Warehouse Supervisor
| Posting date: | 22 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £20,000 to £30,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £28,100 + Benefits |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 May 2024 |
| Location: | Ayr, KA6 6BE |
| Company: | Bensons for Beds Retail Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | BENS174997 |
Summary
We are hiring an experienced Warehouse Supervisor to manage the warehouse shift team in Ayr to ensure all inbound and outbound activities are completed to plan to deliver excellent service, whilst maintaining high standards of health and safety and cost control. Liaise with other departments to ensure all customer orders are completed on time and in full.
Supports the Shift Manager to run the department effectively to enable daily, weekly and monthly objectives to be met
Working Hours: Rotational Shifts - 5am till 1pm and and second shift 1pm - 9pm
Your role will involve:
- Assists with and communicates the daily warehouse plan in line with available resource
- Monitors progress of the plan ensuring high standards of performance are achieved
- Be active in preparing the Warehouse Management System (WMS) to schedule work in the correct sequence to achieve best results, both inbound and outbound
- Feeds back performance to the team leaders and teams (OTIF, NPS, H&S) through regular briefings
- Follows all company procedures and processes relating to HR and Health and Safety legislation
- Attends meeting where necessary to report on departmental performance.
- Develops the team, identifying training gaps and performance issues and instigating a plan to improve
- To deputise for the Shift Manager in their absence
- To ensure that all new employees receive induction training according to Company Procedures and that it is properly signed off and recorded.
- To undertake any tasks as reasonably requested by management
Essential Skills
- Previous experience of working in Warehousing/Logistics in a similar supervisory role
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Good understanding of logistics processes and procedures
- Good problem-solving skills
- Passionate about great customer service
- Hard working and conscientious
- Flexible working to meet strict deadlines
PPT Trained would be desirable but not essential
The Benefits
In return for your contribution to the team’s performance, we offer a competitive base salary plus all these extra benefits:
- *Employee discount scheme for Bensons products
- *Medicash - cashback options for Health and wellbeing services (dental, optical, virtual GP, other healthcare services and more)
- *Unum Income Protection - for peace of mind if you’re off work long term due to illness
- *Pension scheme – provided by Legal & General
- *Discounted Gym membership
- *Cycle to Work scheme
- *Annual leave buy & sell scheme – you can top up your holiday entitlement or sell unused days to suit you
- *Enhanced maternity and adoption leave
- Access to Retail Trust services (guidance and support on retail issues, mental health, wellbeing & financial topics)
- Learning and development programmes to gain new knowledge and skills
- Career progression – access to internal opportunities to build your career within Bensons for Beds
- *Long service awards and ‘Love to Shop’ voucher rewards to spend as you like
(*qualifying periods and terms apply)
About Bensons for Beds
We're Bensons for Beds! We put Sleep Wellness™ at the heart of everything we do. With 100 years of experience in sourcing and manufacturing the best quality beds, frames and mattresses, at Bensons we understand how to design the perfect, tailored sleep experience. We have 170+ locations and employ c 1800 colleagues. Under new ownership of Alteri Investors we have an ambitious 3 year plan to grow the business further and achieve our mission of being the market leading bed retailer with a strong omnichannel presence.
If you're looking for a great Warehouse role, we would love to have a chat....