leadership skills with the ability to motivate, support and develop a team.
• Clear and professional communication skills for working with diverse internal and external stakeholders.
• Proactive and solutions-focused approach in fast-paced operational environments.
• Working knowledge of lean or continuous improvement principles to drive efficiency and reduce waste.
• Competence in ERP and general IT tools, including Microsoft Office.
• Understanding of safety, quality and compliance requirements within a logistics operation.
• Experience supporting investigations, including performance or root-cause analysis activities.
• Strong organisational and prioritisation skills to manage workflows and meet KPI’s.
• Commitment to continuous self-development and supporting the development of others.

At Watson-Marlow, we believe in taking care of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package, including:

• A competitive salary
• Flexible working arrangements
• A generous holiday allowance
• Three days’ paid volunteering leave

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group. We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential.

We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working.

We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments.

We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

If you require accommodations during the application process, please let us know.

Company Overview:

At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, part of Spirax Group, we are driven by innovation and are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is empowered to make a difference.

Our shared Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world.