Warehouse Supervisor

  • Job Reference: 1312376011-2
  • Date Posted: 3 May 2024
  • Recruiter: Workwales
  • Location: Gorseinon, Swansea
  • Salary: On Application
  • Sector: Transport & Logistics
  • Job Type: Permanent

Job Description

Warehouse Supervisor
Swansea
27000 - 30000PA
Permanent Role 35 Hour week

The Company
This Swansea based provider of Safety and Workwear are part of a US owned Worldwide Group.
Supplying Workwear and PPE to customers throughout the UK they have a very busy warehouse who currently need an additional staff member due to continual growth, company expansion and new contracts.

The Role
You will work Monday to Friday 08:30AM - 04:30PM based in a small but busy warehouse. You will be responsible for supervising a team of 4 people as well as working hands on both in the warehouse and completing occasional deliveries. It is a permanent position offering a good salary for the hours worked and giving you a good work / home life balance.
The role is a very varied offering a good mix of duties including:
Supervisory duties

  • Supervision of the warehouse team
  • Ensuring health and safety levels are maintained
  • Stock control using a computerised stock control system
  • Liaison with sales / production to ensure correct availability of products required
  • Work flow control and delegation of duties to subordinates
  • Ensuring staff availability, leave and sickness control
  • Monitoring staff productivity and efficiency's
  • Training staff as required
  • Assessing working procedures and systems, making changes where required to ensure optimum efficiency's

Warehouse duties

  • Receiving and checking in of goods
  • Picking and managing of orders
  • Packing of orders
  • Operating a forklift to move stock as required
  • Dispatch
  • Occasional deliveries to clients
  • Stock upkeep of vending machines based at customers premises / customer liaison

Requirements
This position will suit an experienced warehouse or stores supervisor / team leader who has worked in a small to medium sized warehouse and used to supervising and working hands-on at the same time.
The successful applicant will have the following experience, skills and attributes:

  • Previous stores / warehouse supervisory experience essential
  • Comfortable to supervise and work hands-on at the same time
  • Drivers license
  • Previous forklift experience preferred
  • Computer literate, experienced with a computerised stock control system
  • A flexible worker, happy to put their hand to what ever is required
  • Well organised and able to manage multiple duties
  • A team player with leadership qualities
  • Responsible and reliable person with good attention to detail

In Return
This is a great opportunity to join a company who offer their staff a solid work / home life balance, 35 hour per week roles are rare. The role offers responsibility and a good mix of duties in a friendly team focused environment. A good salary, pension, annual bonus and overtime are also on offer.
For more information contact Kim Simpson of Work Wales for a confidential discussion.