Warehouse Shift Supervisor

Culina Group; Heywood; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading distribution service provider is seeking a Warehouse Shift Supervisor for their Heywood site. The successful candidate will manage the warehouse team, ensure health and safety compliance, and support daily operations. A strong attention to detail and good communication skills are essential. This role offers a salary of £33,000 to £35,000 per annum with various benefits including annual leave and a pension scheme.

Benefits

20 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Eye Care Vouchers

Reward & Recognition programs

Everyday discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in a packing or e-commerce operation is advantageous.
• Able to demonstrate a high level of detail.
• Effectively prioritise workload to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Support the Shift Operations Manager in warehouse operations.
• Ensure Health & Safety is prioritized.
• Manage and motivate the shift team to exceed service KPIs.

Skills

High level of attention to detail

Good oral and written communication skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Ability to work under pressure

PC Literate in MS Word, Excel, and Outlook

Tools

WMS systems knowledge

Job description

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.

We are now recruiting for a Warehouse Shift Supervisor for our site in Great Bear Heywood.

Job Description

Shift: 4ON 4OFF Nights - 18:00pm-06:00am.

Salary: £33,000 per annum - £35,000 per annum.

As a Shift Supervisor you will contribute to the success of the site by supporting the Shift 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.

Key Accountabilities

• Responsible for ensuring that Health & Safety is ‘No1 on the agenda’ aligned with the overall site and business goals and guidelines.
• Manage and motivate the shift team in order to ensure that productivity and service KPI’s are achieved or exceeded.
• 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.
• 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.
• Labor 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.
• Support Shift Operations Manager in any all aspects of the operation
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement
• Employee Engagement

Qualifications

• Able to demonstrate a high level of attention to detail.
• Should have good oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal, conciliation skills
• Ability to work efficiently and accurately under pressure.
• Effectively prioritise work load in order to meet set deadlines.
• Working knowledge of WMS systems would be useful but not essential.
• Experience in a packing, or e-commerce operation would be advantageous.
• Able to demonstrate a high level of detail
• PC Literate in MS Word, Excel and Outlook

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Benefits

• Annual Leave– 20 days inclusive of the bank holidays.
• Pension scheme – We want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirement so we offer a great contribution of 4% employee and 4% employer.
• Life Assurance- x2 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!