Warehouse Team Leader

Are you ready to lead and inspire a team in a cutting-edge facility that dispatches 300 pallets and 8,000 parcels daily to 25,000 customers across the UK and Ireland? Arco, the UK's leading integrated health and safety experts, are now recruiting for a Warehouse Team Leader to play a pivotal role at our National Distribution Centre in Hull.

As a Warehouse Team Leader, you will manage and lead a team of up to 25 Operatives to achieve daily objectives for a specific area of the operation (Goods Receipt - Inbound) which leads to the overall achievement of the warehouse function. You'll play a key role in continuous improvement, always looking for ways we can improve our National Distribution Centre, whilst managing and improving the performance of your team.   The shift pattern for the role is rotational between 06:00 - 14:00 and 14:00 - 22:00, Monday to Friday, with no contractual weekend or bank holiday working. 
 
Key responsibilities include:

• Taking responsibility for the output of a specific team of up to 25 Operatives and for the quality of the work produced, including employee training and development
  
• Owning all Health & Safety matters in your area of work
  
• Owning management duties including team briefings, performance management, absence management, recruitment, retention and disciplinaries
  
• Resource planning and utilisation including budgetary planning and control
  
• Providing excellent customer service levels to internal and external customers
• Providing cover and cooperation with all other departments and sectors of the NDC

On top of working for the UK’s leading integrated health and safety experts, you’ll also receive:

• A competitive starting salary plus bonus
  
• 32 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays which rises with service, plus the option to purchase up to 5 more days each calendar year
  
• 2 fully paid Community Volunteering days every year
  
• An excellent pension (up to 8% Arco contribution) and x4 Life Assurance scheme
  
• A huge range of discounts to help with cost of living via Perkbox plus Employee Discount on Arco products
  
• Free, 24-hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme
  
• Health Cash Plan where we'll reimburse up to 100% of everyday healthcare costs
  
• Access to our Learning Management System, to support your personal and career development
• Long-term service awards – we’re proud to have employees who have worked for us for 40 years

The ideal Warehouse Team Leader will be/have:

• Strong working knowledge of warehouse processes and procedures including goods receipt (inbound)
  
• A proven track record of management teams successfully
  
• Good written and verbal skills as well as good numerical skills
  
• Manual handling experience
  
• Experience of working to deadlines and a high level of attention to detail
  
• Basic IT Skills
  
• A strong understanding of Health & Safety within warehouses