Shift Manager

Dpdgroup; Harwell; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday trading

Enhanced maternity and paternity

Free life assurance of 4 x salary

Free onsite car parking

Health Kiosks

Discounted shopping

Milestone Days off

Eye tests and glasses support

Job summary

DPD Group is seeking an experienced Night Shift Manager to lead a depot night team, keeping operatives engaged, organized and motivated while unloading lorries efficiently. You will ensure accurate sortation to hit KPI targets and CAD percentages, and drive throughputs while meeting saturation and parcels-per-hour goals.

You will also oversee additional staffing at short notice and uphold health & safety, productivity and cost targets, with strong reporting and data analysis to support decisions.

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced operation with proven people management.
• Ability to motivate and lead a high-performing team.
• Strong communication and motivational skills.
• Decisive and effective decision-making; problem resolution and time management.
• Resilience, self-motivation, flexibility.
• Proficient with Google Chrome applications and reporting/data analysis.
• Awareness of DPD DNA values.

Responsibilities

• Oversee night shift warehouse team ensuring engagement, organisation and efficiency.
• Unload incoming lorries and sort parcels to meet KPIs.
• Achieve CAD %, depot throughput, saturation and parcels-per-hour targets.
• Resourcing additional staff at short notice to cover absences.
• Uphold health & safety, productivity and cost targets.
• Provide comprehensive reporting and data analysis.

Skills

People management

Leadership

Communication

Decision making

Time management

Data analysis

Reporting

Tools

Google Chrome

Job description

Job Description

Our Site Manager is currently recruiting for an experienced Shift Manager, to help strengthen their depot operations team.

In this role you will be managing a team of warehouse operatives throughout the night making sure that they are engaged, organised and motivated, whilst they unload the lorries that arrive into the Depot in the most efficient and timely manner . You will oversee the accurate sortation of the parcels to ensure this is achieved in line with Key Performance Indicators.

Other key accountabilities will include;

• Ensure company Confirmed At Depot (CAD) % is achieved
• Ensure depot Throughput target is achieved in line with targeted tip time
• Ensure company target for Saturations is achieved
• Achieve depot "parcels per person hour" target
• Achieving all Depot objectives relating to Health & Safety, productivity, and cost to deliver outstanding service to our customers
• Resourcing additional staff at short notice in the event of any employee absence

Qualifications

What we’re looking for;

You will have experience in a fast paced operation with proven and demonstrable people management experience, involving direct accountability and responsibility for motivating and leading a high performing team. Additionally we would also expect:

• You will have strong communication skills with the ability to inspire, motivate and manage a team.
• Decisive and effective decision-making, problem resolution and time management skills.
• Demonstrate high levels of resilience, self-motivation and flexibility.
• Excellent computer skills with the ability to use Google chrome applications
• The ability to do comprehensive reporting, alongside analysis of data is a key requirement for this role.
• You will be highly vigilant to any unscrupulous activity taking swift and appropriate action when required.
• Demonstrate the core DPD DNA values of Passion, Respect, Honesty, Flexibility, Caring and Accountability.

Additional Information

About our benefits:

We recognise that our people are at the heart of our business, without them we wouldn’t be able to deliver our award-winning service to millions of customers across the country each day. It’s important to us that we demonstrate our recognition of you in providing you with more than just a salary and job stability. To name but a few…

• Holiday trading
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package
• Free life assurance of 4 x salary on joining the pension scheme
• Free onsite car parking for all employees
• Health Kiosks visiting every location
• Discounted shopping from ’s of retailers including up to 5% off supermarket shopping
• Milestone Days off to celebrate with your family and friends
• For employees who regularly use a screen as part of their job we offer free eye tests and support with the cost of glasses