Shift Manager

DPDgroup; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A logistics and delivery company is seeking an experienced Shift Manager in Rochdale to oversee night operations. Responsibilities include managing warehouse teams, ensuring accurate parcel sortation, and achieving key performance metrics. Ideal candidates will have a background in fast-paced environments, strong leadership abilities, and excellent communication skills. The role offers various benefits including holiday trading and enhanced parental packages.

Benefits

Holiday trading

Enhanced maternity and paternity package

Free life assurance

Free onsite car parking

Health kiosks

Discounted shopping

Milestone Days off

Free eye tests and glasses support

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a fast-paced operation.
• Demonstrated people management experience.
• Ability to inspire and motivate a team.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of warehouse operatives throughout the night.
• Ensure accurate sortation of parcels.
• Achieve depot targets for health & safety and productivity.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Decisive decision-making

Problem resolution

Time management

Resilience and self-motivation

Excellent computer skills

Reporting and analysis of data

Tools

Google Chrome applications

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.

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 essential to us that we demonstrate our recognition of you in providing you with more than just a salary and job stability.

• 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 100'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

Joining DPD can lead to not just a stable job but also a career. DPD prides itself on recognising and developing talent alongside a desire to promote from within. As a continually growing and evolving organisation, we are proud to offer a great number of development and promotion opportunities. If you identify with our aims and values and can help us deliver our customers' promises, then this is the job for you! Apply today.