Operations Team Leader

Smiths News; Newmarket; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading logistics firm as an Operations Team Leader responsible for overseeing the warehouse operations at Smiths News. You'll play a crucial role in ensuring productivity and efficiency, managing a team, and maintaining high safety standards. The position requires strong management skills and experience in a fast-paced environment, providing numerous benefits including a health cash plan and training opportunities.

Benefits

Company funded Health Cash Plan

5% match pension

24/7 E-Learning modules

Training and Development opportunities

Sharesave Scheme

Cycle to work schemes

Qualifications

• Track record in warehouse management or similar.
• Experience in a fast-paced logistics or FMCG environment.
• Outstanding communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for planning and resourcing warehouse operations.
• Supervise Warehouse Operatives and ensure safety compliance.
• Identify training needs and manage risks in operations.

Skills

Communication

Team Management

Planning

Problem Solving

Job description

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Our Warehouse teams are the heartbeat of Smiths News. To ensure our warehouse departments run smooth, our Team Leaders play a key part in ensuring accuracy, efficiency and productivity across their departments and warehouses.

As our Operations Team Leader you’ll be responsible for planning and resourcing the warehouse operation to ensure pack accuracy of our products and efficient management products to the department. You will supervise the Warehouse Operatives, providing training, coaching and working with Management teams to identify training needs as well as potential risks in our operation. You will also ensure that a high level of health and safety, compliance with company policy and transport legislation is adhered to at all times.

What we can offer you

Not only do we offer free onsite parking and competitive salary but you’ll also have access to:

• Company funded Health Cash Plan – providing cash back for everyday healthcare costs such as dental, optical and physiotherapy
• 5% match pension
• 24/7 E-Learning modules, Training and Development opportunities
• Sharesave Scheme, Cycle to work schemes, Health cash plan

About you

Although a track record in warehouse management would be desirable, people management experience gained in other sectors would be considered. You’ll ideally have:

• Experience of working in a fast paced environment, preferably from a 24/7 logistics, warehouse, FMCG or similar industry background
• Experience managing a large operation and the ability to liaise at all levels
• Outstanding communication skills and the credibility to effectively build relationships with all team members and management
• Experience of planning and effectively executing a warehouse operation. Dealing with all issues and challenges as they arise