Warehouse ManagerLocation: NorthamptonSalary: Competitive
Are you an experienced warehouse professional ready for your next challenge? We are seeking a proactive and driven Warehouse Manager to lead depot operations in Northampton, ensuring efficiency, compliance, and excellent service delivery.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage all areas of the depot, including picking, storage, distribution, and client management, to achieve key KPIs.
- Support senior management in controlling budgets, productivity, labour costs, overtime, and agency usage.
- Oversee depot recruitment in line with company standards and senior management authorisation.
- Maintain the health, safety, and welfare of all employees and visitors, ensuring depot security at all times.
- Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations, including safe systems of work, risk assessments, and accident investigations.
- Performance manage direct reports, setting and monitoring key objectives.
- Safeguard company assets and ensure security processes are always maintained.
- Oversee daily operations, ensuring strict process compliance and addressing non-compliance promptly.
- Drive continuous process improvement by assessing and implementing new SOPs to enhance efficiency.
- Provide ongoing support and optimisation of the Warehouse Management System (WMS), ensuring staff are fully utilising its features.
What We're Looking For:
- Ability to work on your own initiative in a pressurised environment and to tight deadlines.
- PC literate with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- Full understanding of operating an ETSF warehouse, including compliance.
- Experience with ASM or equivalent systems (desirable).
- Strong communication skills, able to liaise at all levels.
- Numerate, self-starter with a flexible approach to work.
Why Join Us?We offer excellent opportunities and a competitive salary for the right candidate, along with the chance to make a real impact in a dynamic and supportive environment.