Warehouse Operations Leader: Drive Productivity & Change

Strive Supply Chain; Worcester; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Strive Supply Chain is recruiting a Warehouse Operations Manager for its Worcester site. You will lead day-to-day warehouse activity, driving continuous improvement across people, processes and systems while ensuring safety, service and cost targets are met.

Reporting to the General Manager, you will oversee ~120 FTEs, develop an improvement roadmap, lead Shift Managers and Supervisors, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to sustain end-to-end service levels.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading a sizeable FMCG warehouse operation.
• Track record of delivering daily targets while leading sustainable improvements.
• Experience with continuous improvement methodologies (Lean/Six Sigma advantageous).

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of day-to-day warehouse activity and meet targets for safety, service, quality, cost and productivity.
• Build and maintain a practical improvement roadmap using data and frontline insight.
• Lead, coach and develop Shift Managers, Supervisors and colleagues with accountability.
• Establish a disciplined operating rhythm: daily reviews, KPI analysis and action tracking.
• Review inbound, storage, picking and despatch processes to improve flow and stock accuracy.
• Manage labour and costs within budgets and track improvement benefits.
• Embed standard operating procedures and sustain improvements across shifts.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety and company standards.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical capability

Change leadership

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Tools

Lean

Six Sigma

Job description

Strive Supply Chain is recruiting a Warehouse Operations Manager for its Worcester site. You will lead day-to-day warehouse activity, driving continuous improvement across people, processes and systems while ensuring safety, service and cost targets are met.

Reporting to the General Manager, you will oversee ~120 FTEs, develop an improvement roadmap, lead Shift Managers and Supervisors, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to sustain end-to-end service levels.