Warehouse Team Leader, Nights

GXO Logistics, Inc.; Portbury; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Life assurance

Benefits platform with discounts

Job summary

GXO Logistics, Portbury site in the UK is seeking a Warehouse Team Leader to supervise our night shift for Howden's. You will lead a small team of 14 operatives and 2 admin colleagues, ensuring orders are planned and deliveries met on time, and reporting into the Shift Manager.

You will drive performance, coach staff, promote safety and controlled housekeeping, and optimise labour; MHE licence would be a huge plus. 37.5 hours, nights 22:00–06:00, salary up to £36,890.88 plus benefits.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in leading and motivating teams.
• Experience driving performance and achieving targets.
• Strong communication and coaching skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate daily warehouse operations to meet delivery deadlines.
• Drive team performance, monitor KPIs and ensure quality standards.
• Induct, train, coach and develop colleagues for high performance.
• Promote safety, compliance and housekeeping standards.
• Plan labour, adjust staffing levels, resolve issues and escalate non-conformities.

Skills

Team leadership

Operational planning

Performance monitoring

Communication

Safety compliance

Tools

MHE licence

Job description

Can you keep operations moving? Ready to take the next step in your leadership career? Lead, inspire and succeed as our Warehouse Team Leader on our nights shift., Here at GXO, we're looking for you to join us on our night shift as Warehouse Team Leader based in our Portbury (BS20 7XE) site for our customer Howden's. You'll lead our close knit team of 14 operatives and 2 admin colleagues, reporting into Shift Manager. Leading our team, driving daily performance, and playing a key role in delivering outstanding results for our customer! If you thrive on motivating others, hitting targets, and making a real impact every day, we'd love to hear from you!,

• Lead and coordinate daily warehouse operations, ensuring work is planned effectively, priorities are communicated, and customer delivery deadlines are consistently achieved
• Drive team performance and quality standards, monitoring KPIs, productivity, and customer requirements to ensure operational targets are met
• Manage and develop colleagues, including inductions, training, coaching, and identifying ongoing development needs to build a high-performing team
• Promote a safe, compliant, and organised workplace, ensuring housekeeping standards and processes are always followed
• Support continuous improvement and resource planning, proactively resolving issues, optimising labour utilisation, adjusting staffing levels where required, and escalating non-conformities promptly Proven experience leading and motivating teams, with a strong track record of driving performance and maintaining high operational standards
• Excellent organisational and communication skills, with the ability to prioritise workloads, meet deadlines, and build positive working relationships
• A proactive and accountable approach, capable of working independently while collaborating effectively with colleagues and stakeholders
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment and can perform effectively under pressure; an MHE Licence (Counterbalance and/or Reach Truck) would be a huge plus! 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. This is a full time, permanent position with contracted hours of 37.5 hours per week. Working Monday to Friday nights 22:00 to 06:00. Pay, benefits and more: We're looking to offer a salary of up to £36,890.88 per annum, 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.