Warehouse Ops Chief — Scale, Safety & Performance

DFYNE; Uddingston; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bereavement leave

Casual dress

Company events

Employee discount

Flexitime

Free parking

On-site parking

Sick pay

Unlimited paid holidays

Free on-site gym

Job summary

DFYNE is seeking a Head of Warehouse Operations to lead our warehouse and fulfilment function end to end. You will own safety, stock integrity, operational performance, and team leadership to deliver accuracy, speed, safety, and reliability across all warehouse processes.

You will manage throughput, capacity and labour planning for peak trading periods, drive Lean improvements, optimise the WMS, and lead large multi-functional teams in a high growth environment at the Uddingston facility.

Qualifications

• Operational leadership mindset required for high growth warehouse environments.
• Ability to turn complex warehouse operations into scalable, high-performance processes.
• Experience with safety governance, stock control, and throughput improvements.

Responsibilities

• Own warehouse operations strategy, safety, efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
• Lead daily operations across receiving, put-away, storage, picking, packing, dispatch, returns, and replenishment.
• Manage throughput, capacity and labour planning to meet service levels and peak periods.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation and warehouse regulations.
• Own inventory accuracy, cycle counts, and shrinkage reduction.
• Build and lead high-performance warehouse teams and future leaders.
• Optimise WMS usage, data accuracy, and workflow configuration.
• Drive Lean, 5S, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Commercial and Customer teams to ensure stock flow and delivery performance.
• Oversee equipment, automation, and layout optimisation; deliver operational reporting.
• Maintain audit ready documentation and compliance records.

Skills

Operational strategy

Safety governance

Inventory accuracy

WMS optimisation

Continuous improvement

People leadership

Capacity planning

Tools

WMS

Job description

DFYNE is seeking a Head of Warehouse Operations to lead our warehouse and fulfilment function end to end. You will own safety, stock integrity, operational performance, and team leadership to deliver accuracy, speed, safety, and reliability across all warehouse processes.

You will manage throughput, capacity and labour planning for peak trading periods, drive Lean improvements, optimise the WMS, and lead large multi-functional teams in a high growth environment at the Uddingston facility.