Warehouse Supervisor

British Heart Foundation; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity organization in Edinburgh is looking for a Warehouse Supervisor to lead a team in managing stock for their retail home store. This rewarding role requires strong organisational and leadership skills, with a focus on creating a safe and productive environment. Candidates should have experience in team leadership within retail, hospitality, or customer-focused sectors. The position offers flexible working hours and a generous benefits package, including 38 days of annual leave and an employee assistance program.

Benefits

38 days annual leave

Health cash plan

Pension with employer contribution

Wagestream - early access to wages

25% staff discount

Qualifications

• Experience as a warehouse or stockroom team leader or supervisor in retail or hospitality.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, hands-on environment.
• Strong leadership skills and results-driven mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team in the warehouse to meet stock objectives.
• Ensure a safe and productive working environment.
• React quickly to changing situations in a retail setting.

Skills

Team leadership

Organisational skills

Ability to work under pressure

Motivated and proactive

Customer focus

Job description

The opportunity

Are you an experienced team leader or supervisor in retail or hospitality, looking to progress further into a management role?

We're looking for a Warehouse Supervisor to join one of our retail home store teams in Edinburgh (EH11 2BA), where your organisational skills and proactive approach will make a crucial contribution to selling our preloved items.

Our Warehouse Supervisors work alongside the management team to deliver key objectives and ensure that the store drives stock in and out to generate sales. You will react to fast changing situations quickly and positively by creating a safe & productive working environment.

Each day is different in this varied, fast paced and hands on role. Due to the volume of collections, deliveries and donations, it is physically demanding, yet most rewarding as you play a part in helping to fund life saving research.

What are we looking for?

• You will be an experienced warehouse or stockroom team leader or supervisor in retail, hospitality or another customer focused industry
• Desirable but not essential to have stock management experience
• Motivated, proactive and commercially driven to lead a team
• Strong organisational and leadership skills
• Thrives working in a hands on, fast-paced environment
• Results driven, resilient and able to adapt to the needs of the business

Our stores are fast-paced and trade 7 days a week. This role requires flexibility to work weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis.

What’s important to us?

At the British Heart Foundation (BHF) we offer a huge range of new and used quality furniture, clothing, jewellery and more, available in store and online.

Since 1961, British Heart Foundation has been at the forefront of research that has helped to halve annual deaths from cardiovascular disease in the UK. But our work is needed more than ever.

In addition to raising funds for the BHF, we connect with our local communities and help reduce clothing and furniture waste across the UK. With over 700 stores we make a huge environmental impact by preventing around 70,000 tonnes of unwanted items going to landfill every year. We receive 1.6 million items donated to our home stores and 9.8 million bags of donated items and we will continue to build upon our reuse agenda in the years to come.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.

Why join the BHF?

We have a strong culture of internal progression and will actively support you to develop your career.

Our generous staff benefits include :

• 38 days annual leave (plus the option to buy and sell leave)
• Holistic support leave of up to 10 additional days off each year
• Enhanced family policies (maternity, paternity and adoption leave)
• Wagestream - early access to wages
• 25% staff discount
• Health cash plan (Dental, Optical, Therapies, etc)
• Access to a 24/7 Virtual GP and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Pension with employer contribution of up to 10%
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounts on gym memberships
• Discounts with a wide range of retailers

Ready to apply?

To apply, please follow these simple steps:

Click the “Apply” button below.

You'll be seamlessly redirected to the BHF Careers page.

Complete the application form, submit your CV and upload your employment history.

What do I need to know?

DBS Check: Any offer of employment is subject to a satisfactory DBS check.

Inclusivity Matters: We’re committed to fairness and consistency. As part of this commitment, we use anonymous CV software during the application process.

Act Swiftly: Early applications are encouraged. We’ll be reviewing submissions throughout the advertising period and may close the advert early.

Sponsorship: Please note that we are unlikely to be able to sponsor applicants in respect of this role due to the role not meeting the minimum salary criteria to be eligible for sponsorship.