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Overview:
The Warehouse Supervisor is responsible for overseeing all aspects of warehouse operations, including receiving, storing, and dispatching materials and products. This role ensures inventory accuracy, optimal warehouse organization, and timely delivery of materials to production. The Warehouse Supervisor plays a crucial role in maintaining productivity, safety, and compliance standards within the warehouse.
The Position
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- Supervise daily warehouse operations, including receiving, storage, order picking, and shipping of materials and products.
- Maintain an accurate inventory management system, ensuring timely data entry and tracking of inventory movements.
- Lead, motivate, and supervise warehouse staff, ensuring team members understand their roles and responsibilities.
- Ensure a safe working environment by enforcing company safety policies and conducting regular safety inspections.
- Oversee the scheduling and coordination of inbound and outbound shipments to ensure timely deliveries.
- Design and implement efficient storage layouts, optimizing space utilization and accessibility.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement within the warehouse to increase efficiency and reduce handling time.
- Ensure warehouse equipment (e.g., forklifts, pallet jacks) is maintained in good working condition and used safely.
- Generate daily, weekly, and monthly reports on inventory levels, warehouse productivity, and order fulfilment accuracy.
- Work closely with production, quality, and logistics teams to align on material requirements and schedule changes.
Person Specification
- IT literate
- Highly numerate and articulate.
- Project management skills
- Management skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Knowledge of bonded warehouse systems and procedures.
- FMCG warehouse experience
- Minimum of 5 years management experience of warehousing in food sector.
- Must be methodical, logical and detail orientated
- Quality with food quality control skills
Our Referral Incentive:
Due to the high amount of interest that we receive for each of our roles unfortunately we cannot respond to each application individually, therefore if you do not hear back from us you have not been shortlisted for this role. Please continue to check our website for any other roles which may be of interest.
We offer a 500 referral if you introduce someone we place - see our website for details
We regret that this client is not prepared to sponsor work permit or work permit transfer applications. Candidates must be able to prove their eligibility to work in the UK
