Warehouse Team Leader

Demob Job Ltd; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A successful logistics company in Aylesbury is seeking a Warehouse Team Leader to oversee warehouse operations and lead a team of staff. Responsibilities include managing workload, ensuring safe loading and unloading, and maintaining stock accuracy. Candidates must have a strong warehouse background, team leadership experience, and a forklift licence. This role offers an annual salary of £28,000, Monday to Friday from 4pm to 1am, along with benefits including 25 days of holiday and a pension scheme.

Benefits

£28,000 annual salary

25 days paid holiday plus 8 statutory

Company pension scheme

Profit Share Bonus Scheme

Qualifications

• Strong background in warehouse or logistics.
• Experience leading a team at a supervisory level.
• Forklift licence is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead and monitor warehouse workload.
• Ensure safe loading and unloading of vehicles.
• Plan delivery routes and maintain warehouse standards.

Skills

Warehouse management

Team leadership

Forklift operation

Stock management

Multi-tasking

Job description

Overview

We are recruiting for a Warehouse Team Leader to join a successful and growing company based in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading a team of warehouse staff and drivers to ensure the smooth operation of picking and processing materials, loading and unloading of vehicles, and ensuring that customers' delivery requirements are met. This is a back shift, 4pm to 1am, Monday to Friday.

Responsibilities

• Prioritise, allocate and monitor the workload to ensure material is picked and processed efficiently and in full, to meet customers' delivery requirements.


• Loading and unloading lorries in a safe and legal manner.


• Plan the next day’s delivery routes.


• Operate clear systems and procedures for loading, offloading, labelling, picking, and collections, and regularly monitor these to ensure all staff maintain required standards at all times.


• Help to make improvements in efficiency in the warehouse, regarding effective use of warehouse space, racking, machinery and equipment.


• Help carry out regular stock location and quantity checks to maintain stock accuracy and integrity.


• Help carry out regular audits in line with Health & Safety Policies and procedures.


• Carry out regular visual inspection on all machinery and guards to check in safe working order.


• Assist and support the Warehouse Manager and assume responsibility in their absence.


• Provide on-the-job and planned training to ensure warehouse personnel are fully competent and carry out their role efficiently and safely.


• Help cross train staff in all warehouse disciplines.

Applicant Requirements

• The successful candidate must have a strong warehouse or logistical background.


• Experience of leading a team of staff at a team leader or supervisory level.


• Forklift licence essential.


• Ability to prioritise workload, multi task and self motivated.


• Can do attitude.


• Knowledge of using computerised in-house stock systems.

Benefits

• £28,000 annual salary.


• Monday to Friday role working 4pm till 1am.


• 25 days paid holiday, plus 8 statutory.


• Company pension scheme.


• Profit Share Bonus Scheme.