Warehouse First Line Manager

GXO Logistics, Inc.; Leeds; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Medical & dental

Online GP

Life assurance

Employee assistance

Discounts platform

Cycle to work

Saving scheme

Job summary

GXO Logistics, Inc. in Leeds is seeking an experienced Warehouse First Line Manager to lead frontline teams across fixed and rotating shifts, drive safety, operational excellence and people development in a fast-paced distribution environment.

You will manage daily warehouse activities, monitor performance against KPIs, support continuous improvement projects, and ensure customer expectations are exceeded. This permanent role offers a salary up to £31,000 per year, 33 days’ annual leave, and a

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a warehouse, logistics or supply chain leadership role.
• Strong people management skills with the ability to motivate and engage teams.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities.
• A proactive approach to driving performance and meeting operational objectives.
• Commitment to delivering high standards of safety, quality and customer service.

Responsibilities

• Lead, motivate and develop warehouse teams to achieve operational KPIs and service targets.
• Drive a strong health & safety culture through visible leadership and compliance with safe systems of work.
• Manage daily warehouse activities, ensuring resources are effectively deployed to meet customer requirements.
• Monitor team performance, attendance and productivity, taking appropriate action where required.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives and operational projects across the site.

Skills

People management

Warehouse leadership

Operational KPIs

Job description

Are you an inspiring leader who thrives in a fast-paced warehouse environment? Do you have a passion for driving performance, developing people, and delivering outstanding operational results? Ready to take the next step in your logistics career with one of the world's leading supply chain providers? If so, we would love to hear from you.

Here at GXO, we’re recruiting Warehouse First Line Managers across a variety of shifts to support our Nutmeg operation in Leeds. This is a fantastic opportunity for experienced warehouse leaders who are passionate about safety, operational excellence, and team development. You'll play a key role in delivering productivity, quality, and service targets while creating a positive and engaging culture for your teams. Working closely with operational leadership, you'll be responsible for leading frontline colleagues, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring customer expectations are exceeded every day.

These are full time, permanent positions:

Sunday to Thursday fixed nights 22:00 to 06:00

Tuesday to Saturday rotating shift pattern 06:00 to 14:00 and 14:00 to 22:00

Friday to Monday rotating shift pattern 06:00 to 14:00 and 14:00 to 22:00

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £31,000.00 per annum, and 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical & dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more!

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Lead, motivate and develop warehouse teams to achieve operational KPIs and service targets
• Drive a strong health & safety culture through visible leadership and compliance with safe systems of work
• Manage daily warehouse activities, ensuring resources are effectively deployed to meet customer requirements
• Monitor team performance, attendance and productivity, taking appropriate action where required
• S upport continuous improvement initiatives and operational projects across the site

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Previous experience in a warehouse, logistics or supply chain leadership role
• S trong people management skills with the ability to motivate and engage teams
• Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities
• A proactive approach to driving performance and meeting operational objectives
• Commitment to delivering high standards of safety, quality and customer service

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work.GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.