Arco: Experts In Safety
Warehouse Team Manager
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About The Role
Are you a natural leader who thrives in a fast-paced warehouse environment? We’re looking for a Warehouse Team Manager to take charge of day-to-day operations for a large team within our National Distribution Centre ensuring that operations are managed safely, efficiently, and accurately.
In this pivotal role, you’ll lead, coach, and inspire a team of around 30 colleagues, as well as deputising for the Operations Manager when required to manage a team up to 120 colleagues. You’ll be at the heart of operations, driving performance, whilst fostering a culture of engagement, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
The shift pattern for the role is rotational between 06:00 - 14:00 and 14:00 - 22:00, Monday to Friday, with no contractual weekend or bank holiday working.
Key Responsibilities
- Guiding and coaching the Team Leaders to improve communications and people management skills within their teams
- Managing colleagues ensuring all employee relations matters are dealt with in a timely manner, following company policies and procedures, escalating matters to the Operations Manager when appropriate
- Ensuring colleagues receive appropriate communication and training, and hold performance reviews including feedback to maximise performance and drive engagement
- Managing and collating the weekly and daily resource plans to ensure that both people and machinery are fully utilised to maximise performance and meet or beat budgetary and key performance measures
- Taking the lead on day-to-day site safety, health, and environmental issues liaising with the SHE Team to ensure that the site maintains a 5-star audit, escalating any major issues to the Operations Manager
- Leading continuous improvement projects and investigations as and when required to find root causes and implement long-term solutions
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Benefits
- A competitive starting salary plus bonus
- 32 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays
- Opportunity to purchase 5 additional days annual leave each calendar year (subject to qualifying salary)
- 2 fully paid Community Volunteering days every year
- An excellent pension (up to 8% Arco contribution) and x4 Life Assurance scheme
- A huge range of discounts to help with cost of living via Perkbox plus Employee Discount on Arco products
- Free, 24-hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Health Cash Plan where we'll reimburse up to 100% of everyday healthcare costs
- Access to our Learning Management System, to support your personal and career development
- Long-term service awards – we’re proud to have employees who have worked for us for 40 years
Requirements
The ideal Warehouse Team Manager will be/have:
- Significant experience and knowledge of managing a large and diverse workforce
- Strong knowledge and understanding of people management processes such as sickness absence, performance management, disciplinary, and grievances
- Ability to create Excel reports and analyse data, make and implement recommendations for improvements
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; being able to adapt communication styles to accommodate and engage colleagues at all levels
- In-depth knowledge of warehouse systems and processes
- Working knowledge of site health and safety; An IOSH qualification is a requirement, however training will be given to achieve the qualification within 12 months of securing the role
- Experience of Continuous Improvement methodology and projects would be an advantage
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About Us
With a 140-year legacy, Arco are recognised as the UK's leading safety experts. As the only integrated safety products and services business, our size, scale, and reputation in the sector are why we have such an impressive portfolio of accounts and customers. We're the expert safety partner with a unique mix of specialist expertise and practical real-life industry knowledge.
We are now on a transformation journey to become more profitable and sustainable, with investment into our growing business to help achieve this. This is an exciting and demanding time for the business. There is opportunity to shape and challenge the transformation journey and future growth, while balancing the pressure to deliver sales growth and financial targets that are necessary to support the future growth. Our behaviours; Care, Collaborate, Perform, and Deliver, are embedded within our culture, to drive performance and ensure we succeed together and are rewarded for that shared success. Because It’s on us. To deliver. Together.
At Arco, inclusion means ensuring everyone feels valued, respected, and able to be their best. We celebrate the unique skills, experiences, and perspectives each colleague brings, and we’re committed to creating a supportive environment where everyone can thrive. As part of our journey to everyday inclusion, we recognise that individual needs may vary. If you require any reasonable adjustments or additional support during the recruitment process, please let us know.
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