Warehouse Team Lead

Phoenix Medical Supplies; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare logistics company in Wakefield is seeking a Warehouse Team Lead to oversee operations at their depot. You will provide leadership and supervision to staff, ensuring the workflow is efficient and safe. Responsibilities include managing staff schedules, motivating team members, and prioritizing warehouse activities. The position offers competitive pay and comprehensive benefits, including paid leave, health programs, and training opportunities.

Benefits

22 days paid annual leave plus bank holidays

Medicash health cash program

Financial wellbeing application (iTrent)

Access to high street discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Contributory Pension Scheme

Accredited training programmes

Qualifications

• Experience in a warehouse environment is essential.
• Strong attention to detail to ensure quality operations.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate, prioritise, and delegate warehouse activities.
• Manage staff hours, sickness, and holidays.
• Motivate and develop staff for maximum productivity.

Skills

Warehouse experience

Attention to detail

Team Player

Communication Skills

Ability to prioritise own workload

Job description

Warehouse Team Lead

Wakefield

39.5 hours, working Monday to Friday 7pm-3am, with 1 in 3 Sundays

£12.98 per hour, plus time based supplements totalling between £13.18-16.23 an hour.

We’re looking for a Team Lead to come join our Wakefield Depot. In this role you will be the link between the supervisors and warehouse staff providing immediate hands‑on leadership and supervision ensuring maximum effort and attention to detail in a safe and tidy environment.

The heart of the role

• Coordinating, prioritising, and delegating warehouse activities.
• Management of staff hours, sickness, holidays to help ensure no detriment to operations.
• To motivate and develop staff to maximize productivity and efficiency.

In this role you will be required to stand and walk for the majority of your shift, as well as needing to be able to lift (products up to 15kg), bend, twist, kneel, and crouch.

What makes you tick

• Warehouse experience.
• Attention to detail.
• Team Player.
• Communication Skills.
• Ability to prioritise own workload.

Our benefits

• 22 days (pro rata) paid annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with length of service
• Medicash- a health cash program to assist with day‑to‑day healthcare costs, such as eyecare or prescriptions
• iTrent Financial Wellbeing - a financial wellbeing application which allows for flexible control of your finances
• Access to High Street discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Accredited Training Programmes available (Education paid for by the company via the Apprenticeship Scheme)

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received

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