Warehouse Shift Supervisor

Great Bear is a leading 3rd party UK logistics business providing nationwide dedicated and shared user warehousing and distribution.

Shift: 4 on 4 off nights

Salary: £34,965

As a Shift Supervisor you will contribute to the success of the site by supporting the Shift Operations Manager in the day-to-day running of the warehouse, ensuring all aspects of Health & Safety within the Warehouse are maintained and product is picked and dispatched to the highest standard in order to meet contractual KPI’s.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Responsible for ensuring that Health & Safety is ‘No1 on the agenda’ aligned with the overall site and business goals and guidelines.
• Manage and motivate the shift team in order to ensure that productivity and service KPI’s are achieved or exceeded.
• Deliver communication briefings so that all shifts are aware of all Company and local issues and employees are able to offer input / improvements and feel involved.
• Develop all team members so that their contributions to the Warehouse can be maximised and succession plan.
• Carry out disciplinary / grievance interviews and investigations in line with Company procedure.
• Monitor and control sickness absence levels in line with Company policy and carry out return to work interviews effectively and efficiently.
• Monitor and control time and attendance system.
• To offer regular feedback, formal and informal, on team and individual performance, including behavioural issues and highlighting good performance and areas for further development.
• Labour planning, by ensuring the appropriate levels of overtime and agency workers to efficiently and cost effectively run the shift.
• Enforce and adhere all Company policies and procedures.
• Support Shift Operations Manager in any all aspects of the operation
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement
• Employee Engagement

• Able to demonstrate a high level of attention to detail.
• Should have good oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal, conciliation skills
• Ability to work efficiently and accurately under pressure.
• Effectively prioritise work load in order to meet set deadlines.
• Working knowledge of WMS systems would be useful but not essential.
• Experience in a packing, or e-commerce operation would be advantageous.
• Able to demonstrate a high level of detail
• PC Literate in MS Word, Excel and Outlook

In return, we offer: pension scheme, life assurance and great staff facilities. Hospital, dental and optical, training and development and MANY MORE!

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