Cold Room Supervisor

Lowe Rental Corporation; Uttoxeter; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Lowe Rental Corporation in Uttoxeter is seeking a reliable supervisor to lead a warehouse team and manage day-to-day operations on the shop floor. You will oversee task delegation, safety compliance, and stock control while collaborating with head office to meet project goals.

The role requires strong leadership, excellent English, and a proactive, problem-solving mindset. A commitment to safety and continuous improvement is essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of warehouse operations, processes and safety protocols.
• Demonstrated leadership ability or acting-in-charge experience.
• Proven experience in improving organisational efficiencies and operations.
• Solution focused mindset with resilience in problem solving.
• Strong work ethic and reliability.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Self-motivated and proactive attitude.
• Working level of English.

Responsibilities

• Supervising the team to delegate tasks and solve operational and quality issues.
• Address day-to-day issues on the warehouse floor and escalate when needed.
• Plan equipment delivery preparation and coordinate with project management to meet requirements.
• Report incidents, delays, or operational concerns to management promptly.
• Highlight improvements to enhance operational efficiency.
• Follow and promote health and safety procedures for welfare.
• Scan/Log incoming deliveries to maintain stock accuracy.
• Assist with unloading vehicles and returning equipment to cold room bay.
• Encourage cleanliness to ensure safe working conditions.
• Ensure equipment meets specifications and QC processes run correctly.
• Ensure safe/efficient use of warehouse space and effective communication.

Skills

Warehouse operations

Leadership experience

Operational efficiency

Problem solving

English proficiency

Communication skills

Proactive mindset

Job description

Job Location: UTTOXETER ST14 8LP

The Role

We are seeking a reliable and proactive team member to join as a supervisor.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervising the team to delegate tasks and solve operational and quality issues
• Addressing day‑to‑day issues on the warehouse floor and escalating when needed
• Planning the collation of equipment for delivery well in advance and working closely with the project management team in head office to meet operational requirements
• Reporting any incidents, delays, or operational concerns to management in a timely manner
• Highlighting areas of continuous improvement to enhance operational efficiency
• Following and promoting health and safety procedures to ensure the welfare of yourself and those around you
• Scanning and logging incoming deliveries to maintain stock accuracy
• Assisting with unloading vehicles and returning equipment to cold room bay
• Encouraging and enforcing cleanliness to ensure safe working conditions
• Focusing on corrective actions to make sure equipment meet required specifications
• Creating proper QC checklists to ensure the equipment flows through the QC process correctly
• Checking and confirming all goods meet Lowe’s quality standards and checklist is completed by QC team
• Ensuring the safe and effective use of warehouse storage space
• Ensuring effective internal and external communication
• Maintaining effective relationship with Ops team
• Supporting wider warehouse team when required

Qualifications

As a people‑orientated organisation, applicants must demonstrate a strong match for our vibrant entrepreneurial culture and our core values; Listen, Empower, Accomplish, as well as the following skills and experience:

Essential

• Strong understanding of warehouse operations, processes, and safety protocols
• Demonstrated leadership ability or previous acting‑in‑charge experience
• Proven experience of assisting with organisational efficiencies and operations
• Solution focused mindset and resilient in problem solving
• Strong work ethic
• Strong communication and organisational skills
• Self‑motivated and proactive
• Working level of English
• Must be able to bend, stoop, walk and stand for prolonged periods of time
• Must be able to climb and work from ladders and in confined spaces safely
• Must be able to move and lift heavy equipment

Lowe is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse workforce. We are incredibly selective in our hiring and shortlisting for this vacancy will be completed on the basis of merit. Candidates should tailor their CVs to reflect our essential criteria.