Warehouse Team Leader

Are you ready for your next step? Do you want to get on the management ladder? Would you like to do this with the support of a great team around you?

Here at GXO, we are looking for a Warehouse Team Leader to join our Nestle Purina contract based in Hams Hall, Birmingham . You will lead, motivate, and manage a team of operational colleagues on a daily basis, ensuring all statutory, safety, and company requirements are consistently met. You will help the site in the achievement of business objectives through efficient warehouse operations, strong people leadership, and effective use of warehouse management systems including EWM, Kronos, and Yard Management Systems (YMS).

This is a full time, permanent position and you'll be working an "Any 5 out of 7", rotating over 06:00-14:00 and 14:00-22:.5 hours per week with 2 rest days.

Pay, benefits and more:

We're looking to offer a salary of up to £33,280.00 plus shift allowance of £1709.50 per annum and 33 days annual leave (inclusive of 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:

• Supervise and coordinate daily warehouse activities to ensure productivity, quality, and service KPIs are achieved

• Lead a team of warehouse operatives, ensuring work is allocated effectively and completed within required timelines
• Monitor workflow and adjust resource allocation to meet operational demands and changing priorities
• Act as the first point of escalation for operational issues and resolve in a timely and effective manner
• Oversee workforce management using Kronos, including attendance, scheduling, and timekeeping compliance
• Coordinate inbound and outbound vehicle movements via Yard Management Systems (YMS) to ensure efficient yard flow and dock utilisation

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Previous Warehouse experience would desirable
• Motivated self-starter, comfortable working as part of a team and as an individual
• Passion, drive and ambition to make a career in supply chain
• Good communicator with good influencing skills who can operate at all levels
• Interpersonal skills, integrity, and Commercial awareness with excellent Organisational Skills
• Ability to Work on own initiative and works well under pressure and to deadlines
• Flexible and supportive of customer contract and company requirements
• Understand customer requirements

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