Warehouse Manager

SF Recruitment; England; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Warehouse Manager for a full-time, permanent position in Thurmaston, Leicester. The role involves leading a small warehouse team, managing stock operations, and ensuring timely fulfillment of customer orders. The ideal candidate has strong warehouse management experience, leadership skills, and an FLT Licence. This leadership position requires strong communication abilities and a proactive approach in overseeing day-to-day activities.

Qualifications

• Strong background in warehouse management and team leadership required.
• Ability to motivate and develop teams, dedicated to achieving results.
• FLT Licence is essential for the role.

Responsibilities

• Prioritise daily and weekly tasks of warehouse team.
• Supervise team members to ensure customer orders are fulfilled.
• Plan and organise warehouse activities including stock management.

Skills

Warehouse management

Team leadership

Organisational skills

Time management

FLT Licence

Stock Management

Communication

Driving licence

Manufacturing experience

Job description

Warehouse Manager

Contract: Full Time, Permanent, Location: Thurmaston, Leicester, Hours: Monday to Friday (08:30am - 17:00pm), Salary: GBP35,000 - GBP40,000

Responsibilities

• Prioritise daily and weekly tasks of a small warehouse team, from build to order, picking and packing, unloading deliveries and managing stock locations.
• ‘Hands on’ role working ‘on the floor’ supervising a team of pickers and packers to accurately ensure customer orders are fulfilled.
• Manage the Trade Counter, delegate appropriate tasks and ensure customers are dealt with in a friendly professional manner.
• Plan and organise warehouse activities such as unloading deliveries, stock locations, stock takes and stock management.
• Manage the performance of Team members, monitoring and reporting KPI’s.
• Communicate with Purchasing and Sales Departments regarding stock discrepancies, dispatches, goods in and product build lead times.
• Support the Operations Director with aspects of warehouse management including health and safety, building facility, fleet and forklift management.

Qualifications & Skills

• Strong background in warehouse management and team leadership.
• Leading by example attitude.
• Ability to motivate and develop teams, dedicated to achieve results.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, ability to make quick decisions and prioritise tasks depending on workloads.
• Proactive drive business and team forward, not sit back and let it happen.
• FLT Licence essential.
• Strong IT skills and Stock Management skills.
• Strong effective communicator, both written and spoken.
• Positive solution driven attitude.
• Clean driving licence.
• Experience in Manufacturing/light industrial beneficial.

If you believe you have the right skills and experience for this Warehouse Manager opportunity, please apply now with a copy of your updated CV. Interviews will be taking place this week, so please get in touch ASAP!