Warehouse supervisor

Abbott Laboratories; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a Warehouse Supervisor to lead the Core Diagnostics Spare Parts Depot operations across the UK and Ireland, based in Maidenhead. You will manage a team to ensure safe, compliant, and efficient warehouse activity supporting service and customer operations.

You will drive performance, uphold quality standards, and foster a customer-focused culture while maintaining robust health and safety practices across all shifts and processes.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a warehouse supervisory or team leadership role.
• Strong people management and coaching skills.
• Experience working within regulated or quality-focused environments.
• Excellent organisational and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in warehouse management systems and Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop warehouse team members to achieve operational objectives.
• Establish clear performance expectations and monitor team performance against KPIs.
• Ensure all warehouse activities comply with Abbott quality standards and regulatory requirements.
• Promote a customer-centric culture and resolve operational challenges quickly.
• Champion safety and compliance across warehouse operations and support audits.

Skills

Warehouse leadership

People management

Regulated environments

Organisation & problem solving

Communication skills

WMS & MS Office

Job description

About Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow your career, and help people live healthier lives. With a global presence in over 160 countries, Abbott is committed to delivering life-changing technologies across diagnostics, medical devices, nutrition, and branded generic medicines.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a motivated and experienced Warehouse Supervisor to lead our Core Diagnostics Spare Parts Depot operations across the UK and Ireland. This role is critical in ensuring operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and exceptional customer service delivery. As Warehouse Supervisor, you will lead a team responsible for the safe and efficient management of warehouse activities, supporting our field service and customer operations teams to ensure timely delivery of essential diagnostic equipment components.

What You’ll Do

Leadership & Performance Management

• Lead, coach and develop warehouse team members to achieve operational objectives.
• Establish clear performance expectations and monitor team performance against agreed KPIs.

Operational Excellence

• Ensure all warehouse activities comply with Abbott quality standards and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor inventory movements and warehouse processes to maintain operational efficiency.

Customer Focus

• Promote a customer-centric culture that supports excellent service delivery.
• Work proactively to minimise disruption and resolve operational challenges quickly.

Health, Safety & Compliance

• Champion a culture of safety and compliance across all warehouse operations.
• Ensure all work activities are conducted safely and in accordance with company procedures.
• Support audits, inspections and quality system requirements.

What We’re Looking For

Essential

• Previous experience in a warehouse supervisory or team leadership role.
• Strong people management and coaching skills.
• Experience working within regulated or quality-focused environments.
• Excellent organisational and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency in warehouse management systems and Microsoft Office applications.

Preferred

• Experience within healthcare, diagnostics, medical devices, pharmaceutical or similar industries.
• Knowledge of inventory control and warehouse performance metrics.
• Continuous improvement experience such as Lean or Six Sigma methodologies.

Why Abbott?

• At Abbott, you’ll have access to: Career development and growth opportunities.
• A collaborative and inclusive working environment.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities to make a meaningful impact on healthcare outcomes.
• A company recognised globally as a great place to work.

help us deliver innovative healthcare solutions that improve lives around the world.

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to employee diversity.

The base pay for this position is N/A In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY: Support Services DIVISION: CRLB Core Lab LOCATION: United Kingdom > Maidenhead : Seiko Bay 3 ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS: WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: Yes, 5 % of the Time MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Awkward/forceful/repetitive (arms above shoulder, bent wrists)

Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health.

The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well‑being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges. We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings.

An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.