Team Leader
- Recruiter
- Nichols Plc
- Location
- Ross-on-Wye
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 17 Mar 2018
- Closes
- 13 Apr 2018
- Sectors
- Distribution & Warehouse
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Warehouse Team Leader – Vimto Ross
Are you an experienced Team Leader within a Warehouse environment? We're looking for you!
At Ross-on-Wye we specialise in mixing and packing syrups and juices in many formats, primarily in Bag in Box format. With a diverse product range and customers across the UK, Europe and International. Significant investment has been made at Ross-on-Wye to expand the operating site, with increased warehouse storage.
This role is to manage a small team of warehouse operatives to ensure effective completion of all day to day activities.
Your job will include:
- Storage of Goods, ensuring all stock is securely stored in designated areas for each type, which includes Ambient, Flammable, Chilled and Frozen.
- Co-ordination of all Arrivals and Despatches.
- Management of stock locations and calling out any capacity issues, should they arise.
- Ensure personnel to cover requirements to complete all work activities in a timely and safe manner.
- Stock checking to include inventory cycle counting, leading warehouse stock checks at period end, liaising with Admin team for any ‘ad hoc’ adjustments.
- Management of WMS activities, reviewing daily any stock in Bin Locations GDO01, GDI01 and FGOOD.
- Continuous improvement, reviewing activities on a regular basis and seeking to improve current processes.
- Management and upkeep of Forklift truck records. Advising HFT if any issues with FLT’s.
- Complete regular safety audits, including racking inspections.
- Ensuring adherence to driver rules and guidelines, ensuring all loading and unloading is conducted with safety as paramount importance.
- Ensuring that warehouse is ‘Audit ready’ at all times.
- KPI’s review.
You are good at:
- Attention to detail.
- Completing tasks.
- Communicate effectively (written and verbal).
- Positive Attitude to work and seeking solutions to problems.
- Ability to work alone under little supervision.
- Leading a small team.
- Flexible approach to work, particularly during busy periods and holiday cover.
We need you to have:
- Power Pallet truck license
- Counterbalance Forklift
- Aislemaster Forklift
- Experience of WMS systems and Barcode scanning.
- Warehouse experience.
- Proven track record of managing a small team.