Inventory Team Leader (AM)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Dental insurance

Pension scheme

GP service

Job summary

GXO is seeking an Inventory Team Leader at our busy Wellingborough site to lead a team of Inventory Clerks, ensuring accurate stock control and adherence to warehouse processes.

The successful candidate will have hands-on experience in inventory control, DLX/Red Prairie WMS, advanced Excel skills, and a proven ability to drive operational excellence in a fast-paced environment. Shift pattern is five out of seven, 06:00–14:00, and we offer a competitive salary and benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience leading operational teams in a fast-paced warehouse setting.
• Strong inventory control experience and accuracy focus.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, formulas).
• Excellent communication and on-site engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Allocate and review resource to meet SLA expectations.
• Ensure tasks like cycle counts, SKU updates, stock checks are completed accurately.
• Conduct briefs, reviews, HR processes and H&S escalations per company standards.
• Lead department meetings and provide clear handovers.

Skills

Team leadership

Inventory control

Excel proficient

Communication

Tools

DLX/Red Prairie

Job description

Are you a hands-on leader with a sharp eye for detail and a passion for stock accuracy?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Inventory Team Leader to take charge in a fast-paced warehouse environment. The successful candidate will bring experience in inventory control, WMS (ideally DLX/Red Prairie), and advanced Excel skills, along with the ability to lead teams and keep operations running smoothly - we'd love to hear from you!

Here at GXO, we're looking for an Inventory Team Leader, to join our VMO2 contract at our busy shared user site in Wellingborough. As an Inventory Team Leader, you will be responsible for leading a team of Inventory Clerks, ensuring full compliance with inventory and operational processes. You will work closely with the Inventory Manager and FLM to maintain accurate stock control and support operational excellence.

This is a full-time, permanent, position working on an any 5 out of 7 days shift pattern, between the hours of 06:00 - 14:00.

Pay, benefits and more:

We're looking to offer a salary of up to £32,000 per annum, and 20 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes flexible dental insurance plans, a company sponsored pension scheme, 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 and review resource & workload to ensure that tasks are completed in a timely manner to meet all SLA expectations, calling out any potential risks
• Ensure all tasks are completed accurately, these tasks include but are not limited to - cycle counts, SKU updates, status changes, owner updates, stock investigation and resolution
• Complete briefs/reviews/appraisals/recruitment/HR processes/H&S escalations in line with company standards
• Chair/attend department meetings and provide effective handovers
• Liaise and develop relationships with the internal team and external customers

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• A proven track record of successfully leading operational teams in a fast-paced warehouse setting is essential, preferably within an inventory-focused operation
• Experience with using warehouse management systems, ideally DLX/ Red Prairie
• Experience in an inventory/stock control role
• A good knowledge of Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, filters, lookup functions, conditional formulas, conditional formatting, charts) is essential
• 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.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.