Job Title: Warehouse Shift Manager (Leadership role)

Reports to: Warehouse Manager

Business area: Wincanton for Coca Cola Hellenic

Location: 12 Lissue Road, Lisburn, Northern Ireland

Shifts: P redominantly dayshift Monday to Friday but full flexibility required to work late shift, nightshift or Saturday for operational purposes.

Salary: Competitive salary £32-35K (dependent on experience)

Are you looking for a new career adventure?

Come join a leading supply chain partner which has a wealth of experience in Warehousing and Logistics.

Due to our continued success we have an opening for a Warehouse Shift Manager who will have full accountability for the day to day management of a team of supervisors and warehouse operatives. We are looking for a natural leader, someone with the ability to engage with all levels of workers and build a positive culture and a great atmosphere to work. You may be an existing Warehouse Team leader/Supervisor looking for the next step in your career or an existing Warehouse Shift Manager looking for a change.

Duties and responsibilities

• Proactively motivate and lead a team of Supervisors to achieve planned targets and ensure deadlines are met by providing guidance and encouragement
• Support the delivery, monitor, and report the operational daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly KPIs
• Ensure Supervisors are taking actions and following company processes and procedures in relation to absence, annual leave, performance, employee engagement, employee relations and health and safety requirements.
• Ensure a proactive approach to Health & Safety via risk assessment and ensuring the team comply with health and safety policies and reporting
• Analyse productivity and performance and make recommendations for improvements
• Review team performance regularly including performance management reviews
• Manage team performance, timekeeping, attendance, overtime and sickness levels of individuals and action as per procedures
• Ensure effective communication throughout the operation communicating planned requirements providing information on performance, company news and procedures
• Monitor and manage agreed budgets
• Responsible for the management, development and motivation of temporary labour to cope with the demanding customer volumes including the relationships with local agencies
• Responsible for the continual improvement of process/methods of the site operating practices
• Manage customer expectations, ensuring all escalations are dealt with to a high standard and in a timely manner
• Alongside other Shift Managers, manage union relationships
• To undertake such other duties as may be reasonability required for the effective management of the operation

Exper ience, skills and attributes

• 1 years’ experience in a warehouse environment preferably within the logistics or manufacturing sector
• Knowledge and understanding of shift KPI’s and operational processes
• Excellent team building, leadership, flexibility and motivational skills
• Ability to delegate tasks to ensure high performance and KPI’s are met
• Excellent level of verbal and written communication skills in English
• IT literate with a good understand of Microsoft programmes
• Agile approach to strategy and planning
• Passion for continuous improvement and improving efficiencies
• Ability to make decisions based on data
• Flexibility to meet the operational requirements
• High level of self-awareness and takes accountability for own development
• Ability to work effectively in a team
• Line management and effective People Skills
• Ability to mentor, develop and empower direct reports to use initiative

Desirable Experience, skills and attributes

• 3 years’ experience in a warehouse environment preferably within the logistics or manufacturing sector
• 1 years supervisory / management experience
• Management qualification

The company reserves the right to heighten the shortlisting criteria

What do we offer?

We really value our people and offer a friendly, safety first working environment and a competitive salary along with other benefits including; company pension scheme, 33 days hols (inclusive of bank hols) , share incentive plan, cycle to work scheme, employee benefits online discount platform from many high street shops, subsidised canteen (free drinks), onsite parking + much more

Our people are at the core of our business and what makes Wincanton great.

Apply Now!

Please apply by following the links and uploading your CV. We are a fast-moving organisation so we may not always wait until the closing date to review applications. As a result you should submit your CV as soon as possible!

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons.