Warehouse Shift Manager

Culina Group; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A logistics and warehousing company in Milton Keynes is seeking a Warehouse Shift Manager to oversee operations during the night shift. The ideal candidate will lead a team, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, and be responsible for maintaining high productivity levels. Key tasks include managing the Goods Inwards area, conducting performance evaluations, and ensuring compliance with company procedures. Strong leadership and communication skills are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Experience in warehousing or logistics management.
• Strong understanding of health and safety regulations.
• Ability to lead and develop a team.

Responsibilities

• Manage and motivate the shift team to achieve productivity and service objectives.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and hygiene standards.
• Conduct performance feedback and development discussions.

Skills

Leadership

Health and Safety Compliance

Team Motivation

Communication

Performance Management

Job description

Milton Keynes, , United Kingdom, MK17 8FL

Full-time

The Warehouse Shift Manager you will contribute to the success of the site by supporting the Operations Manager in the day-to-day running of the warehouse, ensuring all aspects of Health & Safety within the WarehouseSchon are maintained and product is picked and dispatched to the highest standard in order to meet contractual KPI’s.

Working hours: Monday to Friday nights, 22.00-06.00

Key Duties as a Warehouse Shift Manager:

• Manage and motivate the shift team in order to ensure that productivity and service KPI’s are achieved or exceeded.
• Ensure the highest possible levels of health, safety and hygiene are upheld so that legislative and quality requirements can be complied with, ensuring relevant paperwork is completed and retained.
• Ensuring the highest levels of Quality and compliance are maintained and that the site operates to the Audit standard required.
• Deliver communication briefings so that all shifts are aware of all Company and local issues and employees are able to offer input / improvements and feel involved.
• Manage Goods Inwards area to ensure that receipts are made quickly and without damaging goods so that stock is available to satisfy orders.
• Develop all team members so that their contributions to the Warehouse can be maximised and succession plan.
• Carry out disciplinary / grievance interviews and investigations in line with Company procedure.
• Monitor and control sickness absence levels in line with Company policy and carry out return to work interviews effectively and efficiently.
• Monitor and control time and attendance system.
• To offer regular feedback, formal and informal, on team and individual performance, including behavioural issues and highlighting good performance and areas for further development.
• Man power planning, by ensuring the appropriate levels of overtime and agency workers to efficiently and cost effectively runxz the shift.
• Enforce and adhere all Company policies and procedures.
• Monitor and control training for teams, ensuring the correct amount of health & safety representation on shift, i.e. First Aiders,.CONNECT? Fire Marshalls etc.
• Support Management in any ad-hoc duties within the Warehouse function.