Contract type:
Full time, Permanent
Location:
Hams Hall (B46 1GA)
Hours:
Nights (Mon-Thurs 22:00-06:30am and Friday 20:00-03:20am)
Salary:
Up to £30,000 per annum, plus 30 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme
About the Job
Relationships mean everything to us, and this one is particularly special. You'll have an important part to play in automotive success that spans nearly 50 years.
We don't just have a way of working, we have The Unipart Way. It allows everyone in our team to pursue their own personal and professional goals to a world class level. You'll have a key role to play in helping your team go ‘From Gate to Great', with all the opportunities that go with it.
We're a fast-paced business, always delivering amazing quality and results for our customers, and this warehouse location is no exception. As one of our team leaders, you'll have lots of responsibility for your team's performance and you'll have a keen eye for process improvements and spotting the best ways of reducing cost whilst delivering world class service and results.
As part of your key responsibilities you'll:
- Maintain high standards of housekeeping
- Review and improve the operating environment through establishing and maintaining housekeeping standards
- Ensure health and safety standards are achieved on an ongoing basis and actively promote individual responsibility for health and safety
- Ensure all direct activities have a relevant standard operating procedure and actively pursue the elimination of waste through the application of continuous improvement tools and techniques
- Develop and maintain appropriate daily, weekly and monthly reporting mechanisms to monitor, control and improve performance
- Provide weekly daily and monthly performance reports and develop and maintain visual management boards for the team
- Monitor progress against Key Performance Indicators and costs against budget
- Manage the allocation of work on a daily basis, controlling headcount and overtime budgets and ensuring cost, quality and delivery targets met
- Promote flexibility through skills training and personal development
- Monitor team absence and performance, taking action where necessary
- Create and maintain a positive team culture and spirit, encouraging involvement from all team members when sharing group, divisional and team information
- Work with appropriate parties to provide solutions to team issues taking account of the appropriate policies and ethical practice
- Manage customer interfaces and expectations to ensure excellent customer service is received
About You
We'd love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you'd be able to perform well in this role!
- GCSE or equivalent level of education (including Maths and English)
- Previous experience of managing and leading a team
- Excellent Communication skills including effective listening
- Good IT skills with skills in Microsoft Office
- Proven logical thinker with skills in understanding and interpreting data
- Proven commitment to self-development and team development
- Proven experience of adapting to and leading programmes of change
- Awareness of Health and Safety standards
- Proven experience of delivering excellent customer service
Desirable
- First Line Manager training qualifications
- Knowledge of contract / area / processes within UL
- Project Management experience
- Relevant industry experience
- Working experience of the Unipart Way or similar lean / CI techniques
Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales.
You may have experience in the following roles: Warehouse Team Leader, Shift Supervisor, Production Team Leader, Operations Supervisor, Night Shift Manager, Warehouse Supervisor, Logistics Team Leader, Section Leader, Line Leader, etc.
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