Warehouse First Line Manager (Nights)

Read to lead from the front and keep operations moving? Can you lead a high-performing team while delivering outstanding customer service? Can you balance people leadership with operational excellence?

Here at GXO, we are currently recruiting for a Warehouse First Line Manager to join our team in Greenford, supporting our customer, Waitrose. As a first line manager, you will be responsible for leading and managing a team of warehouse colleagues during night operations, ensuring the safe, efficient and compliant execution of all warehouse activities.

This is a full time, permanent position, working any 5 nights from 7, 22:00 till 06:00.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £39,941.82 per annum plus a premium of £3,500.00 per annum paid monthly and 33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, life assurance and access to our benefits platform, including retail discounts.

As part of induction, you will be required to work the first 6 to 8 weeks, minimum, on a shift pattern of any 5 days out of 7, working 06:00–14:00. During this period, you will not be eligible for night shift premium payments.

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Actively support the day to day operational management of the shift ensuring, safe, efficient and compliant operations
• Promote and maintain a strong safety culture, ensuring compliance with all health and safety standards
• Demonstrate leadership behaviours consistent with a first line manage including decision making, accountability and problem solving
• Deliver effective communication to your team and conduct regular individual reviews

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Understanding of warehouse KPI’s, productivity measures and continuous improvement measures
• Proven experience working within a fast paced warehouse or logistics environment, demonstrating resilience and operational awareness
• Proficient IT capability, including Microsoft Excel and operational reporting tools, with the ability to use data accurately and effectively

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

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