Warehouse and Logistics Manager

Silver Planet Group; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering company in High Wycombe is seeking a Warehouse and Logistics Manager to oversee warehouse management and logistics operations. This new role involves ensuring safety compliance, managing inventory, and leading a team in a growing business environment. The ideal candidate will have a degree and relevant experience, showcasing strong communication and organizational skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in a warehouse management role required.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills necessary.
• Proficient in using warehouse management software.

Responsibilities

• Oversee material arrival, checking, and storing.
• Manage stock levels and end-of-year counts.
• Coordinate dispatch processes and resolve discrepancies.

Skills

Communication

Organisational Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Stock Control

Inventory Management

Problem Solving

Numeracy

Education

Degree level education

Tools

SAGE

Job description

Our client, an award winning engineering company based in High Wycombe, is looking for a Warehouse and Logistics Manager to join them. This is a brand new role for the business and is an exciting opportunity to be part of a highly successful and growing business.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate a proven track record of warehouse management, including a strong understanding of stock control and inventory management.

The successful candidate will be responsible for workplace health and safety standards and for the security of the building and stock. The role will also require a high level of communication and organisational skills with primary responsibilities to manage a team of Goods In and Goods Out personnel.

Ideally, you will be educated to degree level with experience in a similar role.

£40k - £50k depending on skills and experience plus benefits.

Key Duties

• Oversee the arrival of materials from suppliers - both overseas and local
• Oversee the checking, booking in and storing of materials
• Create and implement storage locations
• Oversee the wrapping and strapping of finished goods ready for despatch
• Co-ordinate finished goods ready for despatch
• Co-ordinate storage and transportation of goods (UK & Export)
• Manage daily despatch requests
• Produce Packing Lists & Commercial Invoices
• Be accountable for the movement of all materials between internal storage locations tracking all using Sage 200 software
• Implement and manage daily rotational stock counts
• Manage full and concise end of year physical stock count of all materials
• Manage stock levels of all fixtures and fittings, replenishing with local suppliers to meet company demand
• Purchasing of PPE, tools, fixings, and other consumables required by installation / production / commissioning departments
• Resolving delivery and invoice discrepancies
  
  

Skills And Experience

• Experience in a similar role
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Builds rapport and can develop strong relationships with partners and internal teams
• Excellent organisational and planning skills
• Results orientated
• Responsible and reliable individual
• Proficient with SAGE or an equivalent warehouse software system
• Able to work effectively as part of team and to nurture co workers
• Highly numerate and creative with numbers, accounts minded
  
  

Please note that we will only contact those candidates that we assess as suitable for the positions we have currently available based on their experience, training, and skills. If we do not have anything suitable, we will not keep your CV for more than 30 days.

As an equal opportunity employer, Bucks and Berks Recruitment is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.