At our Wakefield Hub, we are looking to recruit a Warehouse Shift Manager for our Newstrade Warehouse, to control our magazine distribution which covers the North of England and Scotland. Our team play an important role in supporting our business to deliver world-class service and time-critical newspapers & magazines daily to our 10,000+ retail customers located across England and Scotland.  Working closely with our Operations Manager, you will manage and motivate the Twilight Shift to champion a variety of continuous improvement initiatives ranging from operational compliance to standard operating procedures, and on shift, you will have oversight of a team of 70+ staff for whom you’ll be assisting in the being responsible for coaching, training, and motivating, and develop a culture of success.

Key Info:

Location: Wakefield, WF2 0XW

Salalry: £33,500 + benafits

Shift: Twilight Shift.  Monday to Wednesday 13:30pm  -00:00am, Thursday, 13:00pm -22:00pm 

38.5 Hours per week

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Manage and motivate the team to meet customer timescales and improved productivity and maintain quality standards 

• Ensure team productivity targets are achieved 

• Provide ‘hand over report’ to Operations Manager

• Provide training to all staff to ensure they can undertake their duties effectively, efficiently, and safely

• Ensure all staff have completed the necessary Health & Safety training

• Management of the end to end warehouse functions and processes 

• Keep the warehouse safe, clean, and tidy

WHAT YOU NEED

1. A minimum of 1 of years relevant working experience within a Distribution or Logistics environment. 

2. A proven track record of effective people management would be preferred

3. An experience of delivering expanding operational KPI’s

4. Experienced approach to prioritisation of daily tasks and keeping a cool head under pressure

5. A common-sense approach to problem-solving

6. Computer literate 

7. Comfortable working to strict deadlines. Great communication skills

HOW WE WILL REWARD YOU

In addition to a competitive remuneration package and company benefits, we provide ongoing development and learning programs, services and support designed to help you manage and balance your work/life priorities.

• 31 Days Annual Leave (Plus 2 Fixed) for a 5-day week pro rata
• Company Pension Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Eye Care
• Free Onsite Parking

INCLUSION

We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. It’s critical we have diverse talent, views and thinking if we are to deliver exceptional client value and solve the world’s important problems.

We seek to attract and recruit people from the widest talent pool, who reflect the society in which we work. And we aim to encourage an inclusive culture where people can feel empowered to be the very best they can be and to reach their full potential creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.