warehouse worker Kingston upon Hull, England
Job description
As the UK’s leading integrated health and safety experts, Arco combine multi-channel distribution of 170,000+ products with specialist training, consultancy, and site services. Arco’s history spans over 100 years, and following the recent appointment of a new CEO, the business is now transitioning to a high-performance culture, driven by the ambition to grow and become even more sustainable into the future.
With a workforce of circa 1,650 employees, Arco will continue to have at the core of its culture, a clear and pervasive set of values creating a diverse, inclusive workforce.
We’re now looking to recruit an exceptional Warehouse Team Manager that shares our core values; respect for people, hard work and enterprise, excellence in reputation and making the world a safer place for everyone.
About the role
This is an opportunity for an ambitious individual to join a growing company that really values their people. Managing and leading a team of approximately 18 Warehouse Operatives, you will lead the team to achieve objectives, working rotating shifts 6am – 2pm, 2pm – 10pm Monday to Friday.
You will be responsible for performance management, absence management, retention, team briefings, disciplinaries linked to day to day Team Manager responsibilities.
In addition, the successful candidate will be responsible for the quality of that the team produce and all Health & Safety matters in their area of work and team. The role will involve resource planning and include budgetary planning and control plus will manage an operational shift and site in the absence of the Operations Manager.
This is an exciting opportunity for anyone that has proven experience of managing people within a warehouse environment.
Key responsibilities include:
Ensuring that safe working practices are adopted and observed at all times so as to ensure a safe working environment for everyone
Managing standards of cost, efficiency, quality and productivity in all areas. Ensuring the best possible service levels are achieved for our customers
Ensuring the site works within health & safety processes and procedures
Ensuring all working procedures are clearly cascaded, resolving any issues quickly
Managing absence, conduct and performance in line with the company policies and procedures
Achieving of Key Performance Indicators and delivering a high level on time, on cost, and in line with customer service expectations
Ensuring high levels of housekeeping is maintained
About you
The ideal Warehouse Team Manager will be/have:
Experience of managing a team, including quality management, performance management, sickness reviews
Experience in incident reporting including incident investigations
Experience in Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
Experienced in using the full range Microsoft Office IT packages
Able to adapt quickly to a changing environment, workload and able to think on your feet
Experience of working as part of a team
Experience in delivering continuous improvement initiatives to processes would be beneficial to this role
On top of working for the UK’s leading health and safety expert, you’ll also receive:
A starting salary of circa £30,000 plus a discretionary company bonus
32 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays, plus the option to purchase more
2 paid Community Volunteering days every year
An excellent pension and life assurance scheme
A huge range of high street retailer discounts to help with cost of living via MyArco Perks
Access to our brilliant Learning Management System, to support your personal development
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy, please reach out to our recruitment team at
