Day Shift Supervisor

AO.com; Lower Sundon; On-site; GBP 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics company in the UK is seeking a Day Shift Supervisor for its operations in Lower Sundon. The successful candidate will oversee warehouse operations, ensuring timely delivery and compliance with transport legislation. This full-time role includes benefits such as generous holidays and a pension scheme. Our ideal candidate possesses strong communication skills and the ability to make quick decisions under pressure.

Benefits

31 days holiday

5% contribution pension scheme

Healthcare Cashback Scheme

Exclusive Staff Discount

Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Packages

Make a difference days (x2 fully paid charity days a year)

Qualifications

• Experience in managing vehicle compliance and logistics.
• Ability to build relationships under pressure.
• Decision-making skills in the absence of management.

Responsibilities

• Complete in-house reports for the Depot Manager daily.
• Check vehicle compliance with transport legislation.
• Manage team compliance with training.

Skills

Understanding of transport legislation and logistics operation

Good communication skills (verbal and written)

Competent use of Microsoft Excel

Job description

Overview

About The Role: Our Day Shift Supervisors ensure that our warehouse operation always runs smoothly and that each one of our customers receives their appliance on time, every time. You will be responsible for ensuring that our delivery and installation runs are prepped to go out each morning and supported via tracking any issues which may arise throughout the day.

A hands-on approach is required to support our self-loading depot and you will ensure that all our vehicles are road worthy, legal and compliant whilst providing on-going support to our Drivers, Quality and People teams.

Salary: £27,000.00 per annum

Hours: 5 on 3 off, 5 on 2 off (40 hours per week)

Start and finish time: 4am-1pm & 1pm-10pm

Job Type: Full time and permanent contract

Location: Park Avenue Industrial Estate, Park Avenue, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 3BP

Responsibilities

• Complete in-house reports for the Depot Manager daily
• Check that all vehicles leaving the depot are secure and meet required transport legislation requirements
• Ensure that all members of the team both employed and self-employed are complying with the training that they have received
• Complete alcohol testing when required
• Communicate with our Drivers, handling any queries efficiently and in a professional manner
• Transport Debriefing duties of vehicles returning from delivery and installation runs
• Take responsibility for managing the transhipping and reloads

A Few Things About You

• Understand transport legislation and logistics operation
• Able to build good relationships with people even when under pressure
• Challenge any vehicle issues or damages with our Drivers
• Able to make decisions in the absence of the Depot Manager to drive performance and service
• React quickly to information and be able to solve problems independently
• Good communication skills both verbally and written
• Competent use of Microsoft, particularly Excel

Our Benefits

• 31 days holiday
• 5% contribution pension scheme
• Healthcare Cashback Scheme
• Exclusive Staff Discount
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Packages
• Expression of wish service
• Make a difference days (x2 fully paid charity days a year)
• Share-save Scheme
• To see all our benefits and perks, visit our AO Benefits page