Warehouse Manager

British Heart Foundation; East Finchley; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

38 days annual leave

Staff discount

Pension with employer contribution up

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

British Heart Foundation in East Finchley is seeking an experienced Warehouse Manager to lead a store's warehouse team. You will drive stock in and out to support sales, supervise daily operations, and create a safe, productive environment.

This hands-on role is fast-paced and demanding, with weekend and bank holiday shifts on a rota. You will need strong leadership, organisation and a proactive approach to optimize stock flow and customer service.

Qualifications

• Experienced warehouse or stockroom team leader or supervisor in retail, hospitality or similar
• Stock management experience desirable
• Motivated, proactive and commercially driven to lead a team
• Strong organisational and leadership skills
• Thrives in a hands-on, fast-paced environment
• Comfortable with manual work moving large items/stock

Responsibilities

• Lead store warehouse operations and team to ensure stock flows in/out for sales.
• Collaborate with store management to meet key objectives and maintain safety and productivity.
• Be flexible to work across a 7-day rota including weekends and bank holidays.

Skills

Warehouse leadership

Stock management

Team motivation

Organisational skills

Hands-on

Retail/hospitality experience

Job description

Are you an experienced team leader or supervisor in retail or hospitality, looking to progress further into a management role?

We're looking for a Warehouse Manager to join one of our retail home store teams, where your organisational skills and proactive approach will make a crucial contribution to selling our preloved items.

Our Warehouse Manager work alongside the management team to deliver key objectives and ensure that the store drives stock in and out to generate sales. You will react to fast changing situations quickly and positively by creating a safe & productive working environment.

Each day is different in this varied, fast paced and hands on role. Due to the volume of collections, deliveries and donations, it isphysically demanding, yet most rewarding as you play a part in helping to fund life saving research.

Candidate must be fully flexible to work across 7 days per week including Weekends and Bank Holidays.

What are we looking for?

• You will be an experienced warehouse or stockroom team leader or supervisor in retail, hospitality or another customer focused industry
• Desirable but not essential to have stock management experience
• Motivated, proactive and commercially driven to lead a team
• Strong organisational and leadership skills
• Thrives working in a hands on, fast-paced environment
• Results driven, resilient and able to adapt to the needs of the business
• Comfortable with a high level of hands on manual work that involves moving large items/volumes of stock

Our stores are fast-paced and trade 7 days a week. This role requires flexibility to work weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis.

What's important to us?

At the British Heart Foundation (BHF) we offer a huge range of new and used quality furniture, clothing, jewellery and more, available in store and online.

Since 1961, British Heart Foundation has been at the forefront of research that has helped to halve annual deaths from cardiovascular disease in the UK. But our work is needed more than ever.

In addition to raising funds for the BHF, we connect with our local communities and help reduce clothing and furniture waste across the UK. With over 700 stores we make a huge environmental impact by preventing around 70,000 tonnes of unwanted items going to landfill every year. We receive 1.6 million items donated to our home stores and 9.8 million bags of donated items and we will continue to build upon our reuse agenda in the years to come.

Belonging at BHF

We are committed to fostering a workplace where everyone feels valued and supported.Embracing different perspectives and backgrounds strengthens our organisation and empowers us to make a real differencetogether.

Why join the BHF?

We have a strong culture of internal progression and will actively support you to develop your career.

Our generous staff benefits include:

• 38 days annual leave(plus the option to buy and sell leave)
• Holistic support leave of up to 10 additional days off each year
• Enhanced family policies (maternity, paternity and adoption leave)
• Wagestream - early access to wages
• 25% staff discount
• Health cash plan (Dental, Optical, Therapies, etc)
• Access to a 24/7 Virtual GP and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Pension with employer contribution of up to 10%
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts on gym memberships
• Discounts with a wide range of retailers