Warehouse General Manager

Warehouse General manager

£40000- £50000

Description

As a Warehouse General Manager, you'll be responsible for a vital part of the Business supply chain and warehousing process. You'll manage a team of Shift Managers/Supervisors/Operators and a Driver, processes and systems to ensure freight shipments are received and dispatched appropriately and that productivity targets are met daily.

You'll also be responsible for the workplace health and safety standards, risk assessments and the security of the building and stock as admin, housekeeping, training, appraisals, and rosters ( WH rosters to be manned from 09:00h to 21:00h Monday to Sunday)

Our Client is a is a neutral customs and logistics service provider operating from a 15,000-square-foot facility. They tailor their services for Multi-Modal Import & Export, E-commerce Logistics, Excisable goods, B2B/B2C/C2C consignments, Reverse Logistics, and more.

An HMRC Licenced warehouse like theirs- is fully bonded by HMRC with numerous Customs Compliance Licenses that require a hands-on, experienced person who has worked no less than 3 to 5 years in fully bonded and ETSF operator warehouses before that will be required to take ownership of the Warehouse Customs Compliance and handling of the Import/Export multi-model freight (air, sea, road, rail) and Excise freight.

This role requires a candidate with the ability and experience to organize and manage a team of warehouse temp staff and entry-level staff whilst ensuring the business is fully compliant with its ETSF bonded area and HMRC Compliance and NGT in-house operation procedures. This role will require the candidate to be involved in moving sites from the Company's current premises 15,000 sqf warehouse to new premises 25,000-30,000 sqf warehouse nearby in late autumn Sept 2024, so previous experience is a plus for the candidate to have in moving/opening a new warehouse site in the past.

Implementing new disciplines and setting up new warehouse handling procedures will be a key requirement of this role. Experience in working in pressurized environments whilst still delivering a first-class service to our customers and network will be key to ensuring success in this role.

A successful track record of implementing new procedures for the safe, efficient and economical movement of freight through a multi-channelled warehouse will be essential.

The successful candidate will be task-focused on delivering exceptional service standards with minimal loss or damage to freight as it travels through our Warehouse. The ability to communicate effectively with all stakeholders whilst engaging staff and peers are key attribute in this challenging role.

With a development background allied to great people skills, the successful candidate will need to lead the warehouse operation through a change management phase whilst ensuring service levels are maintained and improved.

Main Responsibilities & Experience