Warehouse Supervisor

DP World; Stanford-le-Hope; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

DP World is seeking an experienced Warehouse Supervisor to join their team in Stanford-le-Hope. This role involves overseeing warehouse operations, ensuring safety compliance, and driving performance improvements while managing a dedicated team. The position offers the chance to contribute to an evolving logistics environment in a permanent capacity.

Benefits

Market-competitive compensation package

Opportunities for personal growth and self-development

Qualifications

• Experience operating warehouse equipment such as pallet trucks and forklifts.
• Familiarity with warehouse systems and a quick learning ability.
• Knowledge of health & safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Supervise warehouse operations for timely handling and dispatch of goods.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards.
• Lead operational functions to enhance service efficiency.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Ability to work independently

Results-oriented

Education

Basic high school education with passes in English and Mathematics

College qualifications beneficial

Tools

Warehouse equipment

Job description

DP World is at the heart of Britain’s trading future, providing the right trading infrastructure, smart logistical solutions, and the benefits of freeport status to our customers. DP World Contract Logistics-Group offers tailored logistics concepts for the automobile, supplier, and consumer goods industries. We support everything from planning to implementation of reliable process chains by understanding all the needs and requirements and making individual solutions possible.

DP World Contract Logistics International UK is part of the globally operating logistics company DP WORLD CONTRACT LOGISTICS Holding Ltd., with around 51,000 employees.

An exciting opportunity has arisen at our DP World Contract Logistics site for an experienced Warehouse Supervisor to join our team in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex. This role is essential to ensuring the smooth operation of warehouse activities from receipt to delivery, while maintaining high standards of safety, quality, and customer satisfaction. You will lead and motivate a team, manage resources, and drive continuous improvement across the operation. This is an on-site position, working Monday through Friday.

Location:DP World Contract Logistics, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex
Hours:40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, this will be a rotating shift pattern between the core hours of 6am and 10pm
Contract:Permanent

How You Will Contribute

• Supervise warehouse teams to ensure accurate and timely handling, picking, and dispatch of goods.
• Ensure all warehouse operations comply with health and safety standards.
• Identify and escalate potential quality issues, including hygiene and damage concerns.
• Lead operational functions and make strong decisions to deliver efficient service.
• Motivate and develop team members through performance management and coaching.
• Monitor and manage KPI targets to ensure cost-effective and service-focused operations.
• Produce and distribute accurate daily and weekly KPI reports.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency.
• Manage resources effectively, including seasonal planning and shift briefings.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and legislative requirements.
• Act as a key point of contact for resolving performance issues or customer complaints.
• Promote a culture of engagement, inclusion, and open communication across the site.

What You Will Bring Qualifications

• Basic high school education with exam passes in English and Mathematics.
• College qualifications beneficial but not essential.

Experience

• Experience operating warehouse equipment such as pallet trucks and forklifts.
• Familiarity with warehouse systems and the ability to learn new tools quickly.
• Knowledge of safe systems of work and health & safety procedures.
• Proven ability to work independently and meet performance targets.
• Experience in conducting disciplinaries and managing absence reporting.
• Background in quality and resource management.

Skills

• Strong communication skills—clear, tactful, and confident across all levels.
• Excellent problem-solving and critical thinking abilities.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
• Results-oriented with a proactive, can-do attitude.
• Strong sense of confidentiality and professionalism.

Compensation

DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market-competitive compensation package.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse, and professional team of more than 111,000 employees from 159 nationalities, spanning 77 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster toward a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses—Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics, and Technology—and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

We're also reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector toward better ways to trade, minimizing disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

DP World is on a mission to transcend boundaries and bridge the gap between all nations and cultures—not just in what we do but also in how we behave.

We are dedicated to creating a culture where everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to reach their full potential. We believe that embracing inclusion and diversity drives innovation and growth and helps us connect people, businesses, and societies. Free minds and different perspectives are changing our world, and together we can change what’s possible.

The DP World family comprises syncreon, Imperial, and P&O.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW
TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE.