GXO Logistics, Inc.
Warehouse First Line Manager
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Are you a natural leader who thrives on motivating teams, driving performance, and delivering operational excellence in a fast-paced warehouse environment? Could you be the person who turns daily operational challenges into opportunities, while inspiring a team to achieve exceptional results? Want to lead a high-performing team in an operation that plays a vital role in supporting the NHS and delivering essential products where they're needed most?
Here at GXO, we are looking for a Warehouse First Line Manager to join our team on our NHS contract at our Normanton site. You’ll play a key role in driving operational performance - leading teams, managing workflow and ensuring safety, quality and service standards are met every day. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced leader looking to join a global logistics business, where pace, people and performance go hand in hand. You’ll be responsible for leading and coordinating daily warehouse activities to ensure safe, efficient and high-quality operational performance. This role oversees frontline teams, manages workflow and maintains compliance with all operational standards, Health & Safety requirements and service-level expectations.
This is a full-time, permanent position, following a two-week rotating shift pattern:
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Week 1: Mon – Thu / 06:00 to 14:00
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Fri / 06:00 to 13:30
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Sat – Sun / Rest days
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Week 2: Mon – Thu / 14:00 to 22:00
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Fri / 13:30 to 20:30
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Sat – Sun / Rest days
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Pay, benefits and more:
We’re looking to offer a salary of £30,722.52 plus 13% shift allowance per annum with 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical & dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more!
What you’ll do on a typical day:
- Pick items of stock from the pallet racking, shelf or other predetermined area within the warehouse using the available picking methodology i.e. Radio Frequency terminals or picking list, to agreed productivity targets
- Use the Warehouse management system (RESUS) to assist in the location and retrieval of products
- Ensure work equipment is in good working order and report any defects.
- Sort loads in the marshalling area and load vehicles
- Be able to operate, where trained to do so, the necessary warehouse equipment
What you need to succeed at GXO:
- Excellent organisational skills
- Proven experience leading and developing teams in an operational environment
- Good analytical and numerical skills
- Excellent interpersonal, leadership, motivation and planning skills
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We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.
GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.
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