Shift Manager - Fresh

Morrisons; Kettering; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday entitlement

Discretionary bonus

15% discount in our supermarkets and 2

10% discount card for friend or family

Career progression opportunities

Subsidised staff canteen

Free parking

Competitive pension and life assurance

Healthcare / Wellbeing benefits

MyPerks discounts

Payroll charity donations

Family-friendly policies

Job summary

Morrisons is seeking a Shift Manager to lead our Warehouse operations, ensuring the right products are picked efficiently and sent to stores on time. You will manage Team Managers and Warehouse Colleagues, schedule shifts, and drive continuous improvement.

Role requires proven people leadership, coaching ability, and experience with WMS systems such as JDA. You’ll be responsible for budgetary control and delivering strong results through the team.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Shift Manager or equivalent in a fast-paced Warehouse, Distribution or Logistics environment.
• Proven experience in people management with the ability to deliver strong results through a team.
• Ability to coach and encourage your team and drive continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Manage shift activities and rotas to meet labour requirements.
• Oversee resources to deliver objectives and monitor spend.
• Provide problem solving guidance and coaching to the team.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement within the teams.
• Lead Team Manager performance and development.

Skills

People management

Leadership

Coaching

Problem solving

Budget management

Tools

JDA

WMS

Job description

More about the role

Our Shift Managers know how to work at pace. It's ultimately their responsibility to manage our Team Managers and Warehouse Colleagues to ensure the right products are picked at a top pace so they can be sent to the right stores, on time! It's fast and ever-changing - are you up for the challenge?

Other tasks include:

• Managing all shift activities within your team scheduling rotas to achieve labour requirements
• Managing resources to deliver objectives
• Monitoring operational resource spend
• Overseeing the operation and providing problem solving guidance and coaching to your team
• Driving a culture of continuous improvement within your teams
• Team Manager performance and development

We value your hard work and commitment, and in return, we provide:

• Generous holiday entitlement
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
• Genuine career progression and development opportunities - read more about our Leadership School here
• Subsidised staff canteen
• Free parking
• Competitive pension and life assurance
• Healthcare / Wellbeing benefits including Aviva Digital GP
• 'MyPerks' with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more
• Optional payroll charity donations
• A range of family-friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave

More about you

As well as tons of resilience you must have:

• Experience as a Shift Manager or equivalent in a fast paced Warehouse, Distribution, or Logistics environment
• Proven experience in a people management role with the ability to deliver strong results through a team
• The ability to coach and encourage your team and help them explore opportunities to continuously improve how they do their job
• Experience in JDA or the implementation of a WMS
• Demonstrated the ability to problem solve, and implement process changes in order to improve operational performance
• Experience of managing budgets and controlling costs
• Strong leadership and coaching skills in order to engage motivate and develop large teams with varying skill sets