Shift Manager

Ashton-in-Makerfield

Monday to Friday 37.5 hours

Rotational Shift (6:00 AM to 2:00 PM, 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM)

Salary up to £32,000 

The Opportunity:

We are currently seeking a Shift Manager to lead our client’s Outbound Department, ensuring that quality and efficiency are delivered consistently within budgeted costs. As a Shift Manager, you will play a crucial role in the management and development of a team of Team Leaders and up to 20 warehouse operatives.

Our client is a leading fulfilment specialist, providing expert multichannel logistics solutions for a diverse range of clients across Europe and the US. They offer marketing and POS fulfilment, e-commerce, and spare parts logistics services to some of the world's most well-known and best-loved brands and retailers. They are a global expert with over 2000 employees and 450 in the UK. They have a fantastic company culture with a strong focus on employee wellbeing. They are also big enough to offer you incredible opportunities but small enough to feel like a family where everyone is valued.

What you’ll do:

• You will be overseeing and guiding a team of Team Leaders and up to 20 warehouse operatives, providing ongoing management and development. 
• Maintain a regular and consistent approach to appraising all staff under their direct control and will be responsible for achieving required KPIs and SLAs within the agreed budget. 
• Monitor process compliance for team members under their control and organize resources, such as equipment and labour, on a day-to-day basis to cope with required activity levels. 
• Plan and liaise with agency labour providers to deliver a ramp-up staffing plan to achieve large volume uplifts. 
• Overall responsibility for the quality of work carried out by the teams will be a key responsibility, with the Shift Manager ensuring that QC checks are carried out at various stages, results are monitored, and areas for improvements are identified and implemented. 
• Health and safety compliance within the team will also be a priority, and the successful candidate will be expected to constantly seek out continual improvement and best practices within the team.

What you’ll need:

• Experience in First Line Manager duties from a 3PL / Manufacturing / Production distribution or warehousing background.
• Effective leadership with a ‘can do’ mentality
• Numerate with an aptitude for detail
• Effective planning skills e.g. resource deployment etc.
• Use of Warehouse Management Systems and Microsoft Office 
• Awareness of Health and Safety practices
• Effective communicator at all levels

What you’ll get:

• 33 days of holiday 
• contributory pension scheme 
• Bonus scheme & more.

If you are looking for an exciting opportunity as a Shift Manager to make a difference and drive change within a dynamic environment, then we want to hear from you. Please submit your application today. Our client is passionate about developing your exciting career, please apply today to be considered for this great opportunity.