Volvo Group
Warehouse - Shift Manager
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Warehouse - Shift Manager
Starting Salary
Up to £45,000 depending on experience
Location
Rugby (relocating to Coventry in June 2027)
Working Hours
1:30 pm – 10 pm, 40 hrs. per week, Monday to Friday, with occasional Saturday cover
Please note: Trucks, Technology and Industrial will be relocating from Rugby to Coventry. Candidates should be happy to commute to both sites during the transition period.
We are currently in the process of building a state-of-the-art facility in Coventry, where you will support multiple Volvo Group brands. These include Volvo Penta, Renault Trucks, Volvo Trucks and Bus, handling a wide range of parts, from windscreens, truck beds, and engines to smaller components, ensuring the right products reach the right place efficiently and safely.
As a shift leader, you will take full ownership for the day-to-day performance of your operational shift, leading a team of 20 warehouse operatives. You will lead the daily warehouse operations and assist in the movement to automation at our new warehouse. As well as leading continuous improvement initiatives using data as a tool while applying Lean, Kaizen, VPS methodologies.
What Can We Offer You?
- Professional growth and development: Unlock your potential through various training and development opportunities.
- Contributory Pension scheme
- Medical Insurance: Access to Bupa.
- Employee Assistance Programme: Take advantage of our wellness, mindfulness and counselling services to support your overall well-being.
- Generous holiday allowance: Start with 25 days and watch it grow to 30 days with length of service, plus bank holidays.
- Discounts on various purchases: Enjoy savings on shopping vouchers, cinema tickets, holidays, and travel.
- Fitness perks: Access MyGymDiscounts and MyActiveDiscounts.
- Enhanced family-friendly policies: We value work-life balance and offer enhanced family-friendly policies, including maternity leave with 6 months full pay and 6 months half pay, as well as 5-week paternity leave.
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For more details regarding our benefits, please follow the link: [Volvo Employee Benefits](Volvo Employee Benefits)
Who Are You?
You will be a shift/team leader with strong experience in people management, including coaching, performance management, employee engagement and talent development.
- Demonstrated strong performance in meeting operational targets and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Forklift licenses (Counterbalance, Reach Truck, High-Level Order Picker, or similar) with safe operating experience (desirable)
- Experience with Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems (ASRS), Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and handheld scanners, accurately recording and retrieving data
- Excellent communicator across all levels of the business, including internal and external stakeholders.
- A data-driven mindset with advanced Microsoft Office skills and Power BI knowledge would be advantageous
- You are a self-starter who takes initiative, looking for opportunities to improve the day-to-day and to develop yourself as well as the team.
- Fluent in English with a valid UK driver's license.
What You Will Do
When leading the shift, you will encourage open communication that supports employee engagement, feedback and collaborative problem-solving.
- Lead and develop a high-performing team, monitoring the operational performance throughout the shift
- Analyse operational data and KPI performance to spot trends, remove waste, and drive warehouse process improvements
- Manage team schedules, including holidays and absences, to maintain business continuity.
- Present improvement initiatives, operational achievements and performance updates to the leadership team
- Manage stock and ensure that all orders are processed, quality checked and fulfilled on time.
- Drive digital transformation by encouraging effective use of Warehouse Management Systems, automation, and reporting tools
- Maintain full compliance with Health & Safety legislation, company policies, and warehouse operating procedures, completing daily checks and reporting any defects.
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You’ll work alongside other Warehouse Team Leaders and report to the Logistics Operations Manager. You will also work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to deliver operational excellence.
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We are committed to shaping the future landscape of efficient, safe, and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents across the group’s leading brands and entities.
Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, you will be working with some of the sharpest and most creative brains in our field to be able to leave our society in better shape for the next generation. We are passionate about what we do, and we thrive on teamwork. We are almost 100,000 people united around the world by a culture of care, inclusiveness, and empowerment.
Trucks Technology & Industrial Division hire team players who are ready to create real customer impact. Our decentralized teams work close to our customers, with speed and autonomy, to build what they truly need.
Join us to collaborate on innovative, sustainable technologies that redefine how we design, build, and deliver value. Bring your curiosity, your expertise, and your collaborative energy, and together, we’ll turn bold ideas into tangible solutions for our customers and contribute to a more sustainable tomorrow.
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