Warehouse Shift Manager

Northampton Business Directory; Northampton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Warehouse Shift Manager to oversee warehouse operations and ensure high standards of health and safety compliance. The successful candidate will manage a shift team, focusing on productivity, quality, and team development. This role involves a proactive approach to operations, ensuring that all company policies are adhered to and that team members are supported in their professional growth.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing warehouse operations.
• Strong knowledge of health and safety regulations.
• Ability to motivate and develop team members.

Responsibilities

• Manage and motivate the shift team to achieve productivity and service KPIs.
• Ensure health, safety, and hygiene standards are maintained.
• Monitor attendance and conduct performance reviews.

Skills

Health & Safety Management

Team Leadership

Performance Monitoring

Job description

Job Description

The Warehouse Shift Manager you will contribute to the success of the site by supporting the Operations Manager in the day-to-day running of the warehouse, ensuring all aspects of Health & Safety within the Warehouse are maintained and product is picked and dispatched to the highest standard in order to meet contractual KPI’s.

Working hours: Monday to Friday, 14.00-22.00

Key Duties of a Warehouse Shift Manager:

• Manage and motivate the shift team in order to ensure that productivity and service KPI’s are achieved or exceeded.
• Ensure the highest possible levels of health, safety and hygiene are upheld so that legislative and quality requirements can be complied with, ensuring relevant paperwork is completed and retained.
• Ensuring the highest levels of Quality and compliance are maintained and that the site operates to the Audit standard required.
• Deliver communication briefings so that all shifts are aware of all Company and local issues and employees are able to offer input / improvements and feel involved.
• Manage Goods Inwards area to ensure that receipts are made quickly and without damaging goods so that stock is available to satisfy orders.
• Develop all team members so that their contributions to the Warehouse can be maximised and succession plan.
• Carry out disciplinary / grievance interviews and investigations in line with Company procedure.
• Monitor and control sickness absence levels in line with Company policy and carry out return to work interviews effectively and efficiently.
• Monitor and control time and attendance system.
• To offer regular feedback, formal and informal, on team and individual performance, including behavioural issues and highlighting good performance and areas for further development.
• Man power planning, by ensuring the appropriate levels of overtime and agency workers to efficiently and cost effectively run the shift.
• Enforce and adhere all Company policies and procedures.
• Monitor and control training for teams, ensuring the correct amount of health & safety representation on shift, i.e. First Aiders, Fire Marshalls etc.
• Support Management in any ad-hoc duties within the Warehouse function.