Warehouse Shift Manager

Warburtons Limited; Banbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food production company in Banbury is seeking a Warehouse Shift Manager to ensure smooth warehouse operations. The role involves leading a motivated team to maintain quality standards and facilitate timely deliveries. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills, teamwork abilities, and a good working knowledge of SAP. This position offers a slice of annual profits and additional benefits, contributing to a workplace that values diversity and personal development.

Benefits

Annual profit share

Extra vacation purchase option

Life assurance

Employee discounts

Continued personal development

Free products in stocked kitchens

Qualifications

• Experience in leading and mentoring a team.
• Ability to ensure quality supply chain operations.
• Good working knowledge of SAP.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of warehouse colleagues ensuring smooth operations.
• Oversee performance goals and drive a culture of excellence.
• Ensure high standards for timely and full delivery of products.

Skills

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

SAP knowledge

Continuous improvement mindset

Job description

Are you a Warehouse Shift Manager at the top of your game and looking for a new challenge?

We have an opportunity for a Warehouse Shift Manager to join our Banbury Depot. With strong commitment to quality and innovation, Warburtons has been a staple in British households for generations – this is an exciting opportunity to be part of a dedicated team and contribute to the success of a beloved brand!

Working with our Site Lead, Warehouse and Distribution Teams at our Banbury siteyou’ll be an important part of our work family. Ensuring our quality products are ready to be delivered to our customers on time and in full, with your eye always on quality.

Here at Banbury, the team are dedicated to exceeding customer expectations, and we are proud to be keeping our nations egg’s in soldiers!

• Experience of leading, mentoring and developing a team, ensuring they are motivated, trained and with the company goals
• Ability to collaborate with cross functional teams, including distribution and manufacturing, in order to maintain the highest quality and seamless supply chain operations
• Good working knowledge of SAP
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the warehouse team

The Recipe

As the Warehouse Shift Manager, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of our Banbury warehouse. You will lead a team of warehouse team members, overseeing their activities, setting performance goals and driving a culture of excellence. Your strategic thinking and operational expertise will help us maintain the highest standards in ensuring the freshest products are delivered on time and in full to our customers.

As ‘Britain’s Best Loved Food Brand’ we have been baking bread since 1876. Today, we are proudly a fifth-generation family company supplying 18,000 retail customers from 12 bakeries and 16 depots, producing a range of over 70 products including gluten and wheat free. Our family of 4,500 colleagues throughout the UK, have recognised us as a Sunday Times Top 30 Best Big Companies’ to work for.

Family and values are what makes us different, and we are a proud bunch, join us and you too could be proud to be Warburtons.

About Us

In Banbury you’ll find one our newest distribution and consolidation centre, situated on the junction of the M40, giving us the very best access to the UK’s motorway network. With almost 200 drivers and warehouse colleagues working on various shift patterns, it’s the biggest purpose-built distribution site for Warburtons, at 85,000 square feet.

We are currently delivering over 4 million items to our customers and Cross Docking 85,000 stacks of bread, this is equivalent to 559 double deck trailers or 965 single deck trailers, every four weeks. And we’re still growing!

Banbury is now a dedicated Test Centre for License Acquisition, developing our own talented bunch of drivers and supporting them through their required driving licences.

Extra Dough

At last and by no means least, you will want to know what your bread is worth.

• A slice of the annual profits
• Family time is important to us so as well as your holiday entitlement, we’ll give you the opportunity to purchase up to an extra weeks annual leave
• Life assurance
• Products you’ll love along with deals and discounts for you and the family through our Extra Dough website
• Continued investment in your personal development
• Fully stocked kitchens filled with our delicious products for you to enjoy with your daily brew!

We respect and value difference. We look to create an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, or any other aspect which makes them unique, are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work, is the right thing to do.