Shift Manager (Night Shift) Minworth, West Midlands, United Kingdom Posted on 07/21/2025 Trending

Cargoes; Minworth; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A logistics company is seeking a Shift Manager for its night operations in Minworth, England. The role involves overseeing daily activities, managing a team, and ensuring efficient operations in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates will have operational experience, strong analytical skills, and be adept in problem-solving. The company offers a market competitive compensation package within a dynamic international setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in operational duties within automotive or logistics industry.
• Ability to analyze complex documents and respond to inquiries.
• Proficient with technology including database activity and spreadsheets.

Responsibilities

• Oversee business operations during night shifts and delegate tasks.
• Interface with customers to coordinate delivery and scheduling.
• Enforce company standards and lead warehouse managers.

Skills

Operational management experience

Analytical skills

Problem-solving abilities

Proficient in computer skills

Job description

DP World are currently recruiting for a Shift Manager to join our fast paced operation in Minworth on our night shift. The Shift Manager will oversee business operations, delegating tasks to team members and resolving problems that occur on their shift. Their duties include stock inventory, coordinating employee responsibilities to improve efficiency or customer service.

Shift Patter: Please note, this role is on our night shift. Monday - Friday 10pm - 6am.

About the role:

• Manage the daily activities of a logistics operation to maximize scheduling and delivery of commodities to the customer.
• Interface with customer to ensure smooth - coordination of scheduling and maximization of schedule adherence; provides input on local conditions, identifies needs and receives direction on real-time staffing increases or decreases.
• Enact contingency plans as needed; escalate and direct activities during system problems, disasters, etc.; identify potential problems, troubleshoot, escalate issues to local and senior management, and participate in post-mortem analysis of problems providing input for future process improvements.
• Review ongoing performance results to targets. Take corrective measures with authorisation, escalate as needed
• Responsible for providing effective leadership to the Warehouse Managers and/or team, enforcing company standards, act as a role model.
• Other duties as assigned.

Your Key Skills:

• Experience performing professional level operational duties; preferably in automotive or logistics industry.
• Ability to read, analyse, and interpret complex documents. Ability to respond effectively to sensitive inquiries or complaints. Ability to write documents using original or innovative techniques or style. Ability to make effective and persuasive presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management and customer.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Proficient personal computer skills including electronic mail, record keeping, routine database activity, word processing, spreadsheet, graphics, etc.

Compensation

DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market competitive compensation package.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 103,000 employees spanning 75 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades. The DP World family comprises of syncreon, Imperial and P&O.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW

TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE

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DP World is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). We strongly believe that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success and we make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or belief.

By submitting your resume and application information, you authorize DP World to transmit and store your information in the world-wide recruitment database, and to circulate that information as necessary for the purpose of evaluating your qualification for this or other job vacancies.

Job Info

• Job Identification 19248
• Locations 16 Palace Street, London, United Kingdom, SW1E 5JQ, GB