Responsibilities

• Motivate, organise, and encourage teamwork.
• Manage all Warehouse departments and ensure they remain efficient, and workflow is completed in a timely manner and, distribute employees according to demands to achieve business performance targets and deadlines. This includes replenishment of consumables in all areas, work equipment and PPE is always available.
• Ensure all training is completed and records remain updated.
• Utilise business reporting to ensure maximum efficiencies of the warehouse operation and maintain performance records.
• Investigate and troubleshoot incidents, accidents and problems.
• Ensure quality objectives and delivery deadlines are met.
• Monitor employees to ensure constant performance and productivity, motivate teams when required and coach for performance if necessary.
• Daily communication with departments to forward plan workloads, analyse information, seek efficiencies, and develop action plans.
• Manage department spaces continuously to ensure a safe clean and tidy operating environment, this includes but not limited to, management of waste, maintain clear picking aisles, walkways and pallet movement areas are free from hazards.
• Be the point of contact for Sales and General manager and work closely together to achieve maximum success.
• Ensure all H&S processes, policies and safe systems of work are being followed and the company is compliant to UK H&S legislation.
• Day to day running & planning of customer van routes and van Fleet.

Requirements

• Strong leadership and teamwork skills; able to motivate individuals and teams.
• Good communicator (articulate), but able to evaluate all options and opinions.
• Able to work under continual but changeable pressures and priorities.
• Be self-assured and assertive.
• Competent in conflict management skills.
• Computer literate; competent in the use of windows, MS office, and MS Dynamics 365.
• A good critical thinker and problem solver.
• Building maintenance experience.
• Valid FLT & drivers’ licence.
• Strong Knowledge and understanding of WH racking and equipment.

Please apply in writing with an up-to-date CV, accompanied by a letter confirming reason for wanting the role, to careers@firstline.co.uk