Warehouse Team Leader

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Warehouse Team Leader</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Location: Lutterworth, Leicestershire</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Department: Operations</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Job Type: Permanent</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">The Opportunity</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">I am currently recruiting an experienced Warehouse Team Leader on behalf of my client, an award-winning international designer and manufacturer of premium surfaces for the commercial and residential interiors sector.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">My client supplies a wide range of high-quality products, including engineered stone, low-silica and silica-free materials, and porcelain surfaces used for kitchen worktops, splashbacks, bathroom vanities and other interior applications.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Following significant expansion and the relocation of its Head Office and Distribution Centre to Lutterworth, Leicestershire, my client is looking to appoint a Warehouse Team Leader to play a key role within its new distribution operation.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Team Leader or Senior Warehouse Operative who enjoys being hands-on, leading from the front and taking responsibility for the smooth running of day-to-day warehouse operations.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">The Role</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Reporting into the Distribution Centre Manager and working closely with the Supply Chain Coordinator, you will help coordinate the day-to-day warehouse operation, ensuring goods are received, stored, handled and dispatched safely, accurately and efficiently.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">You will provide hands-on leadership on the warehouse floor, allocating workloads, monitoring workflow and supporting the wider team to achieve daily productivity and customer service targets.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">A key part of the role will be ensuring warehouse activities are completed in accordance with my client’s operating procedures, health and safety</p>

<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">requirements and quality standards.</h5>

<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">Key Responsibilities</h5>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Your responsibilities will include:</p>

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<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Coordinating daily warehouse activities to ensure operational priorities, productivity and service targets are achieved</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Allocating workloads and monitoring progress throughout the shift</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Providing day-to-day leadership, guidance and support to warehouse colleagues</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Escalating operational issues, resource constraints and potential service risks to the DC Manager</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Supporting effective communication between warehouse colleagues, drivers and other departments</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Overseeing the safe receipt, storage, movement and preparation of stock</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Ensuring customer orders are picked, packed and loaded accurately and efficiently</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Maintaining stock accuracy through routine checks and cycle counts</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Ensuring appropriate stock rotation in line with FIFO principles</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Investigating and resolving stock discrepancies and operational issues</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Ensuring warehouse equipment and machinery are operated safely and any defects are reported promptly</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Ensuring colleagues follow safe working practices, company procedures and reporting</span></li>

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<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">requirements</h5>

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<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Supporting compliance with warehouse operating standards and quality</span></li>

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<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">requirements</h5>

<ul class="list-unstyled job-desc-list mb-3">

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Assisting with the induction and on-the-job training of new employees</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Encouraging teamwork, accountability and consistently high standards of performance</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Sharing best practice and identifying opportunities to improve working methods</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Supporting colleagues in resolving operational challenges throughout the shift</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Identifying opportunities to improve warehouse efficiency and productivity</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Contributing ideas that improve customer service and overall operational effectiveness</span></li>

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<h5 class="fw-bold text-success mt-4 mb-3">About You</h5>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">My client is looking for someone who is comfortable taking ownership on the warehouse floor and can combine strong operational knowledge with a positive, hands-on leadership style.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Working Environment</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">This is a hands-on position based within a busy warehouse and distribution environment. The role will involve regular manual handling in accordance with safe working practices, alongside the use of forklift trucks, lifting equipment and other warehouse machinery where appropriately trained and authorised.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Appropriate PPE must be worn as required, and some flexibility will be needed to support the operation during particularly busy or peak trading periods.</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">Benefits</p>

<p class="text-muted mb-3">In addition to joining a growing international business at an exciting stage of its development, my client offers an excellent benefits package including:</p>

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<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>26 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Option to purchase an additional 5 days’ annual leave per year</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Private healthcare</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Life assurance</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Pension salary sacrifice scheme</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Free on-site parking</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Electric vehicle charging</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Access to a retail discounts portal</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Discretionary bonus</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Company-paid one-off will-writing service</span></li>

<li class="d-flex align-items-start mb-2"><i class="mdi mdi-circle-medium text-success fs-15 me-2 mt-1"></i><span>Generous employee product discount</span></li>

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<p class="text-muted mb-3">This is a great opportunity for an experienced warehouse professional who is ready to take on greater responsibility and play an important role in the successful operation of a new Distribution Centre in Lutterworth</p>