Logistics Team Leader (1st shift)

Worcester Bosch; Worcester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Company performance bonus

Enhanced pension contributions

Perkbox and My Benefits access

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts on Bosch products

Subsidised onsite café

Mental health support

Bosch Social Club

Volunteering days

Cycle to work scheme

Family-friendly policies

Training platform with 200 courses

Mentoring programme

Networking opportunities

Job summary

Worcester Bosch is seeking a proactive Logistics Team Leader to guide a busy team and ensure smooth material flow to production. You will lead operatives, manage daily shifts, and drive performance improvements while upholding safety, quality and customer service standards.

You will work closely with Manufacturing, Planning and Procurement to maintain efficient operations, harness digital systems and foster a positive safety culture across the site. Previous WMS/SAP exposure is advantageous.

Qualifications

• Experience in logistics, warehouse or manufacturing operations.
• Leadership experience coaching and developing teams to meet objectives.
• Monitoring and reporting operational KPIs and driving improvements.
• Strong commitment to safety, quality, customer service and process compliance.
• Confident communication with clear direction and effective handovers.
• Respectful, empathetic leadership fostering inclusion.
• Desirable knowledge of WMS/SAP systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead, support and motivate Logistics Operatives, modelling company values and standards.
• Coordinate daily startup, work allocation, rotation, breaks and handover for efficiency.
• Monitor performance, identify deviations and take timely corrective action.
• Promote a safe working environment and complete required safety checks.
• Support attendance, capability, and training processes with relevant managers.
• Accurately use digital systems to maintain records and escalations.
• Collaborate with other logistics areas to improve customer service and safety culture.

Skills

Leadership experience

Coaching teams

KPIs & performance

Safety & quality

Clear communication

Positive leadership

Willingness to adapt

Tools

WMS

SAP

Job description

Company Description

We’re the nation’s favourite heating brand, here to warm up people’s homes, lives, and futures.

From boilers, hybrids and heat pumps to solar thermal and smart controls, we’re giving our customers plenty of choice. With cutting-edge tech and research, we’re right in the thick of the drive for a better future of home heating.

It’s not all tools and tech. People are the real heart of our company. We connect with our customers to deliver genuinely helpful support, and we care about our employees and give them enriching careers. We work hard, we work together, and we work with a cause – delivering brilliant customer support and exceptional engineering.

As an organisation of more than 1,600 employees, we also take our role in the communities we serve seriously. From giving away free heating systems for community spaces, to our charity, education, and volunteer work – we’re no strangers to rolling our sleeves up, getting stuck in, and helping out.

If that sounds like something you’d like to be a part of, we’d love to meet you.

Come and work at Worcester Bosch.

Job Description

We are excited to offer you the opportunity to join our Logistics Department as a Team Leader!

The department ensures that all incoming materials are received, inspected, stored and supplied to production in the correct quantity, at the right time and in the required condition to support uninterrupted manufacturing operations and customer demand. Operating within a fast-paced environment, the team is accountable for maintaining high standards of health and safety, quality, inventory accuracy, housekeeping and process compliance, while continually seeking opportunities to improve operational performance and efficiency.

Working closely with Manufacturing, Planning, Procurement, Quality, Engineering and other logistics teams the department ensures the smooth flow of materials across the business.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Leading, supporting and motivating Logistics Operatives, setting clear expectations and acting as a visible role model for company values and standards.
• Coordinate daily start up, work allocation, rotation, break coverage and shift handover to maintain a controlled and efficient operation.
• Monitor operational performance, identify deviations and take timely corrective action within the role’s responsibilities, escalating where additional support is required.
• Promote a safe working environment by reinforcing safe systems of work, completing required checks and supporting incident, near-miss and hazard follow-up.
• Support attendance, capability, training and employee development processes in line with company procedures, involving the Logistics Area Manager and relevant support functions as required.
• Use available digital systems and operational information accurately, ensuring records, checks and escalations are completed in a timely manner.
• Working collaboratively with other Logistics areas and relevant support functions to maintain customer service, improve performance and embed a positive culture of safety, 5S, quality and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Skills & Attributes:

• Experience within a logistics, warehouse, manufacturing or comparable operational environment.
• Leadership experience, coaching, and developing teams to achieve operational objectives.
• Monitoring and reporting operational KPIs and driving performance improvements.
• A strong and visible commitment to safety, quality, customer service and process compliance.
• Confident communication skills, with the ability to provide clear direction, constructive feedback and effective shift handovers.
• A respectful, empathetic and professional leadership approach that creates a supportive, positive and inclusive working environment.
• Flexibility and resilience, with a positive approach to change, digitalisation and new technologies.
• Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and SAP knowledge desirable.

Additional Information

Deadline for Applications: 06/11/2026

Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time so we encourage candidates to submit their applications as soon as possible.

Working Hours: Seasonal/Annualised hours shift patterns up to 48 hours per week – working 1st shift.

Working with us comes with the following benefits:

• 25 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays – additional service days accrued after 5 years
• Eligibility for our Company Performance Bonus
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Access to the Perkbox and My Benefits platforms giving access to discounts, group income protection and death in service benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme and Virtual GP
• Discounts on products from across the Bosch Group
• Subsidised onsite café and canteen
• Health & wellbeing support including: over 200 trained mental health first aid champions, free of charge employee assistance programme and after 2 years’ service you gain eligibility for funding up to £150 per annum to support your personal wellbeing
• Access to Bosch Social Club membership offering you and up to 5 friends and family discounts on excursions and events
• Volunteering days
• Cycle to work scheme with discounts on push-bikes, e-bikes and accessories
• Policy to support growing families
• Access to self-service training platform containing over 200 Bosch approved programmes
• Networking opportunities across Bosch UK including a mentoring programme
• And more!

We welcome applications from a range of candidates but please note that to apply for this position you must have the right to live and work in the UK from the start date of employment and for the duration of your employment.