Warehouse Team Lead (Evening/Night Shift)

FHLB Des Moines; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave

Service Leave

Wellbeing Day

Service Recognition

Learning & Development

STAR Award

Colleague Sysco Discount

Lifestyle Savings Platform

Job summary

Sysco Belfast is seeking a proactive Warehouse Team Lead to supervise a section of the night shift in our new facility. You will lead order selectors and other warehouse staff, ensuring accuracy, safety, and on-time departures.

You will coach colleagues, monitor performance, and implement continuous improvements to keep Sysco at the forefront of foodservice logistics in Northern Ireland.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in Warehouse Management or supervisory role is essential.
• Excellent knowledge of warehouse procedures.
• Experience in FMCG environment.
• Fully flexible in relation to start and finish times to meet the needs of the business.
• Excellent timekeeping and attendance.
• Exceptional communication and team-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Direct supervision of warehouse staff during the evening/night shift.
• Schedule and supervise operational activities to achieve goals.
• Monitor production, overtime, absences, tardiness, and related metrics.
• Provide coaching, training and corrective action to staff.
• Ensure HACCP and company standards are maintained.
• Maintain accurate records and complete reports.

Skills

Warehouse leadership

Supervisory experience

Communication skills

Time management

Flexibility

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Join Our Team at Sysco – Exciting Opportunities Await At Sysco, our success is powered by passionate, dedicated people who go above and beyond to deliver every day. We deliver opportunities to our colleagues ensuring that we can all thrive in work and beyond. We deliver the potential of food and drink to our customers, supporting thousands of cafes, restaurants and bars to thrive every day. We deliver new thinking, technology and talent to our industry. We deliver support and commitment to our communities, making a lasting impact.

Be Part of Something Big – Sysco’s New Chapter in Northern Ireland We have expanded our presence in Northern Ireland with the opening of our brand-new, state-of-the-art “Sysco Belfast” facility at Nutts Corner, Co. Antrim. This is a transformational step for our business in Northern Ireland, bringing enhanced capacity, efficiency, and career growth opportunities. We are looking for talented individuals to join us on this exciting journey.

Join Us and Grow Your Career

We are seeking passionate, ambitious, and driven individuals who want to be part of a team shaping the future of foodservice across the island of Ireland. Whether you are an experienced professional or looking for your next challenge, now is the perfect time to join us. We’re looking for a Warehouse Team Lead on the Evening/Night Shift in our brand new state of the art Belfast facility. This role will play a key part in the overall growth of the organisation along with helping to maintain our core ethos here are Sysco – keeping the customer at the heart of everything we do.

Summary:

This is a supervisory position responsible for the operational and personnel activities of an assigned area of the warehouse; supervising a section of the warehouse, providing leadership and direction in order to achieve organisational goals. The successful candidate will have experience of leading and building teams to drive best in class performance, accuracy and engagement. You will also be responsible for supporting our vision to being our customers most valued and trusted business partner.

Key Accountabilities:

• Direct supervision of order selectors, loaders, forklifts, and/or other warehouse employees.
• Perform functional supervision including scheduling and making recommendations.
• Direct supervision of order selectors, loaders, forklifts, and/or other warehouse employees.
• Monitor and control production, overtime, absences, tardiness, truck shorts, etc. within established limits.
• Counsel, advise, and instruct warehouse employees in related policies, procedures, safety training and productivity.
• Conduct regular coaching and counselling with warehouse employees towards the overall objective of meeting or exceeding jointly established performance goals and related activities.
• Supervise correct selecting of product, loading of trailers and proper handling of outgoing product for on-time departure of trucks.
• Train employees and demonstrate employee duties Conduct staff meetings and training sessions for employees.
• Responsible for keeping the warehouse clean and orderly in compliance with HACCP and Pallas Foods standards.
• Provide appropriate training, retraining and corrective action to prevent injuries and accidents.
• Perform administrative duties, such as completing reports, maintaining warehouse operations records, and filing reports.

Requirements:

Previous experience in a Warehouse Management role or similar supervisory role essential. Excellent knowledge of warehouse procedures. Experience in FMCG environment. Fully flexible in relation to start and finish times to meet the needs of the business. Experience in change management and continuous improvement. Excellent timekeeping and attendance. Exceptional communication skills with experience in building and developing teams. High level of motivational and interpersonal skills, maintaining strong close working relationships.

Core Competencies:

• Understanding Your Customers – acts as a role model in personal approach to internal and external customer goals.
• Takes time to understand the underlying needs of the stakeholders beyond those initially expressed.
• Flexibility & Adaptability – Demonstrates understanding of how change impacts people. Anticipates resistance to change and works to support effective change initiatives.
• Building Effective Relationships – Is a role model for maintaining constructive and effective relationships with others across departments and other boundaries.
• Demonstrates effective communication techniques and skills and is seen as a team player.
• Communication & Listening – Exceptional communication skills – writes and speaks clearly in a variety of communication settlings and style.

The duties and responsibilities outlined in this job description are neither definitive nor restrictive and may change in detail from time-to-time to meet the changing needs of the business.

On Offer

• Annual Leave
• Service Leave
• Wellbeing Day
• Service Recognition
• Learning & Development
• STAR Award
• Colleague Sysco Discount
• Lifestyle Savings Platform on a number of well known brands and retailers
• Enhanced Company Sick Pay
• Employee Assistance Programme, and much more

Be part of something bigger.

Be part of Sysco.

Sysco is an equal opportunity employer.

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Sysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. With more than 71,000 colleagues, the company operates 333 distribution facilities worldwide and serves approximately 700,000 customer locations. For fiscal year 2022 that ended July 2, 2022, the company generated sales of more than $68 billion. Information about our Sustainability program, including Sysco’s 2022 Sustainability Report and 2022 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Report, can be found at www.sysco.com.