Warehouse Team Leader

Newstaff Employment Services are currently recruiting for a Warehouse Team leader for our client based in Northfield Milton Keynes

You will be working for a well-established client that specialise in food that is produced for a well-known takeaway store across the UK

The Warehouse Team Leader is responsible for all aspects of the Production side of the business and distribution operation within the Quality Control Centre to ensure excellence in customer service through efficient product picking for timely dispatch of vehicles and delivery of products

Duties will include:

• Oversee the shift production operatives
• Report any issues to the department managers
• Adequately resource the shift to meet business requirements
• Ensure the team have what they need in terms of daily equipment to perform their duties
• Act as first point of contact for all staff absence and manage in line with company policy
• Manage daily WMS related issues/queries
• Recruiting, interviewing, and training of new team members
• Maintain a safe working environment
• Talent spot and develop team members 
• Carry out investigations and disciplinary if required
• Maintain and deliver business KPI structure to become more cost effective and challenge any missed targets
• Manage weekly time sheets in line with hours worked and hours recorded
• Effectively manage all stock rotation based on the first in first out (FIFO) principle in line with WMS system
• Liaise daily with transportation team to accomplish timely dispatch times and efficient delivery service
• Act as liaison with supplier deliveries and the inventory Controller to resolve issues with incoming deliveries, quantity and quality discrepancies, rejections of inbound freight, etc
• Maintain daily efficient, accurate and timely, picking and dispatch of all products keeping accurate records of all relative documentation (pick sheets, delivery and dispatch notes, inventory count form, non-conformance and hold logs etc)

Requirements:

• You must be able to perform each essential duty to a competent level
• Good customer service face to face and over the phone
• Come from a Team Leader role before which was in Food ideally
• Able to manage people
• Use a PC, and hand scanner
• Be able to work in warehouse, chilled, and frozen

Benefits:

• Weekly pay
• Free on-site parking
• Weekly pay slips
• This is a temp role with the potential to go perm

Shifts & Salary:

• Monday to Sunday 5 days out of 7
• Every Saturday off and a day in the week
• 3.30pm to midnight
• £14.42

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