Logistics Warehouse Leader

​MTrec’s new career opportunity

Our client are specialists in their industry sector, they are now looking to recruit a Logistics Warehouse Leader on a permanent basis.

The job you’ll do

• To lead a team of warehouse operators in a dedicated warehouse.  This includes ensuring HS&E, warehouse and quality requirements are maintained on a shift by shift basis, hourly performance monitoring and shift reports feeding into Operations KPI’s.  The role will focus on Safety, Goods Inbound, Line Feeding & Outbound.

• Promote and exercise high standards of HSE awareness.

• Participate in accident investigations, H&S Inspections, 5S Activities.

• Responsible for the leadership of warehouse operators of around 3 – 6 operators.

• Support training of warehouse operators’ team, including generating and maintenance of training documents and ILU matrix.

• Cover for operators during absence or assist in warehouse activities to ensure targets are achieved.  Including material movements as necessary.

• Delivery of the inbound & outbound plan, reporting adherence or non adherence and countermeasure.

• Ensure start of shift and changeovers are controlled according to standards:

• All processes are correctly prepared and start up checks (CCS) are complete

• Ensure correct process, quality, and material documentation is available

• Ensure correct materials are available for each process and identification and storage standards are maintained for each process

• Ensure operators understand and achieve demands using correct procedures. (SOP, 1st off’s, Control of Non-conforming product, etc)

• Monitor team performance on hourly basis (as a minimum).  Escalate as required.

• Generate warehouse reports and handover reports on a shift basis.

• Support Supervisor in managing holidays and overtime cover.

• Provide stand in cover for Supervisor when required (holidays / absence etc).

• Shift briefings, problem solving, identifying potential issues, route cause analysis.

• Training new warehouse operators to SOP’s.

• On call weekend when on early shift to cover short notice delivery to site/despatch loads.

• Ensure IT systems and processes are rigorously followed.

• Ensure 5S standards are maintained and improved at all times.  Promote 5S philosophy through warehouse team.

• Identify and implement cost reduction, process improvement opportunities with support from supervisor and KPS team.

• Develop personal KPS techniques and promote / deliver / advise to warehouse team.

• Ensure responsible team carries out first off quality checks and SPC checks according to standard.  Ensure required records are maintained and problems escalated in a timely manner.

• Observe and promote control of non-conforming products.  Part identification, and containment actions when problems are identified.  Ensure customer (Internal & external) are protected at all times.

• Ensure production team adhere to SOP’s at all times by way of hourly checks and SOP confirmation auditing.  Covering work content and cycle times.

• Support quality team in identification, and quantifying scrap.

About You

• Be willing to work a 3 shift system.

• Experience in a similar role within automotive environment.

• Leadership and motivation skills.

• Working mainly unsupervised and manage own time.

• Good numeracy skills.

• Ideally educated to GCSE grade A-C.

• Good IT skills.

• A team player with the ability to positively influence others.

• Should be able to communicate effectively within a team and internally at all levels, both written and verbally.

• Must have the ability to coach others and foster a teamwork culture.

The Rewards and the Benefits

• Competitive pay.

• 26 days holiday + bank holidays.

• Pension scheme.

• Free on-site parking.

• Career development opportunities.

• Death in service benefit.

• Employee Assistance Programme.

• A supportive and friendly team culture.