Company Description
Contract Type: Permanent / 40 Hours Per Week
Salary: circa £39,600 plus Bonus
Location: Cowley Way, Sheffield, S35 1QP
Days of Work: Sunday to Thursday
Hours of Work: 05:00 to 13:30
Join us on our journey as we aim to be the UK’s most sustainable delivery company, ensuring our customers continue to receive a world-class service. You will be part of a busy, fast-paced business with a turnover of nearly £2 billion, offering great benefits and opportunities for career progression.
DPD is passionate about creating an environment that is open, ethical, inclusive, and socially responsible. Along with job security, the tools to do the job, and a competitive salary, you’ll receive fantastic benefits from day one, including never working on your birthday again!
DPD is a Valuable 500 company and a Disability Confident Employer.
Job Description
Our Site Manager is recruiting for an experienced Shift Manager to strengthen their depot operations team.
In this role, you will manage a team of warehouse operatives overnight, ensuring they are engaged, organized, and motivated, while unloading the lorries arriving at the depot efficiently and on time. You will oversee the accurate sortation of parcels to meet Key Performance Indicators.
Other key responsibilities include:
1. Ensure company Confirmed At Depot (CAD) % is achieved.
2. Achieve depot Throughput target in line with tip time.
3. Meet company saturation targets.
4. Achieve depot "parcels per person hour" target.
5. Meet all depot objectives related to Health & Safety, productivity, and cost to deliver outstanding service.
6. Resourcing additional staff at short notice for employee absences.
Qualifications
What we’re looking for:
You should have experience in a fast-paced operation with proven people management skills, including accountability for motivating and leading a high-performing team. Additionally, we expect:
1. Strong communication skills to inspire and manage your team.
2. Decisive decision-making, problem-solving, and time management abilities.
3. High resilience, self-motivation, and flexibility.
4. Excellent computer skills, including Google Chrome applications.
5. Ability to generate comprehensive reports and analyze data.
6. Vigilance against unscrupulous activity and swift action when needed.
7. Alignment with DPD’s core values: Passion, Respect, Honesty, Flexibility, Caring, and Accountability.
Additional Information
Our benefits include:
* Holiday trading
* Enhanced maternity and paternity packages
* Free life assurance (4x salary) upon joining the pension scheme
* Free onsite parking
* Health kiosks at every location
* Discounted shopping at hundreds of retailers, including up to 5% off supermarket shopping
* Milestone days off to celebrate with family and friends
* Free eye tests and support with glasses for employees using screens regularly
Joining DPD offers stability and career growth. We value talent development and promote from within. If our values resonate with you and you can help us deliver on our promises, apply today.
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