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Warehouse Team Leader

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Posting date: 12 March 2026
Salary: £14.12 to £15.42 per hour
Additional salary information: Pay Increases with Training
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 19 March 2026
Location: Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, GL20 8JE
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Travail Employment Group
Job type: Temporary
Job reference: 02020924_1773314998

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Summary

Chilled Warehouse Team Leader

Tewkesbury
Temp to Perm (12 Weeks)
£14.12 per hour (rising with training up to £15.42 per hour)
Minimum 37.5 hours per week | 5 days over 7 | Rotating shifts

Start times typically between 06:00 - 09:00 (occasionally 05:00).

Step Into Leadership in a Brand-New Facility

We are recruiting on behalf of a long-established, highly respected, family-run food manufacturer with decades of heritage and strong community roots. Known for quality, operational excellence and investment in people, they are expanding and have opened a state-of-the-art chilled warehouse facility in Tewkesbury.

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious Warehouse Team Leader, Chilled Warehouse Supervisor, or aspiring Logistics Team Leader ready to take the next step in their career.

If you're currently a Senior Warehouse Operative looking to move into leadership - this could be your opportunity.

The Role - Chilled Warehouse Team Leader

As a Warehouse Team Leader, you'll support the Warehouse Supervisors in overseeing daily operations across receipt, picking, returns and dispatch within a temperature-controlled environment.

You will:

  • Lead, motivate and guide a team of Warehouse Operatives

  • Oversee stock control and ensure product codes match picking documentation

  • Supervise safe loading and unloading of vehicles

  • Maintain high standards of hygiene, organisation and safety

  • Monitor team performance and promote a positive working culture

  • Communicate effectively with other departments to ensure smooth operations

  • Provide supervisory cover when required

This is a hands-on leadership role within a fast-moving, chilled warehouse environment.

What We're Looking For

We are keen to speak with experienced Warehouse Team Leaders, Logistics Supervisors, Dispatch Team Leaders, or Senior Operatives with leadership exposure who have:

  • Strong communication and people-management skills

  • A proactive and motivated attitude

  • Excellent attention to detail

  • Knowledge of Health & Safety and safe working practices

  • Flexibility to work rotating shifts

  • The ability to stay organised in a fast-paced environment

Desirable (but not essential):

  • FLT or PPT Licence (training available)

  • Experience in FMCG, chilled, or regulated environments

  • Previous experience leading a warehouse team

  • Good PC skills

Training & Development

This employer invests heavily in development. You'll receive structured training including:

  • Level 2 Food Safety

  • Level 2 HACCP

  • Level 2 COSHH

  • Internal leadership development programme

Clear progression routes into Supervisor and Warehouse Management positions are available for high performers.

What's In It For You?

  • Temp to Perm opportunity after 12 weeks

  • £14.12 per hour, increasing with training up to £15.42

  • Overtime enhancements after 40 hours

  • 30 days holiday (increasing with service)

  • Company pension scheme

  • Health & wellbeing support

  • Refer-a-friend scheme

  • Genuine long-term career progression

If you're a driven Warehouse Team Leader ready to take ownership of a shift within a modern chilled warehouse, we want to hear from you.

Apply now to secure your next leadership opportunity in Tewkesbury.

Travail Employment Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

Thanks for your application. Due to the high level of responses we are currently receiving, whilst we endeavour to contact everyone, sometimes we are unable to. If you have not heard from us within 10 working days of making your application, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

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