Warehouse Manager

About the Role

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Warehouse Manager

c£53k + Bonus (£2k) + Benefits

Coleraine, Northern Ireland

Our client is a niche FMCG Distributor and we are delighted to assist them in their search for an experienced Warehouse professional as they look to recruit a Warehouse Manager to manage their mid-shift at their site in Coleraine, County Londonderry on a Monday to Friday basis (1400hrs – 2245hrs).

Reporting to into the Head of Outbound Operations, you will be responsible leading the Coleraine Mid Shift to deliver safe, accurate and productive order fulfilment and loading, through effective leadership of supervisors and colleagues.

This is an excellent opportunity to play an important role in driving both the operation and business forward.

Key Accountabilities for the role of Warehouse Manager:

• Driving daily standards, labour deployment, people development and a reliable handover into Night Shift.
• People leadership — Lead and develop supervisors, set clear expectations, support engagement and address attendance, conduct and performance consistently.
• Shift delivery and customer service — Ensure planned orders are picked and loaded accurately, with emerging customer service risks identified and addressed promptly.
• Productivity and labour management — Plan resources to workload, monitor performance and manage labour hours, overtime and agency usage within agreed parameters.
• Operational coordination — Maintain effective stock flow and productive working relationships with the Operations, Distribution and other partners.
• Safety, quality and standards — Maintain food safety, health and safety, equipment, housekeeping and product-protection standards throughout the shift.
• Problem solving and improvement — Identify root causes, take corrective action and promote practical improvements in shift performance and ways of working.

Ideal Person for the Warehouse Manager role:

• Experience managing teams in a busy warehouse, logistics, distribution or comparable operational setting, ideally in a FMCG environment.
• Experience leading through supervisors or team leaders.
• Sound people-management, labour-planning and data-led problem-solving ability.
• Relevant management qualification and / or familiarity with WMS or equivalent systems.
• Excellent Customer focus — Understands how decisions affect customers; raises service risks and acts to protect commitments.
• Ownership and results — Sets priorities, follows commitments through and takes responsibility for outcomes.
• Developing others — Coaches colleagues, delegates appropriately and develops confidence and capability in the team. problem solving — Uses evidence, welcomes challenge and looks for sustainable solutions.

This is a fantastic opportunity – we look forward to your application.

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