Distribution Shift Manager

Games Workshop; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday per year

Pension scheme (matching up to 7.5%)

Profit share bonus (subject to targets

Share Save scheme

Staff discount 25–50%

Job summary

Games Workshop is seeking an experienced Shift Manager for its Distribution team, based at East Midlands Gateway near Nottingham. You will lead shift teams, plan staffing, and partner across departments to meet operational goals while maintaining a strong safety culture.

The role involves managing costs, budgets and driving improvements in a fast-paced environment. You will work with automation systems to monitor daily picking, packing and shipping efficiency, ensuring procedures are followed

Qualifications

• Experience of managing or supervising teams.
• Knowledge of automation systems and how they support daily picking, packing, and shipping.
• Ability to identify and resolve operational issues and drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead teams on individual shifts on a rotating basis.
• Ensure shifts are effectively staffed with appropriate management support.
• Drive health and safety priorities and coordinate with Training Manager to deliver essential training.

Job description

About The Job

Games Workshop has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Shift Manager to join our Distribution team where you will manage teams on individual shifts on a rotating basis. Our finished goods distribution centre is based at East Midlands Gateway, which distributes our products across multiple channels both domestically and around the world.

About The Job

Games Workshop has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Shift Manager to join our Distribution team where you will manage teams on individual shifts on a rotating basis. Our finished goods distribution centre is based at East Midlands Gateway, which distributes our products across multiple channels both domestically and around the world. Passionate about people, and with a focus on skills and development, you’ll understand that our people are our biggest asset and we’ll look to you to ensure that your teams have the required knowledge, skills, and resources to thrive. You’ll recognise the importance of having the right people, in the right place, at the right time as you plan to ensure all shifts are effectively staffed and have appropriate management support for each shift. We’ll see you working collaboratively across departments, as you build effective working relationships across the supply chain to achieve our goals, always being cost effective, efficient. Day to day, you’ll champion a safe culture as you drive health and safety priorities and you’ll coordinate with the Training Manager to ensure essential training is delivered to all staff and all standard operating procedures are followed. Adaptable and excited by opportunities to improve efficiencies, we’ll look to you to proactively identify and resolve issues through driving operational improvement. With a strong eye for numbers and able to adapt to a change in priorities, this is a fast-paced role where you will be responsible for delivering operational plans and priorities and managing costs and budgets. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a fast-paced business environment with different technologies. If you have experience of managing or supervising teams and knowledge of automation systems to support consistent and successful monitoring of daily picking, packing, and shipping efficiencies, then we want to hear from you!

Working at Games Workshop

At Games Workshop we are looking for people who will do their best to understand the needs of the company and to put those needs first when they are at work. Because of this we believe that what you are like, hence the attitude you show to work and the way you choose to behave is even more important than your skills and experience. The Warhammer World site is based just outside of Nottingham city centre and benefits from a nearby tram stop and free onsite car parking.

In return for your hard work, you will receive:

• 33 days holiday per year (including public holidays)
• matching contributory pension scheme up to 7.5%
• profit share bonus (subject to GW meeting profit targets)
• option to join our Share Save scheme
• staff discount of between 25% and 50% on our products

Other Essential Information

Applications must be received by, midnight UK time on Sunday 4th October 2026

This role will be on an alternating shift pattern

Location: This position is based at East Midlands Gateway, our Distribution centre, near East Midlands Airport