Warehouse Team Leader

Phoenix Medical Supplies; South Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading medical supply company is looking for a Warehouse Team Lead at their Wakefield Depot. The role involves overseeing warehouse activities, managing staff, and ensuring a productive and safe working environment. Candidates should have warehouse experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to carry out physical tasks. Benefits include competitive pay, paid annual leave, and access to health and financial wellbeing programs.

Benefits

22 days paid annual leave

Health cash program

Financial wellbeing app

High Street discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Contributory Pension Scheme

Accredited Training Programmes

Qualifications

• Experience in warehouse management.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to lift products up to 15kg and perform physical tasks.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and delegate warehouse activities effectively.
• Manage staff hours and ensure operational efficiency.
• Motivate and develop staff to maximize productivity.

Skills

Warehouse experience

Attention to detail

Team Player

Communication Skills

Ability to prioritise own workload

Job description

Job Details

Job Type: Permanent Job Sector: Unspecified Region: Yorkshire Location: Wakefield Salary Description: Competitive Posted: 24/11/2025 Recruiter: Phoenix Medical Supplies Job Ref: kal-PHOENIXHealthcareDistributionLimited-45849-674

Warehouse Team Lead

Wakefield 39.5 hours, working Monday to Friday 7pm-3am, with 1 in 3 Sundays £12.98 per hour, plus time based supplements totalling between £13.18-16.23 an hour. We’re looking for a Team Lead to come join our Wakefield Depot. In this role you will be the link between the supervisors and warehouse staff providing immediate hands‑on leadership and supervision ensuring maximum effort and attention to detail in a safe and tidy environment.

The Heart of the Role

• Coordinating, prioritising, and delegating warehouse activities.
• Management of staff hours, sickness, holidays to help ensure no detriment to operations.
• To motivate and develop staff to maximize productivity and efficiency.

Responsibilities

In this role you will be required to stand and walk for the majority of your shift, as well as needing to be able to lift (products up to 15kg), bend, twist, kneel, and crouch.

What Makes You Tick

• Warehouse experience.
• Attention to detail.
• Team Player.
• Communication Skills.
• Ability to prioritise own workload.

Our Benefits

• 22 days (pro rata) paid annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with length of service.
• Medicash- a health cash program to assist with day‑to‑day healthcare costs, such as eyecare or prescriptions.
• Trent Financial Wellbeing - a financial wellbeing application which allows for flexible control of your finances.
• Access to High Street discounts.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Contributory Pension Scheme.
• Accredited Training Programmes available (Education paid for by the company via the Apprenticeship Scheme).

Closing

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.