Warehouse Shift Manager

Centric Talent; Westhoughton; On-site; GBP 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmacy service provider in Westhoughton seeks a Warehouse Manager to oversee operations and ensure compliance with MHRA guidelines. You'll lead a team to maximize efficiency and performance, ensuring high standards are met. Strong organisational and leadership skills are essential, along with a proactive attitude towards problem-solving. We encourage candidates with warehouse experience to apply.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing a warehouse distribution environment.
• Excellent organisational, planning, and communication skills.
• Team-focused with experience in leading and coaching teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage coordination of warehouse operations and team leaders.
• Ensure all colleagues receive required training.
• Drive productivity and performance through resource use.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Problem-solving skills

Job description

Overview

Location: Bolton
Shift pattern: 4pm - 12am - Monday to Friday (fixed shift pattern).
Salary: £35,000 per annum.

The Company

Our client offers a friendly and trusted pharmacy service through their network of branches to local communities. They pride themselves on customer service and offering a personalised service to everyone they deal and work with.

Role Description

Management of the warehouse operations ensuring compliance to MHRA GDP guidelines and all other regulatory & legal requirements. To maximise efficiency and productivity through effective deployment of available resources. Building teams and leading colleagues to achieve the highest standards of performance to set KPI's.

Key Responsibilities

• The management and coordination of the warehouse operations and team leaders with the overall goal of achieving the business KPI's & SLA's.
• Ensure that all colleagues receive the required standard of training initial and ongoing, relevant to each role or task.
• Ensuring that individual performance is maintained at a high level through effective leadership, motivation and personal example.
• Drive productivity, accuracy and performance through the effective use of available resources, equipment and systems.
• Through use of excellent communication skills have the ability to present and implement new ideas to drive a continuous improvement culture.
• Controlling all costs and expenditure to set budgets, whilst maximising the performance of the entire operation.
• Ensure compliance with all Health & Safety procedures.
• Deliver regular team briefs and encourage a positive culture.
• Objectives: Ensure that the team are all trained to GDP and that the GDP guidelines are adhered to at all times. Agree and manage a robust thorough QC process for both picked and orders ready for dispatch. Support with recruitment, staff training and monitor performance to ensure key performance indicators are met.
• Liaise with other shifts to ensure smooth daily operation of the whole site.
• Maintain & monitor all relevant equipment required for individual shift, such as scanners, containers etc.
• Ensure adequate resource is available for shift whilst ensuring all holiday entitlement is used to the agreed plan, thus ensuring no build-up of holidays in last calendar month.
• Review and discuss with Quality Department any required changes/updates to SOPs.
• Complete required Change Control forms (as required).
• Complete required Deviation Forms (as required).

Employee Attributes

• Proven experience of managing a warehouse distribution environment.
• Experience of A-Frame Warehouse Picking System would be an advantage but not essential.
• Multi-skilled mentality, willing to learn any job required.
• Enthusiastic and pro-active attitude to the job is a must.
• High level of attention to detail with a 'right first time' approach.

Knowledge, Skills, Experience and Qualification Required

Essential

• Excellent organisational, planning and communication skills to meet strict deadlines.
• Team focused with experience in leading, coaching and managing individuals and teams.
• Decisive and proactive with excellent problem-solving skills.
• Flexibility, commitment and willingness to change working hours to suit the needs of the operation. Responds effectively to unforeseen problems and ability to adapt to resolve.
• Conscientious, reliable, with good attendance and timekeeping standards.

Desirable

• Excellent understanding of working in pharmaceutical warehouse to MHRA GDP guidelines.
• Experience in working with RFD technology.
• Experience in writing and maintaining Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

If you feel your experience is a good match to the role, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today.