Warehouse Team Leader

Rotork; Leeds; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Rotork in Leeds is seeking a proactive Warehouse Supervisor to oversee daily operations, safety, and the receipt, storage, and dispatch of goods. You will drive Lean initiatives and ensure on-time delivery while maintaining stock accuracy.

You will lead a team, coach staff, implement 5S and visual management, and coordinate resource planning with internal and external partners to meet production schedules. The role requires strong communication and experience with warehouse systems in FMCG

Qualifications

• Experience in warehousing and inventory control methods.
• Experience with warehouse management systems.
• Ability to apply lean principles such as 5S and visual management.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills using tools like Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience in Automotive/FMCG warehousing is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operational requirements within the warehouse to ensure safety and efficient receipt, storage and dispatch of goods.
• Lead the warehouse team, providing training, coaching and assessments.
• Implement Rotork Lean and Daily Management rules to achieve productivity goals.
• Drive service levels for accuracy, quality and lead times to meet targets.
• Plan resource and capacity to match production, supplier and customer schedules.
• Maintain inventory accuracy and control across storage, movements and transactions.

Skills

Warehousing

Inventory control

Warehouse management systems

Lean 5S

Communication

MS Office

Job description

Oversee and co-ordinate daily operational requirements within the warehouse, ensuring the safety of all team members and efficient receipt, storage, and dispatch of warehoused goods, ensuring all productivity targets are met.

Key Responsibilities and Outcomes

• Take a proactive and disciplined approach to Rotork Environmental Health and Safety policy, encouraging identification and resolution of potential hazards. Reporting and closing out investigation into accidents and incidents.
• Disciplined approach to 5s principles, warehouse, and inventory management policies.
• Lead the warehouse team, providing training, coaching, and conducting assessments.
• Lead the warehouse in accordance with the Rotork Lean and Daily Management rules / event-cycle of the site. (Rotork Management Operating Systems) Implementing warehouse policies to achieve organizational goals.
• Drive warehouse service levels for accuracy, quality, and process lead times to achieve productivity goals.
• Facilitate the warehouse Tier 1 SQDCP process, implementing tools, visual management, and information flow into the Tier 2 SQDCP process.
• Manage the accuracy and efficiency of warehouse processes, inclusive of good receipt, put away, picking, material handling and dispatch.
• Plan resource and capacity (internal and external) requirements based on production requirements, supplier, and customer schedules. Balancing workload to demand.
• Manage all aspects of inventory control and flow, ensuring integrity in inventory value, levels, storage, physical and transactional movements.
• Maintain distinct flow and segregation of materials between production and the warehouse for finished goods, identifying dedicated locations and movement control requirements.
• Plan daily resource requirements balancing workload to demand, managing agency requirements and associated costs and training.
• Lead and improve warehouse performance and stock accuracy with the engagement of the team by applying Lean principles and taking ownership for the execution of the plans.

Qualifications

• Previous experience and knowledge of warehousing, and inventory control methods and procedures.
• Previous experience of warehouse management systems.
• Ability to engage with lean principles such as 5s, visual management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including use of common tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Automotive/Fast Moving Consumer Goods warehouse experience.

Personal Specification

• The ability to lead and motivate a team, engaging cross functional teams.
• Strong and effective communication and reporting skills.
• The ability to work under pressure, solve problems and make decisions.
• Highly organized, with the ability to work at pace whilst maintaining an accurate high-quality output.