JE135: Warehouse Supervisor
Location: Eltisley, Cambridge
Salary: £35,000 - £37,000 Per annum
Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Warehouse Supervisor on behalf of one of our clients.
Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- The set-up, operation and running of the Packing and Warehouse departments.
- Maintaining close communication links with Scheduling, Client Services and the Production
- Management team to ensure work is completed on time and to customer specification and problems are resolved promptly and effectively.
- Responsibility for the shift handover process including writing of comprehensive and informative shift reports.
- Responsibility for the provision of KPI reports to Production Manager detailing performance on Employee efficiency, Stock utilisation directly associated with Packing and Warehouse departments.
- Attending and fully participating in daily Production meetings including discussion regarding departmental challenges and initiatives, resourcing capacity and contributing to problem resolution.
- Monitoring and controlling of stock so that minimum and maximum stock levels are maintained to cover the current workloads.
- The supervision of maintenance of departmental machinery, to ensure consistent quality and output is maintained.
- Supervision of departmental procedures & workflows, housekeeping and shift change over.
- Reporting to the senior management all production issues which may affect the smooth and efficient management of the Packing and Warehouse areas
- Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement in departmental processes, systems and procedures and implementing these whilst engaging stake holders and keeping them fully informed.
- Allocation of all jobs to staff members and machinery within the departments, evaluating deadlines and requirements to ensure efficient and cost-efficient processing of work on time and in full.
Skills and Qualifications:
- Experience of working in a fast-paced production environment
- Knowledge of the digital print market.
- People management and workforce planning experience
- Experience of identifying and implementing continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ability to manage a team, supporting team members and department managers
- Good organisation skills and the ability to thrive in pressurised environments
- Ability to multi-task and utilise resources to execute tasks within a deadline-oriented environment with tight timelines
- Excellent attention to detail and a record of maintaining high quality standards
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Highly motivated with a high level of initiative; inspires confidence to work independently and in support of department goals and business objectives.
- Ability to build good, professional relationships.
- Strong computer skills, with a willingness to carry out administrative duties and more complex challenges.
- Proactive, can do attitude.
Location: Eltisley, Cambridge
Salary: £35,000 - £37,000 Per annum