Warehouse Team Leader

Are you an experienced warehouse operative looking to progress to the next step in your career? Does leading and motivating a team come naturally to you? Do you have a flexible approach that allows you to organise and prioritise workload effectively? If yes, we have the opportunity for you!

GXO are looking for four Warehouse Team Leaders to join our B&Q site in Blyth – S81 8PU. You will lead a high performing team of flexible and engaged colleagues, focusing on delivering operational excellence at all times.

These are full time, permanent positions, where you’ll be working on an ‘any 5 from 7 shift’ pattern, typically Monday to Friday. The working hours will rotate weekly between 06:00 – 14:00 and 14:00 – 22:00.

Pay, benefits and more:

You’ll be paid a salary of up to £29,046 per annum. You’ll also receive 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), as well as the option to buy additional days so you can enjoy a positive work-life balance. You’ll have access to a workplace pension and our GXO University which provides you the opportunity to learn new skills and gain qualifications at a pace that you’re comfortable with. Plus, many other perks such as a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme and our continued focus on internal promotions, over 55% last year!

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Plan, co-ordinate, supervise and report upon the work activities of the warehouse operatives, providing effective communication, leadership, succession planning, motivation, training and development
• Support the FLMs in achieving the warehouse/transport operational KPIs and service levels, whilst driving improvement initiatives across the site
• Manage and own all elements of the admin, stock and systems processes, being the point of contact for issues, and finding resolutions
• Maintain personal and professional development to meet the changing demands of the job, participate in appropriate training activities 

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Experience of working within a fast-paced warehouse environment
• Be a natural leader, able to coach others to drive and implement change
• Experience managing conflicting priorities, with the ability to plan and organise a warehouse operation
• Strong IT skills, including warehouse systems and Microsoft Office

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are Disability Confident Committed as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

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