Warehouse Supervisor

Berlin Packaging Ireland; Dublin; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 Days annual Leave + Bank holidays

Buy/Sell 5 days annual leave per year

Private Health care for £39/month

Perkbox platform for discounts and EAP

Improshare bonus scheme

Bike to Work scheme

Free parking on-site

Free Eye-test

Job summary

Berlin Packaging Ireland is seeking a Warehouse Supervisor to oversee day-to-day warehouse operations, ensuring efficient inbound/outbound movement and on-time distribution. You will work with the BU Leader, Operations Director, and 3PLs to coordinate inbound/outbound goods and monitor KPIs across Ireland.

The role requires experience in logistics planning, team leadership in a matrix environment, and strong numeracy with Excel.

Qualifications

• Experience in a senior logistics planning role including international transport.
• Experience managing teams in a matrix organization.
• Strong numeracy with IT skills including Excel.
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Experience with integrated transport management systems.

Responsibilities

• Supervise daily warehouse activities and ensure on-time distribution of products.
• Plan inbound and outbound goods with stakeholders and 3PLs.
• Monitor monthly KPI reporting for Ireland deliveries.
• Coordinate with agents, carriers and shipping lines daily.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives in warehousing processes.
• Maintain health and safety standards and company policies.

Skills

Transport knowledge

Team leadership

International transport

People management

Continuous improvement

Excel

Decision making under pressure

Tools

Integrated Transport Management Systems

Job description

Berlin Packaging is the world’s largest Hybrid Packaging Supplier®, providing packaging solutions in glass, plastic, and metal to companies across a wide range of industries, including food & beverage, beauty, healthcare, and industrial markets. As a “one-stop shop,” we combine design & innovation, manufacturing services, and supply chain capabilities to help customers bring their products to market in the most efficient and impactful way. With more than a century of experience in the packaging industry, Berlin Packaging operates on a global scale, supported by an extensive network of suppliers, warehouses, and commercial teams. This unique hybrid model allows the company to offer both standard and highly customized solutions, helping customers increase sales, reduce costs, and improve productivity through smarter packaging.

What sets Berlin Packaging apart is its entrepreneurial mindset and strong customer focus. Employees are encouraged to think likeowners, act decisively, and collaborate across functions and geographies to deliver measurable results.

Core Beliefs:

The company’s culture is built around innovation, creativity, speed, and a continuous drive to “help customers become greater, faster,” making it a dynamic environment for people who want to make an impact.

We are looking for Warehouse Supervisor

Job Summary:

To be responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day warehouse operations, ensuring the effective and efficient inbound/outbound movement of Berlin Packaging products and working closely with the BU Leader, and Operations Director, along with 3PL’s, to ensure on-time distribution of products.

To liaise with stakeholders within the business to plan and co-ordinate inbound and outbound goods. Monitoring Berlin KPI’s such as monthly analytical reporting to relevant departments.

Supervise daily warehouse activities, including goods in, storage, packing, dispatch and inventory control. Ensure customer orders are processed accurately and dispatched within agreed service levels. Support and implement continuous improvement initiatives across warehousing processes. Ensure warehouse housekeeping standards are maintained at all times, and oversee all H&S policies and procedures.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• To ensure that all operations within the warehouse function are completed to achieve maximum service levels. Supervise operational contact within the Warehouse team on all daily business requirements.
• To be responsible for organising the arrival/despatch of the Company’s products liaising with agents, carriers, shipping lines etc
• To be lead contact and responsible for supervising outside warehouse contractors/forwarders on a day -to -day basis
• To monitor and review subcontractors’ service performance and via monthly reviews, highlight any potential performance improvements
• To be lead contact and liaise closely with the Customer Service, Sales and Commercial resources maintaining and developing good inter department relations and communications
• To manage, develop and coach your team to achieve best in class business targets and to develop a strategic succession plan for your direct reports. In addition, working closely with the Business Unit Leader, and Operations Director in cross functional development plans for key stakeholders and Peers
• To prepare monthly KPI outputs for all Ireland Outbound deliveries and hold a monthly review with BU Leader, and Operations Director on areas of concern and areas of opportunity.
• To identify cost saving opportunities and via collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, develop effective solutions to realise them.
• Working closely with the BU Leader to develop personal and departmental objectives, and via monitoring, feedback etc, ensure that objectives are on target.
• To monitor and continuously improve standards of Health & Safety, performance and quality within the job function/department.
• To adhere to the Company’s policies and procedures and ensure that you respect and adhere to these with regard to health and safety, minimisation of waste and care for the environment, equality of opportunity, elimination of discrimination and unfair treatment and prevention of fraud.
• To encourage and pursue a policy of continuous improvement and ensure, through coordination with Management, that departmental procedures and work instructions are maintained, up-dated when necessary and adhered to.
• To adhere to the Company’s Accounting Procedures and where appropriate manage and monitor expenditure under your jurisdiction.
• To undertake any other duties as may be required from time to time by your Manager or Senior Management Team.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Sound working knowledge of a busy transport/freight forwarding environment
• Relevant experience in a senior logistics planning role incl. international transport
• Experiences in managing teams within a matrix organization
• Self-motivated with excellent interpersonal skills and highly organised
• Proven history of continuous improvement (both processes and system utilization
• Excellent numeracy skills with IT experience (Microsoft Office, with good Excel knowledge)
• Able to make decisions in a pressured/busy environment
• Experience with integrated transport Management Systems

BENEFITS:

• 25 Days annual Leave + Bank holidays
• Opportunity to Buy/Sell 5 days annual leave per year
• Option to purchase Private Health care for £39/month - can be extended to include family members
• Enrolment into Perkbox platform for discounts, access to EAP and online healthcare - Additional perk of 60 points added monthly which can be exchanged for cash vouchers
• Enrolment into our Improshare bonus scheme - Potential to pay out twice yearly (4-10%) dependent on company performance
• Bike to Work scheme
• Free parking on-site, with electrical charging points on-site at our Hadleigh office
• Free Eye-test and contribution towards glasses