Warehouse Shift Manager

Culina Group; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics provider is seeking a Warehouse Shift Manager in Chesterfield. Responsibilities include managing day-to-day operations, leading a large team, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and driving continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in warehouse management and strong people management skills. This role offers competitive benefits including a pension scheme and private medical cover.

Benefits

Competitive holiday entitlement

Company pension scheme

Company Bonus

Private Medical Cover

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Eye Care Vouchers

Employee rewards and recognition

Retailer discounts

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a management position within Warehouse Operations.
• Experience in managing and motivating a large team.
• Understanding of HR processes related to people management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate a team of Team Leaders and General Warehouse Operatives.
• Manage attendance, performance, productivity, and accuracy levels.
• Ensure orders are picked and unloaded in line with specifications.
• Conduct daily inspections for compliance with policies.

Skills

People Management

Health and Safety knowledge

Excellent communication skills

PC literacy including MS packages

Ability to work under pressure

Job description

Overview

Great Bear (Part of the Culina Group) provides distribution services to FMCG clients. Customer centric service focus is delivered through a site-level empowered culture.

At Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive… A place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired!

Joining the team as a Warehouse Shift Manager, you will be responsible for proactively managing the day to day aspects of the operation whilst focusing on delivering consistent performance. You will also work alongside the Senior Shift Manager and Depot Manager to fine tune the current operation as well as manage and motivate the large team of employees.

Working hours: 4 on 4 off nights, 18:00-06:00

Responsibilities

• Leading and motivating a team of Team Leaders and General Warehouse Operatives in their daily workload.
• Managing team attendance, performance, productivity and accuracy levels.
• Ensuring that orders are picked, marshalled, unloaded and loaded in line with customer specifications.
• Carrying out daily inspections to ensure full compliance with policies and procedures, and KPI’s are being achieved.
• Driving continuous improvement within the warehouse and implementing plans to consistently improve the performance.
• Maintaining a good working knowledge of warehouse operational areas including returns, inventory control, co-pack, delivery schedules along with Health & Safety procedures.
• Communicating effectively regularly with staff, customers and other areas of the business to maintain and develop positive relationships.
• Controlling labour costs whilst ensuring a flow of work is maintained throughout the warehouse without any disruption to the business.
• Completing and carrying out Personal Development Plans for all members of the team.

Qualifications

• Proven experience within a similar management position within Warehouse Operations.
• People Management experience - Manage, motivate and support a large team.
• Understanding and experience with HR processes in relation to people management.
• Knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety.
• Ability to work efficiently and accurately under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build effective relationships.
• PC literate including good working knowledge of MS packages and WMS.

Benefits

• Annual Leave - Competitive holiday entitlement of 20 days inclusive of bank holidays.
• Pension scheme - We want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirement so we offer a great contribution of 5% employee and 8% employer.
• Company Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When we achieve our goals you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.
• Private Medical Cover – This gives you peace of mind, you have choice, flexibility and speed of access to the most clinically appropriate care via Bupa.
• Life Assurance - x 4 your annual salary.
• Wellness – Via our Employee Assistance Programme we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
• Eye Care Vouchers – We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses.
• Reward & Recognition – We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the month and year, special recognition and long service awards.
• Everyday discounts - Via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!

If you meet the requirements for the above role and are looking for your next career opportunity please apply now and become a part of our #WinningTeam!