Warehouse Manager

Job Title: Warehouse Manager

Knauf stands for opportunity . We know that opportunity looks different to each person, and we are proud that we see opportunity in everyone. This exciting role within Knauf Insulation in the Warehouse Team could be the perfect next opportunity for you to build a unique career, in a values-led culture with a clear purpose of making tomorrow a home for all of us. We are a global manufacturer of construction materials and within our Group, our 41,500 team members in 90 countries across 300 sites provide a huge opportunity for anyone with ambition and energy. We value everyone's contribution equally and we ask that you bring your whole self to work, to enrich the business further, as together we achieve more in a safe and inclusive environment.

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Can you say ‘yes’?...

• Do you like to lead and guide?
• Do you have health and safety as a priority?
• Do you work with the customer in mind?
• Do you have a strong eye for detail?

As Warehouse Manager , you will provide leadership for the site’s warehouse facility with a “one team, one vision” approach, ensuring the business achieves best utilisation of all warehouse resources in delivering exceptional Customer Delivery Performance, in a working environment where behaviors are underpinned by the Knauf Values.

What you’ll be doing…

• Provide leadership in the warehouse function to ensure shift teams exceed in all applicable functional and business targets. When required, extend this leadership beyond the warehouse function in the pursuit of excellence.

• Ensure all direct and indirect reports are engaged in skills development in terms of process skills, problem solving skills and Knauf Values based behavioral development. 
• When necessary, engage with HR function to ensure all employees fulfil both the spirit and the letter of their contractual obligations.

• Ensure all processes are in place, and maintained, to service the requirements of the Customer in terms of Stock Accuracy and Loading skills within the Warehouse function.

• Maintain a close relationship with all site functions, in particular the Packaging Process Leader and the MPS team, to ensure that processes are followed to deliver a reliable and accurate Finished Goods stock position to service the requirements of the Customer.

• Responsible for all recruitment into the warehouse function, ensuring the Cwmbran site has personnel capable of meeting the future challenges in the business.
• Provide functional representation in on-site meetings for HSE development, Knauf Values development, Management - Trades Union relations, etc., together with external Knauf networking meetings.
• Provide leadership, in terms of the site’s warehouse function and the site’s management team, in the drive for an environment of sustainable improvement utilising best practice Continuous Improvement tools and techniques.

A full Job Specification is available upon request.

What we’d love for you to have:

We are interested in you as a person, your attitude, behaviours and values. If you have the willingness to learn anything you need for the role that you don't already have, we'd love to speak to you.

If you have any of the following – this would be an added advantage:

• Substantial experience of Warehousing and Dispatch operations (2 years minimum), in a 24/7 continuous process plant operation, with a palletised finished goods product.
• Recognised leadership / Management training with a desire to continue with personal development.
• Clear and demonstrable record of personal development.
• Significant experience of utilising people engagement to achieve process improvement.
• Management experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Leadership and communication style which is motivating and engaging to individuals and teams.
• Capable of demonstrating the importance of a Values based fully aligned policy deployment to achieve demanding business targets.
• A demonstrable passion for Continuous Improvement.
• Experienced in applying Performance Management process.
• An understanding of the fundamental principles of Continuous Improvement. Beyond this an understanding of the importance of providing the correct environment, in terms of culture and behaviors, to sustain improvement, and experience in creating such an environment.

We'll provide:

• Enhanced Holiday Pay – 33 days including bank holidays plus the opportunity to purchase more
• 16 weeks Company Sick Pay after 3 months of service
• Group Income Protection
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption packages
• Life Assurance – 4 x annual salary
• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme
• Staff Bonus Scheme
• Career Progression Routes
• Employee Assistance Programme through Health Assured
• Westfield Health Cash Plan
• Perkbox
• Access to Costco Membership
• Wickes Employee Purchase Scheme
• On site Gyms
• Wellbeing Initiatives and Mental Health First Aiders
• Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• On site Car Charging Points

What happens next?

We appreciate that your time is precious and applying for a new job can be a lengthy process, so we will reply to your application ASAP.