Warehouse First Line Manager Nights

Wincanton have an exciting opportunity to hire Warehouse First Line Managers to join our team, for Waitrose in Greenford, Middlesex for the night shift.

While managing your team, you will ensure Health and Safety rules are adhered to and colleagues are treated fairly and with respect.

Ideally, candidates will drive, as public transport can be limited.

The shifts are any 5 out of 7, working hours 22:00-06:00.

Candidates who have applied previously in the last 12 months will not be considered

The Role

• To lead and deliver a safety-first culture within the team using the appropriate Safety and near miss processes.

• To lead your team to achieve and exceed all performance objectives.

• Effective planning of resources to achieve and exceed KPI’s (cost, quality, service).

• To deliver a flexible multi skilled team that is achieving the highest levels of customer satisfaction.

• Analyse performance and using problem solving techniques to plan and action performance improvements.

• Liaise with internal / external customer, colleagues and other third parties to deliver and exceed customer expectations.

• Deliver effective communication to your team and conduct regular individual reviews and where necessary agree a performance improvement plan.

• Where necessary, conduct disciplinary and grievance meetings ensuring adherence to company disciplinary and grievance policies.

What will you bring?

• Proven experience in a management role ideally within a night shift warehouse environment
• Strong people management skills
• Demonstrated ability to drive productivity above the bottom line.
• Solid understanding of Health & Safety legislation
• Experience handling disciplinary and grievance procedures.
• Proficient PC skills
• Leads by example and thrives in a team setting.
• Proactive, results driven, and deadline oriented.
• Clear experience in team leadership and development
• Strong planning and organisational abilities with adaptability
• Open and resilient to change.

Our Culture & Benefits

In addition to generous remuneration, we really value our people and offer a friendly, safety-first working environment, along with other benefits including company pension scheme, generous holidays, cycle to work scheme, employee benefits include, online discount platform, onsite parking and much more.

Our people are at the core of our business and what makes Wincanton great. That’s why we also provide significant opportunities for career development and progression, as well as training enrichment and multi-skilling, in a dynamic working environment.

Be a part of our values; We’re Thoughtful, We’re Aiming High and We’re Prepared.

Our Commitment

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity for all employees. We strive for an environment where all colleagues feel included, supported and valued, whilst feeling they can be their whole selves within our workplaces. We are proud that our colleagues represent us and our successes and we welcome your application.

Find out more: Wincanton champions a diverse workforce