About the opportunity...
We are recruiting for a Warehouse Team Manager (NIGHTS) to manage and lead the team to deliver against KPI’s, plan to prepare for volume fluctuations and seasonal operational peaks.
Based in our Distribution Centre (DC) in Wigan, the Warehouse Team Manager will be reporting directly into the Warehouse Shift Manager and will be an important part of the DC Management Team, making commercially sound decisions so the department remains within budget.
Shift Pattern: 19:00-07:00
Week 1 - Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday
Week 2 - Wednesday, Thursday & Friday
What you'll be doing...
The Warehouse Team Manager will play a pivotal part in ensuring compliance is to Standard Operating Procedures to ensure the team and colleagues are working in a safe, secure, clean, and friendly environment.
The role will be fast paced and will cover all areas of HR including recruitment, training, and developing the team as well as managing performance and ensuring KPI’s are being achieved.
You will be responsible for:
* Overseeing the day to day operation and management of warehouse colleagues
* Assisting the Shift Manager with daily and weekly workload planning and volume forecasting
* Producing accurate and timely reports to monitor performance
* Working to timescales and KPI’s
What you'll need...
You will have previous experience as a Warehouse Team Manager with previous experience working in a distribution centre.
You will be a great leader with a sound knowledge of H&S standards in a warehouse environment and be accustomed to working towards and achieving KPI’s
What we can offer...
* Competitive salary
* Potential to earn bonus
* Free on-site car park
* Free tea and coffee
* Long service awards
* Pension
* Life Assurance
About us...
Since opening its first store in Burton-upon-Trent in 1990, Poundland, has built a network of over 850 stores in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, offering top brands and great quality own brand products that provide customers with amazing value every day.
Poundland offers thousands of quality products in store with over 1,000 well-known brands in 17 shopping categories including food and drink, health and beauty, household, gardening, DIY, pet, stationery, books, DVDs and toys. It is on a journey from a single price to a simple price point retailer. While the majority of items in its stores are at its original £1 price point, it is extending ranges above and below £1 that also offer amazing value.
Now part of Pepco Group with over 2,500 stores across Europe, Poundland also trades internationally in the Republic of Ireland through its Dealz brand. Dealz has a growing store base in both Poland and Spain.
Within the UK, Poundland has also rolled out its fashion brand PEP&CO to approximately 300 of its larger stores. PEP&CO, launched in 2015 as a standalone brand, offers customers a full range of women’s, men’s and kids’ fashion and is now bringing new style to Poundland with simple low pricing on family fashion that’s hard to find on local high streets.
PEP&CO was also nominated in the 2019 Retail Week Awards as Private Label of The Year.