Warehouse Manager (FTC)

GXO Logistics; Stowmarket; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Warehouse Manager to lead the final phase of warehouse operations. This temporary role involves overseeing daily activities, ensuring compliance, and driving efficiency as the site transitions to closure. The ideal candidate will possess strong warehouse management experience, commercial awareness, and the ability to lead a performance-driven team. With a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, this opportunity offers a chance to make a significant impact during a critical time. Join a dynamic team focused on delivering exceptional supply chain solutions.

Benefits

Flexible Dental Insurance Plans

Company Sponsored Pension Scheme

24/7 Online GP Service

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

High Street Discounts

Cycle to Work Scheme

Cashback Cards

Saving Scheme

Qualifications

• Previous experience in warehouse management, ideally in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong financial and commercial awareness, including budgeting.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day warehouse operations during closure.
• Ensure compliance with legal and operational standards.
• Manage costs, KPIs, and operational statistics within budget.

Skills

Warehouse Management

Commercial Awareness

Financial Awareness

IOSH Certification

Reporting Skills

Decision Making

Job description

Are you looking for a short-term leadership role? Do you have experience managing warehouse operations and driving efficiency? Lead the final phase of our site’s operations, ensuring a smooth and structured closure!

We are currently recruiting for a Warehouse Manager to lead our team at our AkzoNobel site in Stowmarket. As the warehouse transitions to closure, you’ll oversee day-to-day operations, ensuring efficiency, safety, and compliance. With strategic management of colleagues, equipment, and tasks, you’ll maintain high performance in key areas such as health and safety, workforce productivity, commercial effectiveness, and KPI achievement, driving results through to the final stage of operations.

This role is being offered on a temporary, fixed-term contract ending November 2025.

Working Monday – Friday between the hours of 08:00 – 17:00, you will be ensuring the smooth running of the warehouse operation, providing ongoing support and development to keep in line with the agreed budget and service targets.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £45,000.00 per annum (dependant on experience) and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes flexible dental insurance plans, a company sponsored pension scheme, 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:

• Overall responsibility for the Warehouse function, whilst managing and leading a performance driven team
• Management of legal and operational compliance for the department
• Management, control and reporting of all costs, KPIs and operational statistics within budget
• Effective communication with the customer and internal colleagues
• Workforce planning and effective resourcing to cope with picking volumes
• Challenge current practices through the implementation of continuous improvement initiatives to improve efficiencies and effectively manage costs

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Previous warehouse management experience, ideally from working in a similar fast-moving and customer-focused environment
• Commercial and financial awareness, including budgeting
• IOSH
• Ability to work to strict deadlines, be able to prioritise and make decisions under pressure
• Reporting and presenting skills

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.

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