Warehouse Team Leader

Arco: Experts In Safety; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading safety products and services provider in Hull is seeking a Warehouse Team Leader to manage a team of up to 25 operatives. Responsibilities include overseeing warehouse processes, health and safety management, and ensuring high quality service. Ideal candidates should have a strong background in warehouse operations, excellent communication skills, and a track record of effective team management. Competitive salary and excellent benefits are offered.

Benefits

Competitive starting salary and bonus

32 days holiday plus option to purchase more

Two paid Community Volunteering days

Excellent pension and life assurance

Employee discounts via Perkbox

24-hour access to Employee Assistance Programme

Health Cash Plan for healthcare costs

Access to Learning Management System

Long-term service awards

Qualifications

• Strong working knowledge of warehouse processes and procedures.
• Track record of successfully managing teams.
• Good written, verbal, and numerical skills.
• Experience with manual handling.
• Ability to work to deadlines with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Oversee output and quality of work from a team of up to 25 operatives.
• Manage Health & Safety matters.
• Conduct team briefings and performance management.
• Plan resources and budget accordingly.
• Ensure exceptional customer service.

Skills

Warehouse processes

Team management

Communication skills

Numerical skills

Manual handling

Attention to detail

IT Skills

Health & Safety understanding

Job description

About The Role

Are you ready to lead and inspire a team in a cutting‑edge facility that dispatches 300 pallets and 8,000 parcels daily to 25,000 customers across the UK and Ireland? Arco, the UK's leading integrated health and safety experts, are now recruiting for a Warehouse Team Leader to play a pivotal role at our National Distribution Centre in Hull.

The shift pattern for the role is rotational between 06:00 - 14:00 and 14:00 - 22:00, Monday to Friday, with no contractual weekend or bank holiday working.

Key responsibilities

• Taking responsibility for the output of a specific team of up to 25 Operatives and for the quality of the work produced, including employee training and development
• Owning all Health & Safety matters in your area of work
• Owning management duties including team briefings, performance management, absence management, recruitment, retention and disciplinaries
• Resource planning and utilisation including budgetary planning and control
• Providing excellent customer service levels to internal and external customers
• Providing cover and cooperation with all other departments and sectors of the NDC

Benefits

• A competitive starting salary plus bonus
• 32 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays which rises with service, plus the option to purchase up to 5 more days each calendar year
• 2 fully paid Community Volunteering days every year
• An excellent pension (up to 8% Arco contribution) and x4 Life Assurance scheme
• A huge range of discounts to help with cost of living via Perkbox plus Employee Discount on Arco products
• Free, 24‑hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Health Cash Plan where we'll reimburse up to 100% of everyday healthcare costs
• Access to our Learning Management System, to support your personal and career development
• Long‑term service awards – we’re proud to have employees who have worked for us for 40 years

Ideal Warehouse Team Leader

• Strong working knowledge of warehouse processes and procedures including goods receipt (inbound)
• A proven track record of managing teams successfully
• Good written and verbal skills as well as good numerical skills
• Manual handling experience
• Experience of working to deadlines and a high level of attention to detail
• Basic IT Skills
• A strong understanding of Health & Safety within warehouses

About Us

With a 140-year legacy, Arco are recognised as the UK's leading safety experts. As the only integrated safety products and services business, our size, scale and reputation in the sector are why we have such an impressive portfolio of accounts and customers. We're the expert safety partner with a unique mix of specialist expertise and practical real‑life industry knowledge.

We are now on a transformation journey to become more profitable and sustainable, with investment into our growing business to help achieve this. This is an exciting and demanding time for the business. There is opportunity to shape and challenge the transformation journey and future growth, while balance the pressure to deliver sales growth and financial targets that are necessary to support the future growth. Our behaviours; Care, Collaborate, Perform and Deliver, are embedded within our culture, to drive performance and ensure we succeed together and are rewarded for that shared success. Because It’s on us. To deliver. Together.

Diversity and Inclusion at Arco means understanding everyone's views and giving colleagues a sense of belonging. We respect and value individuals for their unique skills, experiences and ideas; to ensure we can be at our best. By creating a supportive and inclusive environment we will be an organisation able to drive our strategic goals, attracting and developing great people to be a more profitable and sustainable business for generations to come.

Be Safe, Be Yourself, Be Your Best.