Warehouse Team Manager

Sysco Corporation; Wigan; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading foodservice company in Wigan seeks a Warehouse Team Manager to oversee a team of warehouse operatives and ensure smooth operations in the chill warehouse. You will be responsible for motivating your team, monitoring performance metrics, and ensuring adherence to health and safety standards. This role offers a competitive salary plus attendance bonuses and great benefits, targeted towards professionals with a background in warehouse operations and team leadership.

Benefits

Pension scheme

Generous holiday

Family-friendly flexibility

Ongoing training

Discounts on products

Qualifications

• Experience in leading, coaching, and driving team performance.
• Ability to influence to reach organisational goals.
• Skills in monitoring adherence to processes and team performance.

Responsibilities

• Motivate and develop a team of warehouse operatives.
• Oversee team welfare and monitor performance metrics.
• Ensure adherence to health and safety and food safety standards.

Skills

Understanding of warehouse operations

Health & safety regulations knowledge

Data-driven performance improvement

Customer-centric approach

Change management abilities

Building positive relationships

Job description

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Company Description

Job Description

£31,868 plus up to £1500 attendance bonus pa and great benefits

Sun - Thu 06:30 - 15:00 (plus 1 in 3 Friday's with an alternative rest day in the week - 40hrs)

Fresh Direct is a top UK food business and a proud part of Sysco GB - the world's leading foodservice company. We're growing across the country and aiming to be the absolute best in our industry. So join us in Wigan as a Warehouse Team Manager, and take your career to the next level.

A satisfying role

Motivating and developing a team of warehouse operatives, administrators and hygienists, you'll make sure everything in our chill warehouse runs as it should. You'll oversee the welfare of the team and be accountable for everything from monitoring adherence to process, to team performance and engagement. Accountable for a range of key metrics, through influencing your team to achieve you'll help keep standards high and customers happy.

What you bring to the mix

With a background in leading, coaching and driving team performance, you have what it takes to excel in this role:

• a good understanding of warehouse operations, health & safety regulations and policies, and food safety standards
• the ability to drive and improve performance using data insights and colleague input
• a customer-centric approach
• effective at managing change within a team with the ability to influence to reach organisational goals
• the ability to build positive working relationships with multiple stakeholders

Bags of Benefits

We take care of our people. On our team, you'll be able to take your pick from everything from a pension scheme and generous holiday to family-friendly flexibility and ongoing training. You'll get fantastic discounts on our delicious products too.

Tempted to join the team? Apply today!

Qualifications

Additional Information

At Fresh Direct everyone is welcome. We don't want you to 'fit our culture' we want you to help define it and we actively celebrate the unique talents of each and every colleague. We don't just look at your CV, we're more focused on who you are and your potential. As part of our values, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone has a voice, is appreciated and has the same opportunities. We work hard to ensure that everyone feels part of our business, as we care for one another and connect the world through food and trusted partnerships. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that everyone belongs and thrives at Fresh Direct and we recognise that Fresh Direct can only thrive when everyone feels they belong. We'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our resourcing team who will be happy to support you.

Fresh Direct

Built on a passion for food and feeding the nation, at Fresh Direct we are dedicated to making life as easy and efficient for the chefs, cooks and caterers we serve across the country. We are the leading specialist supplier of locally and globally sourced fresh produce and dairy across Great Britain, bringing the best of the seasons to chefs' menus.