Our manufacturing client based in Gillingham is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Warehouse Team Leader. Working in the Goods In & Stores.

Location: Gillingham

Hours: 8.30am to 5pm, Monday to Thursday, 8.30am to 4pm Friday

Salary: £24,000 pa – paid monthly

Benefits: 24 days annual leave + BH, pension, overtime, uniform, bonus

Warehouse Team Leader skills and experience required:

Strong leadership skills including dealing with absence, disciplinary and performance reviews

Ideally holds a CB FL truck license but not essential

Experience of a computerised WMS (SAP)

Attend management meetings, able to implement change

Good business acumen, desire to gain promotion

Stock control

Strong communicator verbally and written

Pro-active and able to take ownership

High attention to detail

An analytic approach to problem solving

A good thinker and active listener

Good time management skills

Good problem-solving skills

Self-starter with the ability to quickly learn about new processes

Warehouse Team Leader duties:

* Responsibility for the planning and assignment of daily tasks for Warehouse Operatives

* To attend and facilitate the running of daily Warehouse staff meetings and team leader meetings

* Management of stock and inventories via SAP, maintaining usage data to support Procurements forecasting activities

* Responsible for the logistics of stock at External Contractor’s warehouse

* Working with outside contractors to oversee maintenance of equipment and to develop strong business relationships

* To oversee and implement KPI’s for Warehouse operatives

* To provide support in the fixing of GI and CW to stock locations

* To manage the process of stock reaching the production lines

* Obtain and utilise data to drive process improvements across the Warehouse

* Producing MI and KPI reports, presenting to management when required

* Organise and manage daily/weekly and annual stock takes

* Design and improve SOP’s

* To maintain and ensure compliance with all Reach Truck/ Counterbalance training and refreshers for warehouse operatives

* Promoting and adhering to FIFO

* Support the Supply Chain & Logistics Manager when raising purchase requests, working to company budgets and restraints

* To provide sickness and holiday cover on behalf of the Inventory Analyst or other team leaders with Supply Chain/Warehouse

* To ensure near misses are correctly recorded, learning from incidents and implementing preventative measures

* Being a role model in following Health and Safety procedures, ensuring compliance from all operatives

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