Warehouse Team Manager

Co-op Group; Coventry; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent retail logistics company in Coventry is searching for an experienced Warehouse Team Manager to lead a dedicated team. This role involves managing a sizeable team of warehouse operatives, ensuring compliance with health and safety procedures, and driving performance improvements. The ideal candidate will have a strong logistics or FMCG background, with proven planning and organizational skills. This position offers a competitive salary and great benefits, including a money management app and wellness support.

Benefits

Money management app

Health and wellness support

Subsidised canteen

Free parking

Free eye tests every 2 years

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a large team in logistics or FMCG.
• Ability to work accurately under pressure.
• Strong knowledge of warehouse operations and policies.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of warehouse operatives.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards.
• Drive improvements in warehouse processes.

Skills

Team management

Performance analysis

Communication skills

Planning and organization

Tools

Wagestream

YuLife

Warehouse management systems

Job description

Warehouse Team Manager – Back Shift

£32,200 - £39,560 per annum plus great benefits.

Back shift – 2pm to 10pm, 5 days per week plus weekends. 39 hours per week. Permanent, Full time.

The Co-operative Retail Logistics, Unit D2; Central Boulevard, Coventry, CV6 4BX.

We're looking for a warehouse team manager to join our team in the Coventry depot.

What you’ll do

• Manage a sizeable team of warehouse operatives
• Inspire, engage and coach your team to be highly efficient
• Work towards tight deadlines and critical measures
• Develop and build positive relationships with various internal business partners
• Drive warehouse standards, procedures and policies—particularly health and safety
• Analyse performance data
• Identify areas to improve process within your team and the warehouse operations
• Plan and organise the delivery of own and your team’s workload

This role would suit someone who has

• Previously managed a sizeable team, preferably from a logistics or FMCG background
• The ability to work at pace and accuracy
• A great track record of reaching and exceeding critical performance measures
• An understanding and great knowledge of warehouse policies and procedures
• Great planning skills and able to organise your own and team’s workload
• An understanding of how poor service can impact stores and customers
• Strong and confident communication skills
• Excellent IT skills

Benefits

• Wagestream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• YuLife – an app that rewards you for exercising with discounts and vouchers for many of the UK’s biggest brands
• Free employee assistance programme with extensive health, financial and wellbeing support
• Access to credit unions for loans and savings, plus rental deposit loans and season ticket loans
• Free eye tests every 2 years
• On-site facilities including a subsidised canteen and free parking

We value diversity and inclusion

We welcome applications from everyone and are committed to creating a workplace where colleagues can feel like they belong, supported by our inclusive policies and the ways we work.

We’re proud to be part of the Disability Confident scheme and offer interviews to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for a job. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, we’ll support you.

Learn more about our recruitment process at Your Co-op Application Journey and our inclusion commitments at Diversity and Inclusion at Co-op.

We reserve the right to remove a vacancy before the scheduled closing date.