Warehouse Team Leader

GXO Logistics, Inc; Skelmersdale; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Retail discounts

25 days annual leave

Job summary

GXO Logistics, Inc. is seeking a Warehouse Team Leader to manage a busy Heinz contract site in Wigan. You will lead and motivate a team of operatives, ensuring safety, quality, and KPI targets are met, while driving efficient warehouse operations using our management systems.

The role is full-time with rotating shifts (06:00-14:00 and 14:00-22:00), 37.5 hours per week on an Any 5 out of 7 basis. The salary is up to £34,624.60 with 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, plus a pension, life

Qualifications

• Warehouse experience with management would be desirable.
• Motivated self-starter, comfortable working as part of a team and as an individual.
• Passion, drive and ambition to make a career in supply chain.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate daily warehouse activities to ensure productivity, quality, and service KPIs are achieved
• Lead a team of warehouse operatives, ensuring work is allocated effectively and completed within required timelines
• Monitor workflow and adjust resource allocation to meet operational demands and changing priorities
• Act as the first point of escalation for operational issues and resolve in a timely and effective manner
• Oversee workforce management using Kronos, including attendance, scheduling, and timekeeping compliance

Job description

Are you ready for your next step? Do you want to get on the management ladder? Would you like to do this with the support of a great team around you?

Here at GXO, we are looking for a Warehouse Team Leader to join our Heinz contract based in Wigan. You will lead, motivate, and manage a team of operational colleagues on a daily basis, ensuring all statutory, safety, and company requirements are consistently met. You will help the site in the achievement of business objectives through efficient warehouse operations, strong people leadership, and effective use of warehouse management systems.

This is a full time, permanent position and you'll be working an Any 5 out of 7 , rotating over 06:00-14:00 and 14:00-22:00 37.5 hours per week with 2 rest days.

Pay, benefits and more:

We're looking to offer a salary of up to £34,624.60 and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, life assurance and access to our benefits platform, including retail discounts

What you'll do on a typical day:

• Supervise and coordinate daily warehouse activities to ensure productivity, quality, and service KPIs are achieved
• Lead a team of warehouse operatives, ensuring work is allocated effectively and completed within required timelines
• Monitor workflow and adjust resource allocation to meet operational demands and changing priorities
• Act as the first point of escalation for operational issues and resolve in a timely and effective manner
• Oversee workforce management using Kronos, including attendance, scheduling, and timekeeping compliance

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Previous Warehouse experience with management would be desirable
• Motivated self-starter, comfortable working as part of a team and as an individual
• Passion, drive and ambition to make a career in supply chain
• Good communicator with good influencing skills who can operate at all levels

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team - energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work.

GXO is an equal opportunity employer.

We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.