Twilight Supervisor

Booker Group plc; Salford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food and drink wholesaler in Salford is seeking a Delivery Department Manager to ensure efficient and safe delivery services. The role involves managing picker activities, ensuring compliance with workplace safety, and fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion. Ideal candidates should have strong communication and problem-solving skills, with flexibility to cover various roles as necessary. This position operates on a schedule from 2pm to 10pm, including weekends.

Benefits

10% off purchases at Booker

Up to 30% off insurance

Life Assurance

Health and Wellbeing support

Holiday package

Qualifications

• Great attention to detail required.
• Strong team player with excellent communication skills.
• Problem-solving abilities essential.
• Ability to work on own initiative and manage varied workload.
• Resilience and flexibility to step into different roles.

Responsibilities

• Manage all picking activity accurately and ensure training.
• Communicate with colleagues through regular huddles.
• Complete diary tasks and maintain a safe working environment.
• Champion a culture of diversity and inclusion.
• Lead by example in adhering to company policies.

Skills

Attention to detail

Team player

Communication skills

Problem solving

Initiative

Ability to manage workload

Resilience

Flexibility

Job description

You will support the Twilight Delivery Manager to maintain a best‑in‑class Delivery Service from the Delivery Hub. You will run a department which is Safe, Secure and Legal at all times, maximising efficiency, and delivering accurately and on time to our customer. The working pattern is 2pm-10pm across 5 days including weekends. You will be responsible for

Responsibilities

• Ensuring that all picking activity is managed accurately, pickers are fully trained, and the picker board is kept up to date.
• Great colleague communication through a regular picker huddle.
• Pre‑loading hand scanners.
• Extract management.
• Ensuring that diary tasks are completed and recorded as necessary.
• Supporting new colleagues during their induction.
• Ensuring that all colleagues maintain a clean, tidy and safe environment in which to work.
• Leading by example, role modelling the Booker Code of Business Conduct and Win Together Behaviours.
• Building and maintaining good working relationships internally, and externally.
• Compliance with company policies and procedures and mandatory training.
• Supporting a Health, Safe and Legal culture.
• Championing Diversity and Inclusion, ensuring Everyone Is Welcome at Booker.

Qualifications & Skills

• Great attention to detail.
• Strong team player.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent problem solving.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Ability to manage a varied workload.
• Resilience.
• The flexibility to step into other roles/shifts from time to time to support/cover.

Booker is the UK's leading food & drink wholesaler. We are privileged to serve independent retailers, caterers and small businesses, from locations across the country. We operate over 190 cash and carry branches, eight distribution centres, five Best Food Logistics sites, as well as six support centre locations across the UK.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Booker means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we're a place where Everyone's Welcome. We know life looks a little different for each of us. That's why at Booker and Best, we always welcome conversations about flexible working. Some people are at the start of their careers, some want the freedom to do the things they love. Others are going through life‑changing moments like becoming a carer, nearing retirement, adapting to parenthood, or something else. So, talk to us throughout your application about how we may be able to support you. We're proud that Booker is a Disability Confident Committed employer and we're committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

Benefits

Booker Group is part of Tesco plc, however, is operated separately from the core Tesco business and as such the benefits offered will be different from those offered at Tesco. At Booker, along with being a great place to work and giving you an opportunity to get on in your career, we also offer the following fantastic package of benefits:

• A Booker colleague card with 10% off purchases at Booker and double discount events up to three times a year.
• After 3 months service, a Tesco colleague discount card with 10% increasing to 15% off most purchases at Tesco for a 4 day period after every four‑weekly pay day, ie. thirteen times a year. In addition to 10% off at Tesco Cafe and 20% off all F&F purchases.
• 10% off pay monthly & SIM only deals with Tesco Mobile for yourself, along with further great deals through‑out the year.
• Up to 30% off car, pet and home insurance at Tesco bank. Terms and conditions apply.
• Free eye test when you spend £50 or more. You can also save 30% when you spend £50 or more on glasses, prescription sunglasses and contact lenses.
• 50% off health checks at Tesco Pharmacy.
• Exclusive access to discounted RAC breakdown cover rates.
• An exclusive deals and discounts website saving you money on everyday purchases including a cycle to work scheme.
• After 3 months service, you can join our annual Save As You Earn share scheme which allows you to buy Tesco shares in the future at a discount.
• Retirement savings plan (pension) - save up to 5% and Booker will match your contribution.
• Life Assurance – You are covered for death in service life cover of up to three times annual pay.
• Health and Wellbeing support and resources including our 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme and Virtual GP for you and your family.
• A great holiday package.

Please note We can only accept candidates over the age of 18 if the role requires working before 6:15 am or after 9:45 pm or involves working in areas such as the warehouse, beers, wines & spirits, and driving roles. On the occasions where we have high volumes of applicants, some roles may close earlier than the advertised end date in order for us to manage all of the applicants appropriately. We will only be able to offer individual feedback to those candidates who attend an interview.