Day Warehouse Supervisor (Ambient)

William Jackson Food Group; Nelson; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Volunteer day

Product discounts

Cycle to Work

Charity payroll giving

Employee assistance services

Free meals occasionally

Job summary

Wellocks, part of the William Jackson Food Group, seeks a Day Warehouse Supervisor (Ambient) to lead the ambient warehouse team. You will ensure safe, efficient operations, manage stock rotation and daily checks, and hand over to the night shift with strong communication and training support.

You will drive HSE compliance, coach team members, and foster accountability while maintaining quality and meeting warehouse KPIs in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Previous supervisory experience in a warehouse environment.
• IOSH certification is desirable.
• Knowledge of key performance indicators.
• Proficiency with MS Office (Word/Excel) and warehouse systems (Dynamics365 desirable).
• Strong communication skills with ability to influence and coach others.

Responsibilities

• Ensure health, safety, hygiene and security standards are met at all times.
• Escalate health, safety, food safety or quality issues promptly.
• Manage stock rotation (FIFO) and minimise waste and out-of-date stock.
• Conduct daily stock checks, reconciliation and escalation as required.
• Optimise stock availability and handover to the night shift team.
• Deliver mandatory training schedules and daily team briefs.
• Support recruitment, appraisals and development plans for the team.
• Foster an environment of respect and accountability.

Skills

Supervisory experience

KPIs knowledge

MS Office (Word/Excel)

Dynamics365

IOSH certification

Strong communication

Coaching and influencing

Tools

Dynamics365

Job description

Vacancy – Day Warehouse Supervisor (Ambient)

About The Role

You will ensure the safe and efficient operation within the Ambient section of the Day Warehouse. You will develop and manage your team to complete required tasks in a timely manner to achieve optimum output to the highest quality, in adherence with all relevant processes, policies and procedures.

What You Will Do

Health and Safety, Food Safety and Product Quality

• Ensure that the required standards of health and safety, hygiene and security are achieved at all times.
• Ensure that all warehousing HSE and legislation requirements are adhere to.
• Participate in daily quality walks and relevant audits as required.
• Escalate any health and safety, food safety or quality issues in a timely manner.

Process

• Manage stock rotation in accordance with standard principles of first in first out, minimising waste and out of date stock.
• Conduct accurate daily stock checks and ensure reconciliation and escalation processes are adhered to.
• Optimise stock availability through efficient stock control and rotation to ensure an effective handover to the night shift team.

People Responsibility

• Ensure mandatory training schedules are in place and delivered on time.
• Conduct a daily team brief to encourage communication and ensure your team are aware of all required information to enable them to fulfil their roles.
• Support a professional and productive recruitment process.
• Ensure appraisals and development plans are in place for your team.
• Develop and maintain an environment of respect and accountability.

What You Will Need

• Previous supervisory experience in a warehouse environment.
• IOSH certification is desirable.
• Knowledge of key performance indicators
• Proficiency with MS Office such as Word and Excel and warehouse management systems (Dynamics365 is highly desirable).
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence and coach others.

Let us tell you some more benefits you would receive

• Fancy volunteering? We will give you one day off a year to take part in volunteering.
• Generous discounts on our products
• Cycle to Work Scheme that offers discounted bikes and cycling equipment.
• Donate through your pay to a charity of your choice. The money is simply deducted through your pay before tax, so for every pound you donate, the 20p that usually goes to tax will go to the charity instead!
• We also have a range of employee assistance services which can be tailored to give you support on various matters such as financial, health and wellbeing advice.
• We treat our teams to a free meal every few months, from our visiting fish & chip van, to freshly made bacon baps from our in-house chefs

About Us

Wellocks, is one of the leading UK food distributors in the hospitality industry. We provide fruit, vegetables, dairy, eggs, poultry, meat, store cupboard essentials and everything else chefs will need in their restaurant kitchen. Thanks to our highly skilled team, we also offer pre-prepared veg and freshly-made pasta which is a key part of our service.

From our humble beginnings in 1961 supplying potatoes to local pubs and restaurants, 60 years later we now supply over 1,200 restaurant kitchens across the country with amazing ingredients.

We’re proud to be part of the William Jackson Food Group, a dedicated family-owned food business which started in 1851. Our sister businesses are Abel & Cole, Jacksons Bakery and Belazu. Family values and the commitment which comes with such a long-standing business are rooted in our culture here at Wellocks.

Thanks for reading our job advert. We do our very best to bring to life what it's like working as part of our team. Diverse teams really are the best teams. We want everyone to feel they can be themselves at work and develop their talents to the full. All colleagues are expected to take personal responsibility for keeping our workplace free from discrimination, harassment, and bullying - a place where everyone is treated fairly and respectfully.

We also know that sometimes some candidates may be put off applying for a job unless they think they can tick every box. If you are really excited about working with us and think you can do much of what we are looking for but aren't sure if you are 100% there yet... go on... why not give it a whirl? Good luck!