Northampton Warehouse Team Leader ENG NN4 9FJ

Do you enjoy working as part of a team and are looking for a role that will truly contribute towards your development? Are you an experienced Warehouse Operative looking for your next step? Perhaps you’re already acting in a supervisory role but want a new challenge. Whatever the reason, we have the role for you!

 

We are looking for a Warehouse Team Leader that can lead from the front. Based at our state of the art, purpose-built site in Northampton. You will be responsible for ensuring all colleagues within the team are trained in their respective tasks, adhering to QHSE rules and procedures whilst meeting or exceeding operational requirements within the contract.

 

This is a full-time, permanent position, working Monday to Friday, covering the hours of 06:00 to 14:00 and 14:00 to 22:00, on a two-week rotation.

 

Pay, benefits and more:

 

We’re looking to offer a salary of £33,651.71 per annum, and 33 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays). Your benefits package includes flexible dental insurance plans, a company sponsored pension scheme, 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:

 

• Lead, motivate, coach and develop teams to achieve operational KPIs, ensuring colleagues have the skills, training, PPE, and support required to perform effectively and safely
• Promote a strong health, safety, environmental, hygiene, and compliance culture by ensuring procedures are followed, training is delivered, incidents are reported and investigated, and site standards are maintained
• Monitor and improve operational performance through reviewing processes, driving efficiencies, managing productivity, prioritising workloads, and delegating tasks to meet deadlines
• Support colleague welfare and engagement by acting as a coach and mentor, addressing initial welfare matters fairly, and creating a positive environment that encourages high performance
• Provide operational reporting and statistical feedback, support management projects and initiatives, and communicate effectively with management on progress, risks, damages, and training requirements

 

What you need to succeed at GXO:

 

• Experience in leading a team within a fast-paced operation of FMCG, automation and multi-channel
• Strong ability to quickly learn, adapt, and implement new systems, processes, and ways of working
• Committed to maintaining high health, safety, and environmental standards, with IOSH certification (or higher)
• Demonstrated success in improving warehouse performance and operational efficiency while controlling and minimising costs
• Effective and persuasive communicator with strong decision-making skills, a customer-focused approach, and a commitment to leading by example

 

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.