Warehouse Team Lead - Evenings & Nights

Sysco Ireland; Cork; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food distributor in Cork is seeking a Warehouse Supervisor / Team Lead to oversee evening and night shift operations. This role requires strong people-management skills and flexibility in working hours. Responsibilities include compliance with processes, health and safety management, and performance monitoring. Ideal candidates will have excellent organizational and IT skills, along with fluency in English. This position offers a supportive working environment with equal opportunities.

Qualifications

• Strong communication, motivation, and interpersonal skills.
• Clean attendance, punctuality, and health & safety record.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with warehouse and delivery processes.
• Support performance standards and improvements across shifts.
• Manage health and safety, incident reporting, and investigations.

Skills

People management

Organisational skills

Communication

IT skills

Flexibility

Tools

Warehouse stock management software

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a Warehouse Supervisor / Team Lead to cover Evening & Night Shift. The role of Team Lead is crucial to the operation of the depot. This role needs the candidate to be flexible, hardworking and demonstrate good people-management skills and IT experience. This is a supervisory position, working alongside a team of fellow supervisors, who are responsible for the operational and personnel activities of the warehouse; providing leadership and direction in order to achieve organisational goals.

Key Accountabilities

• Compliance with, and management of, all warehouse and delivery processes across the site
• Support management across shifts in monitoring performance standards and performance improvement
• Ensuring facility maintenance and hygiene are maintained to the highest standard
• Management of health and safety, incident reporting and investigation
• Ensure security procedures are adhered to and managed
• Ensure all equipment and MHE are maintained and used correctly

Requirements

• Knowledge and understanding of a variety of roles including driver, shunter, trunker, loader, selector, receiving and FLT functions.
• Flexibility regarding working hours, start and finish times which will depend on the business
• Ability to work independently
• Candidate must have a clean attendance & punctuality record/ disciplinary record and health and safety record
• Security conscious
• Excellent organisational skills
• Excellent people skills, strong communication, motivation & interpersonal skills
• Good IT skills that include the use of email, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint. Ideally the candidate has some experience using warehouse stock management software.
• Fluent English written and spoken

Core Competencies

• Understanding your customers - acts as a role model in personal approach to internal and external customer goals. Takes time to understand the underlying needs of the stakeholders beyond those initially expressed.
• Flexibility & adaptability - demonstrates understanding of how change impacts people. Anticipates resistance to change and works to support effective change initiatives.
• Building effective relationships - candidate is a role model for maintaining constructive and effective relationships with others across departments, depots, warehouses and other boundaries. Demonstrates effective communication techniques and skills and is seen as a team player.
• Communication & listening - exceptional communication skills - writes and speaks clearly in a variety of communication settings and style. Successfully delivers messages to all levels of the business and stakeholders achieving the desired effect.

The duties and responsibilities outlined in this job description are neither definitive nor restrictive and may change in detail from time-to-time to meet the changing needs of the business.

Sysco is an equal opportunity employer and we are proud of our record in creating positive, safe and supportive working environments where our people can prosper. Our diverse and inclusive culture means you don’t have to “fit in” to succeed. Each of us shapes Sysco as a whole. If you’re looking for a fresh challenge, submit your application today.