First Line Manager Aylesford, England
Job description
Working Hours:
Working 5 from 7 days a week, 37.5 hours. From 14:00- 22:00.
What's the role about?
Responsible for mentoring and coaching Partners of varying ability to achieve their personal development goals. Supports the business in achieving its strategic aims, showing particular support for those Partners who aspire to become Skilled Operational Partners.To ensure Health and Safety, Food Safety and all legislative and operational procedures are adhered to and Partners are treated fairly and with respect. To deputise for the Warehouse Shift Manager in their absence.
What you'll be doing:
Responsible for the day to day warehouse operation - receive and distribute cases to Branches and other customers in line with the agreed service level.
Ensure all Legal, Health and Safety, Food Safety and Working Time Directive and Operational procedures are adhered to at all times, ensuring the safety of self and others.
Support the delivery of the Business Plan - Setting and achieving specific measurable targets for the team.
To maximise productivity and manage the usage of overtime and agency to improve costs.
Effectively communicating operational and business plans and changes to all Partners.
To support a culture of Continuous Improvement across the department. Implement new projects that will improve the efficiency of the operation and improve branch service.
To coach,support and develop the Partner and Management team to enhance job satisfaction and to fulfil their potential and help advancement.
Promote and emulate the partnership values, drive and support Partnership democracy and way of working within not only the site but the department.
To ensure information is recorded accurately on all Warehouse and Personnel Management Systems.
To cover in the absence of the Warehouse Shift Manager
What you'll need:
Previous experience in a warehouse role involving the movement of caged stock and manual handling would be an advantage, as would working in a retail environment.
Be proactive, results orientated and deadline driven
A confident communicator in a team and one to one environment
Capable of leading a team and developing others skills and capabilities
Has strong organisational and planning skills
PC and numerically literate
Has the ability to accept, adapt to and manage change
Additional Information:
We have a number of different ways to work flexibly so at your interview feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you. There are no guarantees, however, it may open the door to not only a new role but a new way of working.
We request that candidates only apply for this position if you can fully commit to the advertised working hours and the full term of the contract, or we will be unable to proceed with your application.
Please consider the following when making your application:
This role is subject to the following pre-employment screening: 2 year reference check.
The application form consists of a CV upload followed by an online test and application questions. Please ensure you refresh the page each time you complete a task to ensure you complete everything that you need to in time. (If internal, check your Workday notifications)
We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we recommend you apply early.
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