Warehouse Team Leader - Nights

Fowler Welch; Charlton; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collision Free Year awards

Healthcare Cash Plan

Life Insurance

Shopping vouchers for monthly winners

Job summary

Fowler Welch is seeking an experienced Warehouse Team Leader for nights in Evesham, UK. You will lead a hands-on team in a chilled environment (2-4°C), ensuring despatch deadlines, accuracy and KPIs are met while maintaining high standards of safety and quality.

You will coordinate training, manage holidays and shifts, and liaise with HR and other sites to provide seamless service. The role is full-time and permanent with night shifts Wednesday to Saturday.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a warehouse team in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and people-management skills.
• Ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines in a busy operation.
• MHE/PPT licence or experience is required.
• Proficient with standard IT systems and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate the warehouse team to achieve productivity and accuracy.
• Deliver daily operational targets, despatch deadlines and KPIs.
• Coordinate training and ensure staff remain qualified in loading procedures and safety.
• Enforce health and safety procedures and report hazards and incidents.
• Maintain quality, hygiene and temperature controls per BRC/HACCP.
• Manage day-to-day people matters such as holidays, shifts and timekeeping.
• Build strong working relationships across departments and sites.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication

Prioritisation

MHE/PPT licence

IT literacy

Job description

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Warehouse Team Leader to join our chilled distribution operation based in Evesham. This is a hands-on role where you will play a key role in supporting the Yday-to-day running of the warehouse, motivate colleagues and ensure productivity, loading accuracy and service standards consistently meet customer and company expectations.

The role is based in a chilled warehouse environment, so you will need to be comfortable working in temperatures between 2 and 4 degrees.

Shift Pattern

This is a full-time, permanent position working Wednesday to Saturday Nights between 18:00hrs - 06:00hrs.

Salary - £38763 per annum

What you'll be doing:

• Lead and motivate the warehouse team, maintaining high standards of discipline, productivity, accuracy and performance.
• Deliver daily operational targets, including despatch deadlines, delivery requirements, loading accuracy and agreed KPIs.
• Coordinate training and compliance, ensuring colleagues remain qualified in loading procedures, FLT, PPT and manual handling, with retraining arranged when required.
• Champion health and safety by enforcing procedures, reporting hazards, incidents, accidents and near misses, and ensuring defective MHE is isolated and reported correctly.
• Maintain quality and hygiene standards, including housekeeping, inbound trailer temperature checks and compliance with BRC and HACCP processes.
• Control warehouse activity by following outbound load plans, escalating issues promptly and identifying improvements that reduce errors and increase productivity.
• Manage day-to-day people matters, including holiday approvals, shift cover, timekeeping, absence monitoring, timesheets, conduct and performance concerns.
• Build effective working relationships with operations, HR, other departments and sites to support a joined-up, efficient service.

Qualifications

What we're looking for:

• Previous warehouse experience, ideally within a fast-paced operation. Experience in chilled environment is advantageous
• Previous team leader or supervisory experience in a similar environment.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to share information clearly and confidently.
• Able to prioritise workloads effectively and meet deadlines in a busy operational environment.
• MHE / PPT licence or experience
• A proven ability to motivate teams and help deliver or exceed targets and KPIs.
• Confident using IT systems and standard computer applications.
• Professional, approachable and supportive in the way you work with others.

Additional Information

In return, we offer:

• Fowler Welch ‘Collision Free Year’ awards and associated yearly prize draws
• Free Fowler Welch Healthcare Cash Plan
• Free Life Insurance as a Fowler Welch employee equal to three times your basic salary
• Recognition schemes for our exceptional employees - monthly winners receive £100 of shopping vouchers

When our staff have passion for what they do they work with more care and attention which is reflected to our clients.

Warehouse Team Leader - Nights Evesham, United Kingdom