Warehouse Supervisor

Whistl Uk Ltd; Market Harborough; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days' annual leave

Company Pension

Long service rewards

Health cash plan

Life assurance scheme

Critical Illness cover

Employee Assistance Programme

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Whistl is seeking a Warehouse Supervisor at our Lutterworth Depot to lead a busy shift, supervising a team of operatives and ensuring accurate, on-time and safe warehouse operations.

The successful candidate will be highly organised, hands-on and capable of coordinating resources to meet volume, quality and efficiency targets while complying with safety and regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Resource and process planning to meet volume and throughput
• Leading and supervising a warehouse team to ensure targets
• Onboarding and coaching new team members
• Adherence to safety, health, and regulatory standards
• Collaborating with depot management to improve efficiency

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of warehouse operatives and coordinate daily activities.
• Maintain safety, quality and productivity targets across the shift.
• Liaise with depot management and internal/external customers as needed.

Skills

Resource and Process Management

Team Management

Training

Compliance

Communication

Job description

About the Role

Are you an experienced Warehouse Supervisor looking for your next opportunity?

We're recruiting at our Lutterworth Depot for a motivated leader who thrives in fast-paced environments, excels at multitasking, and is committed to delivering excellence.

At Whistl, you'll be part of a dynamic workplace where your skills and experience will make a real impact.

We welcome applications from experienced Warehouse Supervisors, Team Leaders, and warehouse professionals who have a proven track record of leading teams in a fast-paced distribution, logistics, or warehousing environment.

The ideal candidate will be highly organised, hands-on, and confident in coordinating daily warehouse operations to ensure productivity, accuracy, and safety targets are consistently achieved.

Job Opportunity

The purpose of this role is to supervise a team of warehouse operatives and coordinate all activities that take place in the warehouse to ensure consistent achievement of volume, quality, and efficiency targets. This ensures that Whistl continues to deliver the highest quality, most cost-effective offering for its customers across all products.

Essential Skills

This Warehouse Supervisor role will involve:

• Resource and Process Management: Plan resource allocation according to volume and throughput, and manage the unloading and loading of deliveries to meet the Service Level Agreements. Communicate with internal and external customers to ensure they are kept up-to-date and informed on operational activities.
• Team Management: Brief and debrief team members and colleagues daily, coordinate team activities, delegate and prioritise work, and manage staff attendance, conduct, and performance in line with company policies and procedures. Deputise for the shift manager during periods of absence.
• Training: Train team members during induction to support the personal development and/or performance improvement of the team.
• Compliance: Adhere to, maintain, develop, and regularly update all warehouse standard operating procedures in liaison with the depot management team. Ensure compliance with all internal and external regulatory requirements, including (but not limited to) Safety, Health, and Environment regulations, Carriage of Dangerous Goods regulations, Data Protection, and Information Security regulations.
• Communication: Assist in developing a strong team culture by building effective relationships with colleagues from around the business and sharing information to maximise efficiency.

Additional Information:

40 hours per week, any 5 over 7 (Sunday to Thursday) 14:00- 10 pm

About Company

About Us

We are the UK's leading delivery management company providing efficient, high-quality and competitively priced services across Business Mail, Parcels, Fulfilment and Doordrop Media both in the UK and internationally. We process more than 10 million items daily and are the market leaders in Downstream Access Mail (DSA) services, handling over 50% of bulk business mail in the UK.

We are in the top 100 privately owned companies with 23 locations across the UK. Our success is down to our people and the values we all follow to deliver excellence to our customers.

We think as part of a team, act with a can-do attitude and do the right thing.

Following these simple values has resulted in our people delivering and exceeding both our business and personal development goals.

We are a 'family' of uniquely different people with strengths in the areas we work in and always have the opportunity to be curious to enhance ourselves.

We are a disability confident employer and embrace Well Being, EDI and ESG to make ourselves and our environment the best it can be.

Benefits

• 23 days' annual leave
• Company Pension
• Long service rewards: both financial and leave-based.
• Health cash plan.
• Life assurance scheme.
• Critical Illness cover
• Access to our prestige benefits and rewards portal.
• Career development opportunities.
• Access to a well-established Employee Assistance Programme provider.
• And other excellent benefits you'd expect from a market leader.