Team Leader -Goods In Admin/Consumables

Kühne + Nagel (AG & Co.) KG; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Kühne + Nagel (AG & Co.) KG in Shrewsbury is seeking a Team Leader to guide the Goods in Admin/Consumables area, ensuring efficient day-to-day operations and delivery of high-quality service.

You will lead, plan, and monitor the team, enforce health and safety standards, and drive improvements while maintaining strong relationships with customers and internal departments.

Qualifications

• Experience leading warehouse teams in busy environments.
• Ability to influence, negotiate and resolve conflicts.
• Knowledge of health & safety in workplace operations.
• Familiarity with warehouse systems like JDA/Red Prairie is a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Guide the team and operating area as required.
• Conduct facilities reporting and manage absences/discipline.
• Understand risk assessments and safety controls to ensure compliance.
• Ensure Safe Working Practices and incident reporting.
• Plan daily workload and attendance efficiently.
• Build positive relationships with customers and internal teams.
• Drive continuous quality improvements and changes to processes.
• Participate in process confirmations and updates.

Skills

Leadership

Negotiation

Conflict management

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Tools

JDA/Red Prairie

Excel

Outlook

Job description

We're excited to strengthen our Team Leader community as we continue to drive efficiency, enhance dayto day operations, and ensure we consistently deliver the highquality 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/Consumables

How 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 anunderstanding 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 includingplanning thedaily 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.

What we would like you to bring

• 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