Stores & Dispatch Lead – Hands-On with Bonus

Vision RT Ltd; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus (10-20%)

Life Insurance – 3x salary

Critical Illness Cover

Private Health Insurance – via Bupa, 0

Healthcare Cash Plan

Annual Leave – 25 days

Job summary

Vision RT is recruiting a Stores Team Leader to join our Stores & Despatch department in a regulated medical manufacturing environment. This hands-on role leads the Stores team, supports production plans, and ensures materials and finished goods are received, stored, and issued accurately and on time.

You will coordinate daily activities, maintain high housekeeping and safety standards, and collaborate with Production, Operations, Quality, and Purchasing teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in Stores, Warehouse or Despatch environments.
• Previous leadership or team-leading experience.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality and compliance.
• Hands-on leadership and leading by example.
• Good organisational and communication skills.
• Experience using Sage 200 and Microsoft Office.
• Experience in medical device, pharmaceutical, or regulated manufacturing.
• Forklift truck licence.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily activities of the Stores team to meet priorities.
• Coordinate finished goods packing per procedures and plan.
• Coordinate picking/packing for transfer to external warehouses.
• Ensure materials are received, checked, labelled, and recorded.
• Prepare and issue production kits per weekly production plan.
• Monitor stock levels and flag shortages or discrepancies.
• Maintain housekeeping and safe working standards.
• Communicate with Production, Operations, Quality, and Purchasing teams.
• Support training of new and existing team members.
• Escalate issues and opportunities to the Stores Supervisor.

Skills

Leadership experience

Stores/Warehouse experience

People management

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Sage 200

Microsoft Office

Medical device manufacturing

Regulated manufacturing

Forklift licence

Job description

Vision RT is recruiting a Stores Team Leader to join our Stores & Despatch department in a regulated medical manufacturing environment. This hands-on role leads the Stores team, supports production plans, and ensures materials and finished goods are received, stored, and issued accurately and on time.

You will coordinate daily activities, maintain high housekeeping and safety standards, and collaborate with Production, Operations, Quality, and Purchasing teams.