Warehouse Shift Manager

GXO Logistics; Chorley; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual leave

Dental insurance plans

Company sponsored pension

24/7 online GP service

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

MyBenefits platform discounts

Cycle to work scheme

On-site gym

Dining room

Shop access

Job summary

GXO Logistics in Leyland is seeking a Warehouse Shift Manager to lead and develop warehouse teams supporting Waitrose. You will drive safety, continuous improvement, and ensure tools and processes enable on-time delivery and customer satisfaction.

This full-time, permanent role operates on an 14:00–22:00 shift pattern, with a comprehensive benefits package and pension. Strong leadership and cost-management skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising a large team in a fast-paced warehouse.
• Ability to coordinate across departments and meet contractual obligations.
• Experience reporting KPI and financial information.
• Understanding of cost drivers and budget management.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate the work activities across departments of warehouse colleagues, ensuring a customer-focused approach.
• Coordinate customer requirements, ensuring procedural conformance and satisfaction.
• Carry out timely reporting of performance KPI and financial information, identifying trends.
• Ensure operation meets budgeted targets for export with cost drivers and P&L management.

Skills

Leadership

Team supervision

P&L awareness

Continuous improvement

Safety compliance

WMS knowledge

Tools

Warehouse Management System (WMS)

Job description

Are you a Shift Managerlooking for a new challenge? Maybe you're ready for your next step? Do you enjoy providing guidance to your colleagues, enabling them to develop their skills?

Here at GXO, we are currently recruiting for a Warehouse Shift Manager to join our team in Leyland, supporting our customer, Waitrose. As a Warehouse Shift Manager, y’ll provide leadership and guidance for the warehouse teams across departments, ensuring that they have all the tools they need to do their role and that the operation runs smoothly. You'll be safety focussed and have experience of driving continuous improvement and know your stuff when it comes to warehouse management systems

This is a full time, permanent position, working an any 5 from 7 shift pattern of 14:00 till 22:00.

Pay, benefits and more:

We're looking to offer a salary of up to £48,000.00 per annum (inclusive of shift allowance). In addition, we also offer 33 days annual leave (inclusive of 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. In addition, you'll also have access to a subsidised, on-site gym, colleague dining room and shop!

What you'll do on a typical day:

• Manage and coordinate the work activities across the departments of warehouse colleagues, whilst ensuring a customer focused approach with a responsive nature to customer requirements
• Co-ordinate customer requirements, ensuring procedural conformance, customer satisfaction and that contractual obligations are met
• Carry out the timely reporting of performance KPI and financial information, identifying trends and acting on areas for development
• Ensure the operation meets or exceeds budgeted targets set up for export operation with the use of key operational cost drivers and P&L management

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Previous experience supervising or managing a large team in a complex,
  fast-paced warehouse environment
• An understanding of key operational cost drivers and P&L or cost centre
  management, health & safety and continuous improvement
• Excellent team leadership skills with the ability to develop and coach
  teams to ensure excellent performance
• The ability to perform under pressure, efficiently managing conflicting priorities whilst keeping a level head

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.GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.