Warehouse Supervisor Retail Distribution

Job Description

Strive are a UK wide Supply Chain & Logistics management recruiter. Please visit strive . co . uk for additional roles across supply chain, distribution, logistics, manufacturing, production, warehouse & transport operations.Warehouse Supervisor - Day shift - Mon - Friday East Hampshire [near Guilford]£29.5k + Bens + Excellent packageStrive Supply chain have been exclusively retained to work with an international supplier of non-food FMCG items to the retail sector. Our role is to source an experienced people manager who knows how to run a tight ship, motivate, deal with disciplinaries,train & deliver results.Therefore, we are open to experienced warehouse, transport, retail & indeed any ex-forces / military managers - this may be a great way to enter the world of warehouse management for the right candidate.Key Site Stats:Warehouse size approx. 150k sq ft. Currently in the middle of moving from a manually driven operation to a heavily automated site over the next 12 months.Headcount of c50 on site across all functions.An Average of 150 pallets inbound pallets per day6000 active SKU’sAutomation systems include SAP, mobile bar coding, digital data collection to automate warehouse transactions, KNAPP, Linde & others.Role Summary:The main purpose of this role is to supervise a team of 12 operatives and control the use of all warehouse facilities; ensuring that the space, time and staff resource available is utilised as effectively as possible while meeting all H&S requirements.Role Summary:Day to day running of the operatives on shift including workload allocation, monitoring basic KPI’s, H&S & all aspects of people management.Developing strong working relationships with all members of your team in order that opportunities for training & development or disciplinary action are identified.Handling related tasks for your team such as management of timekeeping, return to work interviews, incident reporting and to provide input for probation or appraisal reviews. Ensuring all members of your team are fully aware of and compliant to all companypolicies and procedures.Controlling day to day workload for the designated team you supervise while maintaining a good rate of work yourself by understanding which tasks to complete and which to delegate.Understanding fully the processes of your team to be able to train new staff, understand demands of tasks, assign appropriate staff, space and time for tasks and meet all the priorities set by the business.Knowledge, Skills & Experience Experience of managing teams in a fast moving retail , warehouse operation, military or similar.Good verbal and written communication skills.Excellent organizational skills.The ability to cope under pressure with high volume/fast moving daily processes and deadlines.Good computer literacy on all of the Microsoft programs.A good understanding of basic H&S requirements.This is a fantastic opportunity - we look forward to your application.Strive Supply Chain Limited [& associated businesses] acts as an employment agency on behalf of external employers for the provision of permanent staff. By applying for this vacancy, you accept the T&Cs, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be foundat strive .co. uk