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.
Shift Pattern: 4 days on 2 days off. Rotating shift: 05:30am -15:00 & 14:00 – 23:30. This rotation has the benefit of working only 244 days per year. (Traditional 5-day week is 260 days)
Pay rate: Excellent remuneration
What does the role entail?

• Leading a team of circa 250 colleagues through a First Line Manager and Team Leader 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?

• Excellent salary based on experience and qualifications.
• 32 days annual holiday including bank holidays.
• Canteen heavily subsidized.
• Gym on site free to employees
• Parking on site free. Electrical charge units available
• Bike parking secure and undercover along with cycle to work funding scheme.
• Staff discount in The Range stores plus other shops & stores

The process:
Initial Teams interview with successful candidates offered dates for face-face interview in Stowmarket Distribution Centre.