Inventory First Line Manager

GXO Logistics; Wellingborough; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

GXO Logistics is seeking an Inventory Warehouse First Line Manager for their Wellingborough site. This full-time position involves managing operational tasks, ensuring inventory control, and effective team communication during night shifts. A competitive salary up to £35,000, along with comprehensive benefits, makes this an attractive opportunity in logistics management.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Company sponsored pension scheme

Private medical & dental insurance

Access to online GP service

Comprehensive employee assistance programme

High street discounts and savings schemes

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing an operational team in a fast-paced warehouse.
• Experience with using warehouse management systems.
• Excellent communication skills with a focus on maintaining on-site engagement.

Responsibilities

• Allocate resources to ensure timely completion of tasks.
• Review and interpret reports to meet inventory needs.
• Ensure cycle counts and route cause analysis are completed within the timeframe.

Skills

Management of operational team

Inventory control

Warehouse management systems

Communication skills

Job description

Are you a natural leader looking to take on the responsibility of a First Line Manager? Do you want to feel proud to work for a trusted brand and be valued for who you are? Look no further!

Here at GXO, we’re looking for an Inventory Warehouse First Line Manager, to join our VMO2 contract at our busy shared user site in Wellingborough.

This is a full-time, permanent, position working on nights, Sunday – Thursday between the hours of 22:00 – 06:00.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £35,000 per annum, and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes, a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical & dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more!

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Allocate resource to ensure all tasks are completed in a timely manner
• Review available resource vs workloads and plan, calling out any potential risks
• Review and interpret information on reports/trackers and redeploy resource to meet the inventory/operational needs
• To ensure that cycle counts are completed within the given timeframe
• To ensure that route cause analysis is conducted on required adjustments
• To ensure the departments accuracy of any stock changes or amendments such as adjustments/status changes/sku modifications

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Proven experience in managing an operational team in a fast-paced warehouse
• Experience with using warehouse management systems
• Experience in inventory/stock control
• Excellent communication skills with a focus on maintaining on-site engagement
• Ensure effective communication is delivered to colleagues and management teams daily

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work.

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