Warehouse Supervisor

Job Title: Warehouse Supervisor
Location: Yate
Salary: 35,00 plus benefits and bonus
Job Type: Permanent, full time

Hours: (Apply online only) Monday to Friday

My client is looking to recruit a Warehouse Supervisor for their manufacturing business based in Yate.

The main function of the role will be to manage and oversee all warehouse activities, ensure efficient processes and maximise warehouse productivity. To lead the stores and despatch teams on site to work to defined processes that ensure optimum internal and external customer satisfaction and to do so in a safe working environment.

My main responsibilities with the role of Warehouse Supervisor will be:

• Effective allocation of resource to deliver picking and despatch schedules on time and in full.
• Control of absence, including holiday planning, absence management and return to works.
• Effective and ongoing training and development of the team to ensure the correct skillsets exist to deliver the plan and are such that absence and holiday can be mitigated.
• Ensure all associates are trained and working to approved work instructions and SOPs. In some cases, the job holder will be expected to define and deliver the creation of applicable SOPs
• Training and development to ensure all associates are aware of relevant EHS requirements e.g. incident reporting, near hit raising, manual handling, correct use of PPE etc.
• To be fully aware of any customer issues, and ensure all relevant investigations and countermeasures are applied on a timely basis.
• Understand who key stakeholders are and how they can help deliver results within warehouse operations. Ensure that support depts are aligned to and delivering against objectives and requirements that enable the achievement of warehouse objectives. This would include Planning, EHS, manufacturing, Procurement, material supply
• Understand and deploy ways of working that effectively build engagement within the team.
• Manage and monitor agreed KPI's relating to despatch and stores.
• Liaising with local agencies and conducting interviews to further develop a new warehouse team.

Skills/Experience required:

• A minimum of 5 year's experience within a similar role
• Excellent Leadership skills
• Previous experience with SAP

In return my client offers a competitive salary and benefits including 25 days holiday, annual bonus.