Warehouse Team Leader

(SLS) Scientific Laboratory Supplies Ltd.; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave plus Bank Holiday

Company pension

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave

Small, friendly, & sociable teams with

Living Wage Employer

Job summary

SLS are recruiting a Warehouse Team Leader to manage a busy Nottingham warehouse, ensuring seamless operations with external logistics partners and maintaining high inventory accuracy.

You will lead, develop and mentor the team, streamline processes, and optimise distribution efficiency across the site, with rotating shifts. A strong focus on service, cost control and data-driven decisions is expected.

Qualifications

• Strong organisational and leadership skills.
• Willingness to learn and drive continuous improvement.
• Ability to analyse data and provide concise reports.

Responsibilities

• Lead a warehouse team to run efficient operations and meet customer demands.
• Define and implement the most effective operational team structure.
• Improve warehouse systems and automation to boost productivity and accuracy.
• Negotiate and manage relationships with carriers and warehouse equipment suppliers.
• Ensure orders are processed accurately and shipped on time, coordinating with customer service.
• Develop team members and mentoring for succession and performance.

Job description

Location: Fairham Business Park, Nottingham.

Permanent. Rotating shifts, Monday to Friday.

SLS have an exciting opportunity for a Warehouse Team Leader to join our innovative & fast-paced business based in Nottingham. In this key role you will be responsible for ensuring seamless operations between our warehouse and external logistics partners, helping to streamline processes, maintain inventory accuracy, and optimize distribution efficiency. The shift pattern for this role is rotating Mon-Friday 6am – 2pm and 2pm-10pm.

About Us

SLS are the UK’s largest independent supplier of laboratory equipment, chemicals & consumables. Because of our independence, we have a unique approach to sourcing & supplying the highest quality, best value products & brands.

About the job

You will be responsible for ensuring that your team are successfully running an efficient warehouse operation to fulfil operational and customer demands and meet set targets. You will seek to constantly improve the operational effectiveness by optimising the warehouse management systems and automation to achieve the highest productivity and accuracy rates. This will be achieved by defining and executing the most effective operational team structure. By developing all team members plus identifying key individuals for mentorship you will ensure effective succession plans are in place to motivate and maximise performance.

It is essential to ensure seamless integration with the transport operation, improving service and reducing costs, damages and CO2 within the SLS van and carriers. You will negotiate and manage relationships with all carriers and warehouse equipment suppliers and where possible resolve any issues or problems which occur in the warehouse and use your discretion to elevate the issue to a more senior level when appropriate. Acting as a liaison between the warehouse, 3PL providers, and internal teams, you ensure customer orders are processed accurately and shipped on time, working closely with customer service teams to address any order-related issues promptly.

About you

As a member of the SLS management team you represent the company’s values and will portray a professional image to all colleagues, customers and suppliers, reinforcing our culture of operational excellence. Strong organisational skills with the ability to plan, communicate and execute defined plans in line with the overall SLS strategy are paramount.

You lead by example, work flexibly and are prepared to put in additional hours, as required to meet deadlines. It is essential to have a willingness to learn, challenge yourself, have a strong sense of initiative and have the desire to grow as an individual as well as part of the business.

IT literate and able to extract, analyse and examine data to provide concise reports and provide advice to the whole SLS senior management team.

The successful applicant must hold a valid UK driving licence and be prepared to travel to all our sites regularly throughout the UK and Ireland.

What we offer

Alongside our commitment to your professional & personal development, the Warehouse Team Leader will also receive a generous benefits package including:

• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Company pension
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave
• Small, friendly, & sociable teams with staff events
• We are also proud to be a Living Wage Employer

SLS is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.