Inventory First Line Manager

GXO; Wellingborough; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading supply chain solutions provider in Wellingborough is seeking an experienced Inventory Warehouse First Line Manager to oversee warehouse operations during night shifts. You will be responsible for managing an operational team, ensuring inventory accuracy, and maintaining effective communication with colleagues and management. The ideal candidate will have experience in warehouse management and strong leadership skills. This full-time position offers a salary of up to £35,000 and benefits including private medical insurance and a company pension scheme.

Benefits

Company sponsored pension scheme

Private medical & dental insurance

24/7 online GP service

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

High street discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Cashback cards

Saving scheme

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Allocate resource to ensure all tasks are completed in a timely manner.
• Review available resource vs workloads and plan, calling out any potential risks.
• Ensure that cycle counts are completed within the given timeframe.
• Conduct route cause analysis on required adjustments.

Skills

Operational team management

Warehouse management systems

Inventory control

Excellent communication

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.GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

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