Night Team Leader

CEVA Logistics; Long Eaton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Life Assurance

Employee benefits platform

Holiday buy scheme

Job summary

CEVA Logistics is hiring a Night Shift Team Leader in the United Kingdom to oversee inbound and outbound operations for a high-volume ecommerce site. This hands-on role focuses on protecting inventory, ensuring accuracy, safety and productivity while guiding a team on a 10pm–6am night shift, Monday to Friday on a 6-month fixed-term contract.

You will lead, coach and develop warehouse associates across areas such as unload, goods‑in, pick, sort and dispatch, ensuring timely and safe processing

Qualifications

• Experience in warehousing or logistics environments.
• Experience leading, supporting and coaching operational teams.
• Exposure to inbound/outbound operations (unload, goods‑in, pick, pack, sort, dispatch).
• Strong safety awareness and attention to detail.
• Confident communicator with a calm, supportive leadership style.

Responsibilities

• Lead warehouse associates across allocated work areas (unloading, decant, goods‑in, pick, sortation, loading and dispatch).
• Allocate tasks and manage workflow to maintain steady inbound throughput and outbound flow.
• Ensure volumes are processed accurately, safely and on time.
• Reinforce safety, standard work and quality checks at all times.
• Escalate issues to the Night Shift Manager promptly.
• Provide regular coaching, guidance and supervision to associates.
• Support onboarding, training and buddying of new starters.
• Monitor attendance, timekeeping and basic performance issues.
• Contribute to shift handovers and accurate reporting.
• Identify inefficiencies and support continuous improvement activities.
• Support the Night Shift Manager with additional tasks as required.

Skills

Warehouse leadership

Coaching operational teams

Safety awareness

Communication

Lean/Continuous improvement

Tools

WMS

Job description

As a result, we have an excellent role for a Night Shift Team Leader to support the safe, accurate and efficient receipt of inbound goods and outbound activities within a high-volume ecommerce operation. This is a hands‑on operational role, ideal for someone looking to progress their operational career while playing a key role in protecting inventory, accuracy, safety, productivity and downstream flow activities. This is a night shift working Monday to Friday, 10pm to 6am on a 6 months fix term contract.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

• Lead warehouse associates across allocated work areas (unloading, decant, goods‑in, pick, sortation, loading and dispatch)
• Allocate tasks and manage workflow to maintain steady inbound throughput and outbound flow
• Ensure volumes are processed accurately, safely and on time
• Reinforce safety, standard work and quality checks at all times
• Escalate issues, delays or constraints to the Night Shift Manager promptly
• Provide regular coaching, guidance and supervision to associates
• Support onboarding, training and buddying of new starters
• Monitor attendance, timekeeping and basic performance issues
• Contribute to structured shift handovers and accurate reporting
• Identify inefficiencies and supporting continuous improvement activity
• Support the Night Shift Manager with any additional tasks as and when required

REQUIREMENTS

• Experience of working in a warehousing or logistics environment
• Experience of leading, supporting and coaching operational teams
• Exposure to inbound or outbound operations (unload, goods‑in, pick, pack, sort and dispatch)
• Strong safety awareness and attention to detail
• Confident communicator with a calm and supportive leadership style

DESIRABLE SKILLS

• Basic WMS or scanning system experience
• Exposure to lean or continuous improvement approaches.
• Proven experience of high‑volume or peak operations
• Experience of working in an ecommerce environment

CEVA Logistics provides global supply chain solutions to connect people, products, and providers all around the world. Present in 170+ countries and with more than 110,000 employees spread over 1,500 sites, we are proud to be a Top 5 global 3PL.

We believe that our employees are the key to our success. We want to engage and empower our diverse, global team to co-create value with our customers through our solutions in contract logistics and air, ocean, ground, and finished vehicle transport. That is why CEVA Logistics offers a dynamic and exceptional work environment that fosters personal growth, innovation, and continuous improvement. At CEVA Logistics, we Rise in Motion. Your career is always on the move, growing as fast and as far as your ambition takes you. Join a global team of nearly 200 nationalities, shaping the future of global trade, moving essential goods, forging new paths, and pushing boundaries to serve an ever‑changing world. The pace is fast, the challenges are real, but the rewards are greater: growth, purpose, and the chance to make a meaningful impact. This is more than a job. It's a journey on which you rise.

YOUR ROLE

CEVA Logistics has been awarded a major new contract with a high‑profile client, marking an exciting phase of growth for the business expanding on our ecommerce offering. This is a new build implementation offering exciting opportunities across contract logistics.

With a genuine culture of reward and recognition, we want our employees to grow, develop and be part of our journey.

We offer a benefits package that includes competitive annual leave entitlement with a fantastic holiday buy scheme, pension and life assurance along with access to an employee benefits platform that offers discounts on gym memberships and money off vouchers for a diverse range of retail, travel and hospitality brands.

ABOUT TOMORROW

We value your professional and personal growth. That's why we share plenty of career opportunities for you to thrive within CEVA. Join CEVA for a challenging career.

CEVA Logistics UK&I is committed to attracting, acquiring and retaining the best possible candidates in an equal and inclusive way that is consistent with employment legislation and best practice. We aim to select the best available person for every vacancy irrespective of age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, political beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment and marital or civil partnership status. Please note that candidates will be subject to the necessary right to work checks for the UK and Ireland.

IND2 INFORMATION AT A GLANCE

Rise in motion with CMA CGM Group: where ambition meets opportunity. Join a global team of nearly 200 nationalities, shaping the future of global trade, moving essential goods, forging new paths, and pushing boundaries to serve an ever‑changing world. The pace is fast, the challenges are real, but the rewards are greater: growth, purpose, and the chance to make a meaningful impact. This is more than a job. It's a journey on which you rise.