First Line Manager

Are you a natural leader looking to take on the responsibility of a First Line Manager? Do you want to feel proud to work for a trusted brand and be valued for who you are?

We’re recruiting for a multiple Warehouse First Line Managers, for our key customer, in Harlow –. Our First Line Managers supervise a team of colleagues to ensure the operation runs as safely and efficiently as possible. In this role you will train staff, monitor employee performance, motivate your team, and ensure a high level of the customer service is delivered.

As we have several full-time, permanent roles there is a mixture of various shift patterns available, some examples of shifts are Sunday – Thursday, Monday-Friday & Tuesday-Saturday shifts, both AM & PM shifts. (Your preference of shift can be discussed at interview)

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £33,436 per annum and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes flexible dental insurance plans, a company sponsored pension scheme, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more! 

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Coordinate, lead and motivate a team of colleagues to operational success
• Set daily and weekly KPIs and ensure that these are always being met, and ideally exceeded
• Plan, manage and adjust staffing levels to meet operational requirements
• Maintaining health and safety and H&S practices across all areas of the site.

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Experience in motivating and leading teams within a fast-moving logistics environment
• Strong knowledge and practice of health and safety principles
• Team Performance, site KPI’s and ability to maintain site standards

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.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.