Team Leader -Goods In Admin/Consumables

Kuehne Nagel; Dawley; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Kuehne+Nagel is seeking a Team Leader within Contract Logistics (DFC) at Goods in Admin/Consumables. You will lead a team, drive daily operations, and optimize processes to keep goods moving efficiently, ensuring high-quality service across the board.

The role emphasizes leadership, safety compliance, and continuous improvement, with opportunities to influence operations and outcomes in a busy logistics environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams in a logistics/warehouse environment.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills; ability to drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Guide and manage the team and operating area to meet targets.
• Perform facilities reporting and escalation as required.
• Support attendance, absence and discipline activities.
• Assess risks and implement safety controls and compliance measures.
• Follow Safe Working Practices and report incidents.
• Plan daily workload and manage time and attendance.
• Build positive customer relationships and coordinate with internal teams.
• Act as ambassador for quality and drive continuous improvements.
• Contribute to process updates and changes as needed.
• Understand warehouse practices, including picking and loading.
• Influence and negotiate to resolve conflicts effectively.
• Maintain knowledge of health and safety at work.
• Experience with JDA/Red Prairie preferred; intermediate PC skills.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Communication

Problem solving

Organisational skills

Tools

Excel

Word

Outlook

JDA/Red Prairie

Job description

As part of the Contract Logistics team at Kuehne+Nagel, you will play a key role in designing, managing, and optimizing solutions that keep goods moving efficiently. Whether you're leading a team, engineering processes, or driving projects, your work ensures that our customers' products are stored, handled, and delivered with precision. From everyday essentials to seasonal items, what we do in Contract Logistics impacts businesses and communities around the world. At Kuehne+Nagel, your contribution goes far beyond the warehouse-it helps shape the flow of global trade. We're excited to strengthen our Team Leader community as we continue to drive efficiency, enhance day to day operations, and ensure we consistently deliver the high quality service our customers expect. If you're passionate about developing others, committed to continuous improvement, and eager to take the next step in your career, our Team Leader opportunities could be exactly what you're looking for. This Team Leader position is based within the DFC within Goods in Admin/ConsumablesHow you create impact

• Responsible for effective guidance of the team and functional operating area(s) as required.
• Conduct facilities reporting and escalation as required.
• Support with absence and discipline activities as required.
• Establish an understanding of Risk Assessments and Risk Controls including understanding how to identify risks and implement successful risk controls for safety compliance.
• Comply with all instructed Safe Working Practices including the reporting of all accidents and incidents within the workplace.
• Undertake effective resource utilisation, planning and management activities as required including planning the daily workload and ensuring that time and attendance matters are managed.
• Building positive customer relationships and responding constructively to customer requests and internal departments.
• Be an Ambassador for Quality and actively participate in continuous quality improvements, including driving changes in quality gates and culture.
• Actively participate and input into process confirmations, assisting with the identification of necessary amendments, updates and rewrites as required.
• Warehouse system experience along with knowledge and understanding of warehouse practices e.g. picking, loading
• Experience of working to agreed targets
• Ability to influence, negotiate and deal with conflict successfully
• Knowledge of Health & Safety at work
• Preferred experience (not essential) of JDA/ Red Prairie systems
• Intermediate PC Skills: Excel, Word, Outlook
• Ability to deliver to tight deadlines in an organised and informed manner
• Leadership qualities including the ability to enthuse and motivate
• Drive, determination and a track record in delivering continuous improvement
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Logistics shapes everyday life - from the goods we consume to the healthcare we rely on. At Kuehne+Nagel, your work goes beyond logistics; it enables both ordinary and special moments in the lives of people around the world.