Warehouse First Line Manager (Nights)
Job Description
Job title: Warehouse First Line Manager (Nights)
Company: Wincanton
Job description: Job Description:
Overview
An exciting opportunity for Warehouse First Line Manager role is being created in our Customer Fulfilment Centre for Waitrose in Greenford. You will be responsible and accountable for managing Colleagues and Agency across the Site within a 24 hours a day, 7 day a week warehouse operation. Ensuring achievement of productivity and agreed key customer service levels within cost targets through a motivated team. Health and Safety, Food Safety and all legislative and operational procedures are adhered to and Colleagues are treated fairly and with respect
Shifts are any 5 from 7 (every other weekend) 22:00 to 06:00
How will you contribute?
- Managing the warehouse space to receive, replenish, pick and dispatch products to customers in line with the agreed service level.
- Ensure all Legal, Health and Safety, Food Safety, Working Time Directive and Operational procedures are always adhered to ensure the safety of self and others.
- Support the delivery of the Business Plan – setting and achieving specific measurable targets for the team.
- To maximise productivity and manage the usage of overtime and agency to improve costs.
- Effectively communicating operational and business plans and changes to all Colleagues, supporting the implementation of the communications plan set by the Planning Team.
- To support a culture of Continuous Improvement across the department.
- Implement new projects
- Achieves key customer service level requirements, including pick and order accuracy and agrees actions with stakeholders to support improvements to Customer metrics.
- Accidents and injuries are reported, recorded, investigated and any issues rectified.
- Performance Management of all Colleagues within the team to ensure the achievement of operational targets.
- To coach, support and develop the Partner and Management team to enhance job satisfaction and to fulfil their potential and help advancement.
- To cover in the absence of the Warehouse Shift Manager.
What will you bring?
- Demonstrates excellent Leadership behaviours
- Proactive, results orientated, and deadline driven
- Is a confident communicator in a team and one to one environment
- Capable of leading a team and developing other skills and capabilities
- Has strong organisational and planning skills
- Experience in logistics and stock control
- Strong IT skills
- A positive proactive approach to continuous improvement
- Rational, logical and thorough approach to problem-solving
- Good time management skills, ability to prioritise workload and ability to work to strict reporting deadlines
What do we offer?
Our Culture & Benefits
In addition to a generous salary, 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 and onsite staff shop.
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; Excellence, Integrity, Passion, Proactivity, Togetherness & Trust.
Our Commitment
We are committed to providing equality of opportunity for all employees. We want to create an environment where all colleagues feel safe, 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. Attracting diverse teams, we believe in creating an inclusive, respectful organisational culture for our colleagues and future talent.
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Location: Greenford, West London
