Warehouse Supervisor

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Walsall; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A global industrial firm based in Walsall seeks a Warehouse Supervisor to lead a team of up to 20 operatives in managing essential operations. The role requires leadership skills and experience with MRP systems like NAVISION or SAP. Key responsibilities include overseeing inventory accuracy, ensuring operational standards, and providing people management. The position offers a salary of up to £38,000 depending on experience, with additional benefits such as pension and health consultations.

Benefits

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to a Digital GP

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for reservists

Holiday Trading option

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering work

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing individuals and small teams.
• Ability to work dynamically and multi-task effectively.
• Strong communication skills for challenging conversations.

Responsibilities

• Lead, support and develop a team of warehouse operatives.
• Oversee effective storage and inventory accuracy.
• Manage warehouse processes to meet operational standards.

Skills

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

MRP systems (NAVISION or SAP)

Leadership

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Job description

Warehouse Supervisor

Location: Walsall, West Midlands, WS2 8LD
Onsite or Hybrid: OnSite

Job Title: Warehouse Supervisor

Compensation: Up to £38,000 Depending on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF69910

Lead a Team That Keeps Critical Operations Moving

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Warehouse Supervisor at our Walsall site, near Wolverhampton, West Midlands.

The role

As a Warehouse Supervisor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll take ownership of warehouse operations and lead a dedicated team of up to 20, working alongside another supervisor at the heart of our supply chain. Your leadership will ensure that essential equipment and materials are stored, managed and delivered safely and efficiently, supporting vital defence, aerospace and engineering programmes across the UK.

Day‑to‑day you’ll be required to:

• Lead, support and develop a team of warehouse operatives to deliver safe, efficient daily operations.
• Oversee effective storage, stock control and inventory accuracy across the warehouse.
• Manage warehouse processes, ensuring they meet safety, quality and operational standards.
• Provide first‑line people management, including coaching, performance management and employee relations.
• Ensure the team has the resources, tools and processes needed to deliver excellent results.

Please note that this position involves manual work. This could include lifting, bending, using tools or standing for extended periods of time.

This is a full‑time position, 39 hours per week, based onsite at our Walsall site.

Working pattern: Monday–Thursday 7am–4pm, Friday 7am–12pm. Overtime opportunities available.

Essential experience of the Warehouse Supervisor:

• Confident user of Microsoft Office, Outlook, SharePoint and MRP systems such as NAVISION or SAP.
• Proven experience managing individuals and small teams.
• Ability to work dynamically, meet deadlines and multi‑task effectively.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to challenge and hold difficult conversations where needed.
• Capability to analyse information and make sound, rational decisions.

Qualifications for the Warehouse Supervisor:

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) and NPPV security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance.
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+.
• Employee shopping savings portal.
• Payment of Professional Fees.
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave.
• Holiday Trading allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you’ll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we’re building a future that lasts — not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work‑life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.