Warehouse Manager — FMCG, FIFO & Lean Ops Leader

ALPLA INC.; Mansfield; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life assurance

Private medical option

Enhanced Company Pension contributions

Christmas vouchers for you and your ch

Long service awards

Perk box benefits

Job summary

ALPLA UK - Manufacturing in Mansfield (NG18) seeks a Warehouse Manager to oversee day-to-day warehouse operations, ensuring stock accuracy and safe, efficient processing.

You will lead a team, drive lean improvements (Kaizen, 5S, Six Sigma), coordinate with planning, manage health and safety, and maintain high standards of inventory control. This role offers benefits within a global packaging company.

Qualifications

• Proven people management skills, ideally within an FMCG environment.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills
• Effective analytical and problem-solving skills through a solid understanding of Lean techniques and principles (Kaizen,5's, Six Sigma)– Manufacturing Excellence
• Able to meet tight deadlines, ensuring quality is not compromised.
• Able to demonstrate strong, trusting relationship building, and stakeholder management & collaboration both internally and externally
• Working knowledge of PC packages, essentially MS Office suits and bespoke MIS.
• Food Safety Awareness in Manufacturing – desirable, relevant food manufacturing experience,
• Health and Safety awareness ideally NEBOSH/IOSH trained
• Very good time management skills with the ability to set priorities, fulfil critical tasks in time and keep to deadlines
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Ensuring accurate stock management and control across the business
• System accuracy to always ensure high levels of inventory accuracy and purity across warehouse function and outside storage
• Develops systems to ensure FIFO and aged stock reduction
• Management of all human resources related activities
• Takes responsibility for Forklift truck management
• Responsible for the training of all staff
• Work closely with internal planning to ensure accurate flow of product in and out of the business at all times.
• Take responsibility for warehouse Health and Safety working closely with the Health and Safety Manager
• Ensure compliance, industry and legal standards is adhered to across the business unit
• Manage available resource, ensuring day-to-day operational needs are covered.
• Establish and maintain a continuous improvement programme within the warehouse operation
• Month end management, and providing timely accruals for Finance
• Attend regular meetings with key stakeholders

Skills

People management

Interpersonal skills

Lean manufacturing

Time management

Stakeholder management

MS Office

Tools

Bespoke MIS

ERP systems

Job description

ALPLA UK - Manufacturing in Mansfield (NG18) seeks a Warehouse Manager to oversee day-to-day warehouse operations, ensuring stock accuracy and safe, efficient processing.

You will lead a team, drive lean improvements (Kaizen, 5S, Six Sigma), coordinate with planning, manage health and safety, and maintain high standards of inventory control. This role offers benefits within a global packaging company.