Warehouse Manager
Canterbury Permanent
Job description
To support site management team in the successful delivery of KPI’s and business requirements at the site. Working with the site management team to help ensure effective systems are in place to maintain optimum service levels.
Take a proactive approach to managing performance of the site and the people, identifying areas of development and supporting in line with succession and development plans.
Responsibilities
- Overall responsibility of the warehouse operation and warehouse management system ensuring SLAs and KPIs are met, and costs are controlled
- Produce, analyse and provide feedback on daily, weekly and monthly reports relating to performance and finance
- Ensuring that projects run to schedule and to budget, overseeing schedules of work, and finding solutions to problems that may cause delay
- Overall responsibility for ensuring warehouse practices and procedures are carried out in line with Company Health and Safety policy and HACCP
- Champion the recording of safety spots within the department
- Overall responsibility for MHE equipment including visual inspections for damage, maintenance and servicing
- Ensure company procedures are followed and all activities are undertaken with due care and in accordance with current health and safety legislation
- Overall responsibility for ensuring productivity and activity is managed in line with budget identifying improvement plans to improve performance and reduce cost
- Manage the workforce labour requirements to achieve the needs of the business whilst maintaining control of working hours
- Overall responsibility for good in/intake and reporting on accuracy of arrival
- Oversee yard and waste collections, ensuring timely turnaround
- Responsible for continuous improvement of processes and procedures and oversee any projects through to completion
- Responsibility for maintain good and improving on communications and relationships with other departments
- Responsible for maximizing storage capabilities
- Responsible for ensuring warehouse activities are compliant to all relevant audit requirements
Other Responsibilities:
- Attention to detail
- High accuracy of Work
- Professional and respectful behaviour towards colleagues
- High team contribution
- Demonstrate accountability for your responsibilities
- Lead by example with upholding company values, policies and procedures
Managerial Responsibilities:
- Develop your teams’ skillset and identifying areas for personal development
- Strive for excellence and actively engage with development opportunities
- Drive company engagement activities and enthusiasm
- Effectively communicate with the team, company and wider business
This list is not exhaustive and you may be required to undertake other duties as and when requested, within reason and in line with the position.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years experience in the Warehouse industry
- Previous experience in a fast moving customer focused business such as Produce, FMCG, Manufacturing or Food environment.
- A track record of implementing and delivering against a plan.
- Internal and external stakeholder communication.
- Demonstrable leadership experience in a multi-disciplinary customer focused environment.
- Must demonstrate and ability to motivate, coach and develop people.
- Must be comfortable being a hands on operator
- Ensure equipment is safe and maintained to ensure optimum yield for the customers product whilst working within quality specifications and expectations.
- Demonstrate the ability to drive performance and operational excellence within cross functional teams.
- Excellent level of English and Maths
- Understanding different cultures
- Full driving Licence
- Meet customers need
- Stick to tight deadlines
Shift- Monday- Friday 8am- 5pm