Warehouse Manager (Outbound)

This is about managing, motivating and encouraging your team to be the best they can be, so we can keep our stores fully stocked.

Here, you'll have plenty of big responsibilities - from checking all incoming and outgoing stock and controlling stock rotation, to keeping on top of all the relevant paperwork. We're investing in brilliant new distribution centres and first-class equipment. So you'll have everything you need to keep things moving efficiently. We do things our own way at Aldi. But whatever we're doing, we must be getting it right. With a wave of impressive sales figures behind us, we're opening new stores at lightning speed. And without the great teams at our warehouses, there'd be no products in those stores.

Position

Position Warehouse Manager (Outbound) Start Date Monday 1st July 2024

Job Number

Job Number 02314 End Date -

Role Specification

Role Specification Warehouse Manager (Outbound Nights) Closing Date -

Warehouse Manager Outbound (Nights 8pm-5am)

Location: Bardon - Prior to the opening of Bardon, the role will be based within National Supply Chain at Atherstone National Head Office

Aldi’s Warehouse Managers contribute greatly to the outstanding success of our high performing distribution centres. At Aldi, we are looking for an exceptional Warehouse Manager to continue to provide our best availability for our network. Reporting to Bardon’s Warehouse Operations Director, the Outbound Warehouse Manager will be responsible for managing teams to ensure efficient and smooth product flow through the outbound processes of an automated distribution centre. A Warehouse Manager’s responsibility is about maximizing efficiency, optimising productivity and engaging a high performing team. You’ll have direct reports of Warehouse Section Leaders and indirect reports of Deputies, Selectors, Logistic Assistants and Apprentices. Under your guidance, the team will be focused and ready to tackle every challenge within their area of responsibility. Successful candidate will be working on night shift (8pm -5am) but some day shift working will be required prior to site go-live.

If you’re a hardworking individual that’s ready to kick-start your career with an award-winning employer, apply to join #TeamAldi today!

Your New Role:

• Ensuring the operation exceeds the required levels of stock availability and is delivering against agreed Key Performance Indicators (KPI), for example productivity.
• Management of resources such as labour cost, overtime and agency usage. 
• Accountable for inbound operations and coordination with the National Supply Chain Management team. 
• Accountable for company procedures, that are required to process during inbound operations.
• Responsible for the training and development of all new and existing employees within their area of responsibility, conducting appraisals and providing leadership, mentoring and support.
• Controls the documentation with regards to the safe use of all manual handling equipment to comply with the Health and Safety requirements.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with all the Health and Safety and due diligence measures in their area of responsibility.
• Manage budget expectations within area of responsibility.
• Drive a high-performance culture, enabling your team to outperform against the plan by swiftly dealing with performance issues.
• Identification, development, and coordination of Continuous Improvement projects.
• Awareness of the performance of the equipment and operations.
• Development, critique and presentation of proposals and reports, with supporting business cases. 
• Daily liaison with other teams within wider operations set up to understand operational needs. 
• Reporting and communicating of status, performance, and availability of the site, in both manual and automated areas.
• Responsible for recruitment/staffing levels.
• Leading and maintaining communications between the relevant teams to execute the sites plan.
• Performing administrative functions such as reviewing and writing reports, approving expenditures, managing policies, and making decisions about the purchase of materials or services.
• Liaison and coordination with maintenance and cleaning teams to minimise impact on live operations.
• Allocating team resources, provide delivery timelines and manage priorities.
• Ensuring all operational expectations are achieved and outbound deliveries are successful.
• Required KPI’s are monitored and achieved.
• Management tasks such as team structure, 1-2-1’s, employee holiday management, disciplinaries etc.

Skills & Qualifications:

About You:

• GCSE’s/A-Levels or Equivalent
• Automated warehouse/similar role
• Experience in material handling equipment
• Professional experience in Logistics and Supply Chain management
• Comprehensive understanding of Supply Chain
• Excellent problem solving and leadership qualities.
• Previous project, people and stakeholder management experience at all levels
• Computer literate including strong office skills in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Teams and Outlook. 
• Good internal and external networking.
• Warehouse Health and Safety awareness.
• Innovation, in continuous improvement, adapts the ideas of others.
• Adaptability to work in a fast-paced environment and be adaptable to change.
• Planning and organisational skills.
• Degree or equivalent
• Technical expertise to manage quality and accuracy of data
• Experience in the opening of a new Distribution Centre. 
• Experience operating warehouse management and warehouse control systems
• Infrastructure Solutions Design
• Knowledge of Supply Chain systems. (TMS/WMS/Portals/WCS/Oracle etc.)

What You’ll Get in Return:

• Starting salary from £79,775 rising to £94,240
• Monday to Friday whilst in training working 8am to 5pm, then moving to the 8pm to 5am role working 5 days out of 7 including weekends at a date agreed upon hire. 
• 5 weeks’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Full training provided
• Pension Scheme
• Private employee medical insurance after 4 years
• Company maternity and adoption pay after 1 year and paternity leave pay after 2 years
• Long service rewards.
• Access to MyBenefits, where you can find a wide range of benefits, including our bike to work scheme, shopping and cinema discounts, health cash plan, a FREE will, travel and discounted gym memberships, as well as a host of benefits to support your financial and wellbeing needs.

Aldi is an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce and are dedicated to promoting a culture of inclusion, providing an environment in which collaboration, respect and fairness are essential. We value diversity and are dedicated to treating all of our colleagues and prospective colleagues fairly and with respect.

If you’re looking for a career that gives you more, apply today!