Job description
- Team player
- Ability to positively influence and communicate with others.
- Diplomatic
- Assertive, Alert and Proactive
- Self-awareness and self-management
- Customer service driven.
- Ability to work efficiently across all areas of the Warehouse.
- Ability to operate in a fast-moving organisation.
- Ability to openly and constructively challenge
- Ability to effectively problem solve.
- Gain a thorough understanding of all work activity and assigned resources to successfully deliver tomorrow’s plan. Raise any concerns the previous day.
- Deliver and effective handover at the end of shift.
- Conduct daily team briefs, detailing shift performance, position, tomorrow’s plan, H&S messages, and any company news that may be relevant.
- Oversee the daily activity for designated zone(s). Ensure all work/movements (i.e., bookings, vehicle movements, Vas work, internal work) are dealt with in the set timeframes & all systems updated accordingly.
- Ensure all stock is accurately recorded on the system, reporting any discrepancies (receipts/ orders) to the CS team or CC in a timely manner.
- Effectively communicate with other departments to highlight any operational issues and potential delays to daily activity, including providing solutions & timeframes.
- Continuously identify and highlight obstacles that impact performance, activity seek out ways to improve productivity and remove downtime.
- Liaise with other supervisors when labour becomes available. Ensure that when work is re-allocated, staff are also re-deployed to be as cost effective as possible.
- Actively seek to improve the current position of set targets (i.e., SIT, GH14 / Outstanding receipts etc.)
- Monitor and understand shift position to provide timely updates to the Zone Manager. Providing solutions when appropriate to ensure all daily/weekly targets are met.
- Ensure all employees have received appropriate training via work instructions & SOP’s / SSOW’s before being asked to complete a task.
- Ensure all new starters are working in line with any training plans as directed by their Zone Manager. Actively supporting throughout
- Identify any training needs for staff and highlight to the Zone Manager
Performance Management –
- Monitor shift & individual performance through visible observations and LMS model, Investigate, challenge, and identify root cause (team & individual). Consult with Zone Manager and support with any corrective actions as required.
- Immediately challenge any unacceptable behaviour, under performance or non-conformity to working processes when required. Highlight any repeat or significant occurrences to the Zone Manager
- Ensure H&S standards are adhered to at all times and that any non-conformances are challenged immediately. Recommend & embed any preventative actions if required.
- Work with the team to promote near miss, incident & accident reporting.
- Ensure all pre/post user checks on MHE have been carried out & signed in/out correctly, and that any defected equipment is escalated to Zone manager in a timely manner. Demonstrate and promote a ‘clean as you go’ mentality across the team, actively challenging poor standards & behaviour at every opportunity.
- Ensure the working area is audit ready at all times, highlighting areas that need attention immediately.
- Ensure all accident & incident reports are completed in timely manner, escalating to all the relevant people as required.
- Support Zone Managers on the investigation of claims and operational failures. Recommend & embed any corrective actions as required.
- Carry out initial investigations to establish how receipt/dispatch errors occur and introduce preventative measures where possible.