Summary
A rapidly expanding manufacturer of high quality fresh food products is seeking a Chilled Picking Warehouse Supervisor to join their establishment at their state of the art factory in Bristol. They’re seeking an individual who is able to work a Sunday – Thursday afternoon shift.
You can expect to achieve a salary of up to £30,000.

The Role:
The Warehouse Supervisor will supervise the Warehouse on a day to day basis, being the first point of contact for any issues arising. Duties will include:

• Supporting the Warehouse Manager with the day to day activities of the Warehouse.
• Ensure best practices are adhered to at all times, whilst maintaining excellent service levels.
• Oversee and supervise the team’s performance and work load to ensure that targets are met in a safe and productive manner.
• Ensure that all metrics and measures are continuously monitored in order to develop effective contingency planning, issue resolution and escalation management.
• Ensure that the teams are fully trained and performing in line with their job specification, compliant with company quality, Food Safety Legislation, BRC and health and safety policy.
• Identify and train deputies to cover for periods of absence.
• Daily reporting requirements and scheduling as necessary.
• Develop and maintain effective local working relationships within the framework of the company’s procedure agreements and associated policies.
• Audit compliance, infringements and returns are all dealt with in a time manner.
• Take responsibility for shift Health and Safety issues in conjunction with company Health and Safety guidelines.
• Develop a culture of continuous improvement.
• Work closely with the despatch team to ensure the timely and accurate fulfilment of customer orders.
• Ensure target levels are met in full and report any service issues to Warehouse Manager
• You will be working within a chilled environment.

The Person:

• Strong Warehouse background coupled with supervisory experience within a FMCG environment (ideally food manufacturing).
• Previous people-management experience.
• Problem solving and planning effective contingencies and solutions.
• Self-motivated with the ability to work on your own initiative well organised to prioritise your workload.
• Flexible, can do attitude approach to work.
• Ability to communicate confidently at all levels.
• Motivating and driving teams.
• Proven relationship management and excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Analysing and mining productivity reports that assist with managing performance.
• Experience of lean manufacturing & continuous improvement techniques (desirable)

This role would suit a Warehouse Supervisor / Warehouse Manager / Logistics Supervisor / Supply Chain etc.

JK Recruitment
Please be aware that we receive a high volume of interest for each of our roles and we cannot guarantee we will be in touch if you are not shortlisted for the position. At JK Recruitment we aim to provide the best possible opportunity to take your career forward, we will be in touch within the next seven days if your application is successful. Please continue to visit www.jkrecruit.co.uk to keep up to date with further vacancies. We regret that this client is not prepared to sponsor work permit or work permit transfer applications. Candidates must be able to prove their eligibility to work in the UK