Warehouse section leader
6 days ago
Bradford
Warehouse Section Leader - Bradford \n People Solutions are currently recruiting for a Warehouse Section Leader to join our well-established client on a permanent basis based in Bradford, West Yorkshire. This is an exciting opportunity offering a salary of up to £37,000 per annum, flexible shift patterns and genuine opportunities for long-term career progression. \n This role would suit candidates with experience as a Warehouse Team Leader, Warehouse Supervisor, Distribution Supervisor, Shift Manager, Logistics Team Leader or Warehouse Operations Supervisor. \n Shifts \n Flexible shift pattern covering working 40 hours per week : \n\n • 06:00 – 14:00\n, • 14:00 – 22:00\n, • 11:00 – 19:00 during off-peak periods\n\n For the right candidate, there may be the opportunity to work a permanent 08:00 – 16:00 shift. \n Salary: Up to £37,000 per annum, depending on experience. \n Benefits \n As a Warehouse Section Leader, you will receive: \n\n • Competitive salary of up to £37,000 per annum\n, • Permanent contract\n, • 26 days holiday plus bank holidays\n, • Company pension scheme\n, • Free onsite parking\n, • Annual care day and volunteer days\n, • Cultural and lifestyle benefits supporting work-life balance\n, • Genuine opportunities for career progression\n, • Friendly and supportive working environment\n\n Day-to-Day Duties \n As a Warehouse Section Leader, your duties will include: \n\n • Leading, motivating and developing a team within a busy warehouse operation\n, • Creating a positive, inclusive and high-performing working environment\n, • Driving team performance to achieve operational targets and customer service levels\n, • Allocating workloads to ensure orders are picked, packed and dispatched accurately and on time\n, • Monitoring KPIs and using performance data to drive continuous improvement\n, • Identifying opportunities to improve productivity, efficiency and warehouse processes\n, • Coaching and developing colleagues to maximise individual and team performance\n, • Ensuring Health & Safety policies and procedures are followed at all times\n, • Investigating operational challenges and implementing sustainable solutions\n, • Supporting reporting, performance analysis and departmental improvements\n\n Essential Skills \n To be successful in this role, you will have: \n\n • Previous experience leading teams within a warehouse, logistics or distribution environment\n, • Strong leadership and people management skills\n, • Experience achieving operational KPIs and service levels\n, • Excellent communication and organisational skills\n, • A proactive approach with a passion for continuous improvement\n, • Good IT skills, including Microsoft Excel and warehouse systems\n, • Strong problem-solving abilities with the confidence to make decisions\n, • Flexibility to work across rotating shift patterns\n\n Desirable Experience \n The ideal candidate will have experience with: \n\n • Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) or SAP\n, • Lean methodologies or Continuous Improvement initiatives\n, • Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) procedures\n, • Process improvement, productivity and operational efficiency projects\n\n Training \n\n • Industry related training and ongoing support throughout\n\n Apply: If you are interested in this role, please apply today and a member of our recruitment team will be in touch. \n People Solutions do not charge candidates any fees or request deposits at any stage of the recruitment process.