Warehouse Team Leader - Nights

Fowler Welch; Worcester; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collision Free Year awards

Healthcare Cash Plan

Life Insurance

Pension Scheme

Voucher rewards

Job summary

Fowler Welch is recruiting a Warehouse Team Leader for nights in our Worcester area. The role is based in a chilled warehouse (2–4°C) with a Sunday to Wednesday? No, Wednesday to Saturday nights, 18:00–06:00. You’ll lead a team, drive productivity, and ensure loading accuracy and service standards.

The successful candidate will have warehouse experience, a track record of leading teams, and confidence with IT systems and MHE. Benefits include a competitive pension and recognition schemes.

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced warehouse operation.
• Experience in a chilled environment is advantageous.
• Previous team leader or supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate the warehouse team to high standards.
• Meet despatch deadlines, KPIs and loading accuracy.
• Coordinate training and ensure compliance (FLT, PPT, manual handling).
• Enforce health and safety procedures and report hazards.
• Maintain hygiene, temperature checks and HACCP compliance.
• Control activity via outbound load plans and identify improvements.
• Manage holiday approvals, shift cover and timesheets.
• Build strong cross-functional relationships for efficient service.

Skills

Warehouse experience

Chilled environment

Team leadership

Strong communication

Prioritise workloads

MHE / PPT licence

Motivate teams

IT literacy

Tools

FLT/PPT experience

Job description

Warehouse Team Leader - Nights

2026-09-12T00:00:00

Worcester

Worcestershire

GB

WR1 3

Any

2026-12-12T00:21:09.207

Company Description

Fowler Welch a multi-award winning logistics provider who deliver a range of products and services to retailers and wholesalers across the nation. We live by a simple set of values: to delight our customers, maximise our efficiency, be socially responsible and promote being an employer of choice.

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 day‑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 - £38,763 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
• Competitive Pension Scheme
• 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.