Warehouse Shift Manager

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How will you contribute?

• Reporting to the Assistant General Manager.
• Responsible for leading, motivating and guiding the team of Warehouse First Line Managers, Team Leaders and Colleagues.
• Assigning tasks to ensure optimal productivity.
• Plan and manage operation resources to optimize utilisation of labour and equipment.
• Responsible for optimizing the work tasks and reporting figures daily, identifying stock or picking/loading errors and highlighting these to the relevant teams.
• Engage with your team and drive a positive culture where colleagues are encouraged and motivated to contribute to the team performance.
• Drive a high level of clear communication between colleagues and management, as well as with support functions.
• Ensure regular briefings, attending meetings.
• Responsible for the Health & Safety of the team and ensuring tasks are carried out in line with the relevant procedures.
• Promote the company and customer site culture and values as well as driving and promoting the right behaviours within your team.
• Provide coaching, mentoring support as well as the training and development of your team to ensure the right skills.
• Proactively seek Continuous Improvements in process/methods of operating and also in the introduction of best practice within the site.

What will you bring?

• You will have experience of working as a Shift Manager or similar level role in a warehouse environment.
• A proven track record in the management of people in a multi cultural environment.
• The ability to motivate and guide a team effectively.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills are essential for interacting with colleagues, customers and other managers.
• The ability to build rapport with employees and customers and resolve conflicts effectively.
• Excellent team building, organizational, leadership, and motivational skills.
• You must be able to demonstrate the ability to communicate in an open and honest manner with your team.
• Approachable, and the ability to deal with situations in a fair consistent, diplomatic and assertive manner.
• Be able to work and continue to build relationships within a unionised environment.
• It will be an advantage if you have a working knowledge of budgets and cost control.
• Have a passion for innovation, Continuous Improvement and leading change.
• You must have the commitment, enthusiasm, and flexibility to work various shift patterns which are able to respond to seasonal customer demand.

What do we offer?

• Pension
• Discounted shopping scheme
• On site gym

Our Culture & Benefits

In addition to generous remuneration, we really value our people and offer a friendly, safety-first working environment, along with other benefits including company pension scheme, generous holidays, cycle to work scheme, employee benefits include, online discount platform, onsite parking and much more.

Our people are at the core of our business and what makes Wincanton great. That's why we also provide significant opportunities for career development and progression, as well as training enrichment and multi-skilling, in a dynamic working environment.

Be a part of our values; We're Thoughtful, We're Aiming High and We're Prepared.

Our Commitment

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity for all employees. We strive for an environment where all colleagues feel included, supported and valued, whilst feeling they can be their whole selves within our workplaces. We are proud that our colleagues represent us and our successes and we welcome your application.

Find out more: Wincanton champions a diverse workforce.