warehouse manager

About the job

Our client delivers fresh and frozen food through their international network using local market knowledge with a focus on customer care and sustainability. They are passionate about what they do, and they want to provide the highest quality of service to their customers and a great working environment to their staff. Any candidate looking to join this company would be part of a great business with a great reputation.

 

Qualifications:

 

• Ability to positively influence and communicate to others
• Strong leadership
• Experienced in fast paced environments 
• Self-awareness and self-management
• Customer service driven
• Use feedback constructively to make informed decisions
• Ability to work efficiently across all areas of the Warehouse
• Ability to openly and constructively challenge
• Ability to effectively problem solve

 

Responsibilities Of The Candidate:

 

• Oversee all daily activity, ensuring all supervisors are in control
• Provide updates to the Warehouse Operations Manager at regular intervals
• Oversee  and ensure receipt accuracy
• Ensuring all customer orders are fulfilled as per loading schedule.
• Oversee all outbound loads and pallets are scanned and loaded as per load plan, working along with transport. 
• Monitor shift & individual performance through visible observations and supervisor feedback.
• Support the supervisors by acting upon any concerns raised by them pre or during shift.
• Ensure all daily and weekly targets are achieved. 
• Work closely with the Warehouse Operations Manager to understand strategy and direction of the warehouse. Actively supporting and driving new initiatives to create a more efficient, service driven & cost-effective operation
• Support with the creation of new and updated work instruction
• Owning the roll out programme and for ensuring all employees have received the correct level of training to perform their duties.
• Ensuring that that the full team are operating in line with their trained ability at all times.
• Actively seek new ways to improve the receipting process, using feedback from the team to provide recommendations for corrective actions
• Accountable for inducting all new starters into the business successfully.
• Management of underperforming members of the team and being able to lead performance improvement plans with these members.
• Conduct daily & weekly team briefs.
• Promote an ‘audit ready’ mindset across the team, actively addressing any areas that need attention.
• Provide recommendations for any areas that need further investment or support Engage with the team to promote near miss, incident & accident reporting
• Ensure an effective handover is completed at the start and end of shift.