Warehouse Team Leader

At Blueleaf, we’re passionate about supporting those who care for others. We work closely with our customers in the care sector to provide high-quality care home products, consumables, and furniture that truly make a difference.

Blueleaf are currently looking to recruit a Warehouse Team Leader at our Castleford depot in West Yorkshire.  The ideal candidate will have excellent leadership qualities to enable them to lead a team of warehouse operatives safely and efficiently to ensure tasks are completed effectively including ensuring all goods are received in accurately and are correctly stored.  If you have experience of leading a team in a warehousing environment and are willing to fix problems that occasionally arise, as well as being a great team-player, then this role could be for you. This is a permanent full time role, working 45 hours a week, Monday to Friday.  Typical working hours will be from 5am to 2pm.  Immediate start available.

Your day to day responsibilities:

Live and promote Blueleaf's Culture and Values

Manage the Shift team to ensure all goods are received in and correctly stored, and that all orders are picked, checked and loaded accurately to meet the required van departure times.

Monitor the activities of the shift to ensure quality work and productive use of resources.

Print any emergency (missed) sales orders after the cut off time as required or arrange different date with Customer Services.

Conduct and record physical stock-takes as requested.

Provide a daily accurate handover report.

Resolve day to day operational issues/problems – service.

Regularly review the performance of the team and develop the team through cross training and coaching including PDRs.

Ensure all staff wear safety equipment and work in a safe manner complying with all health and safety, training and environmental regulations.

Keep a clean and safe working environment (warehouse/office) to ensure operational efficiency.

Make recommendations to aid efficiency and add value.

Oversee critical ops report for missed shipments/unplanned orders and report to Customer Services as required.

Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Support Warehouse Supervisor in daily functions and suggest solutions to problems.

Work closely with the Warehouse Supervisor, Transport Supervisor and Depot Manager to ensure all Blueleaf values are demonstrated.

Ensure staff are rotated to roles where necessary to support the business, but also to ensure multiskilling of all operatives to offer resilience to the team.

Multi-functional support in all areas of the business to support with volume and absence including holiday cover for alternate shift team leader.

Occasionally there may be the need to work from other warehouses within the company due to business need and customer demand, appropriate notice will be given.

Safe and secure opening up of or locking up of the site.

Responsible for the safety of others and ensuring all H&S procedures are followed.

Skills & Experience

Proven work experience of a team leader/Supervisor for a warehousing team

Teamwork skills and willing to participate as a full member of the team

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Good analytical and reasoning skills

Knowledge in health and safety, manual handling and hazardous substances

Ideally previous experience in the use of counterbalance and high reach forklift trucks, and powered pallet truck equipment, and holding a forklift truck licence

Full driving licence

About Blueleaf

At Blueleaf, we believe those who care for others are extraordinary.  We're here to support them and ensure they never feel alone, and by understanding our clients needs and challenges, this allows us to find the right solutions to achieve their desired outcomes, as well as providing the essentials that every care home needs.  In an industry which is all about people, we value relationships above all else, we take the time to get to know them, listen to them, and walk in their shoes and those of their residents - always living our values: 'Stronger Together, Achieve the Outcome, Lead the Way and Care. Always'.

With over 30-years’ experience in the care home sector and occupying a large portion of this market, Blueleaf is continually looking at ways to expand and grow by seeking new opportunities, and to use its experience and expertise to help care homes deliver outstanding care for their residents. 

Blueleaf is an equal opportunities employer.

What will we offer?

We will offer a competitive salary of £35,292.00 per annum, with paid breaks, and 33 days holiday inclusive of bank and public holidays.  You will be eligible for inclusion in a discretionary bonus scheme and a number of welfare benefits, such as auto-enrolment into our pension scheme, Death in Service benefit, access to our Medicash scheme that provides cash back towards everyday healthcare bills and a wide range of other wellbeing benefits including access to an employee assistance program.

Location

This role is located at our warehouse in Castleford, West Yorkshire.

Next Steps

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