Warehouse Supervisor

Wiltshire Scrapstore & Resource Centre Ltd; Lacock; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Wiltshire Scrapstore & Resource Centre Ltd in Lacock, Wiltshire, is seeking a Warehouse Supervisor to lead stock handling and ensure smooth daily operations in a busy charity.

You will work both as part of a team and independently, delivering and collecting materials, while maintaining a safe, productive environment and supporting volunteers and donors. A full driving licence is required for vehicle use.

Qualifications

• Experience as a warehouse or stockroom team leader/supervisor.
• Stock management experience helpful but not essential.
• Motivated, proactive and able to lead others.
• Good organisational and communication skills.
• Experience working with volunteers is a bonus.
• Full driving licence required; over 25 and 2+ years for insurance.

Responsibilities

• Oversee stock in/out and ensure areas have what they need.
• Create a safe and productive working environment.
• Work as part of a team and lone working when delivering or collecting materials.
• Handle high volumes of collections, deliveries and donations.

Skills

Warehouse supervision

Stock management

Team leadership

Interpersonal skills

Volunteer coordination

Microsoft Office

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Are you an experienced team leader or supervisor, looking for a new challenge?

We're looking for a Warehouse Supervisor to join our wonderful charity based in Lacock, Wiltshire, where your organisational skills and proactive approach will make a crucial contribution to selling our donated items.

Helping the Scrapstore with stock in and out and ensuring all areas have what they need. 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 continue our environmental and charitable impacts.

Working as part of a team but also lone working, especially when delivering or collecting materials.

Pay: from £13.28 per hour

Hours: minimum 20 hours per week + paid overtime

What are we looking for?

• Ideally, you’ll bring experience as a warehouse or stockroom team leader or supervisor
• Stock management experience would be helpful, but is not essential
• Motivated, proactive and happy to work as part of a team or independently
• Good organisational skills and a supportive approach to leading others
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience working with volunteers would be a bonus, but is not essential
• Confident working with members of the public, and the ability to maintain good relationships with other Scrapstores and our suppliers
• Comfortable working in a practical, hands-on environment where priorities can change
• Flexible and able to adapt to the needs of the organisation
• Comfortable with regular hands-on manual work, including moving larger items and volumes of stock
• Due to the nature of the job, a full driving license is required. To use company vehicles, applicants must be over 25 years of age and have held a full driving licence for a minimum of 2 years for insurance purposes.
• Confidence using Microsoft tools is beneficial

Who are we?

Wiltshire Scrapstore is an award winning environmental and community charity (charity no. 1077193) situated on the outskirts of Lacock. We collect resources that would otherwise go to landfill and then are repurposed for creative activities and projects of all kinds, from arts and crafts to DIY across the county and beyond!

Wiltshire Scrapstore headquarters can be found at Bowden Hill, Lacock, and we also have a social enterprise shop, Barty’s Little Eco Shop, in Lacock village itself.

At Wiltshire Scrapstore, we love the challenge of giving waste materials a second life.

Successful applicants will be appointed subject to satisfactory DBS checks and references.