Warehouse FLM

Days - Monday to Friday: 6am to 2pm (30mins unpaid lunch break)

£25.6k + Discretionary Bonus + Bens + Excellent Prospects

Strive Supply chain have been exclusively retained to work with a well-established, high profile, supplier of non-food FMCG items to the retail & wholesale sector. This is a new role that will take the operation through a period of expanding automation & CI & as such will provide the successful candidate with a fantastic opportunity.

Ideally used to a proven FLM OR Operative looking to make a step up.

Warehouse Summary:

• Square footage of the site – NDC c210,000 sq ft combined
• Stockholding = c8 weeks
• Inbound suppliers c140 Suppliers on monthly basis with some products received direct from EU suppliers & re-sorted on site and then sent onto re-packagers in UK labelling.
• Wholesale customers purchase stock by pallet
• KNAPP automation / High bay racking throughout main warehouse with added VNA due.
• Outbound Transport mostly via own van fleet & some 3PL. High volume, multi-drop

Ideal Candidate:

• Must be a strong people manager.
• Ideally from a high-volume warehouse or production related function with exposure to fast moving, multi-SKU, time critical, complex operations.
• Proven experience of challenging poor performance & selling a route forward to improve.
• People driven & proven ability to change attitudes, train, lead & coach.
• Able to combine being hands on & taking a step back when needed.
• Good numeracy and literacy ability
• WMS exposure
• Can work under pressure without constant supervision
• Able to carry out manual lifting tasks as orders can be for full outers.
• Conscientious, reliable, with good attendance and timekeeping standards.
• High standard of personal hygiene

Role Summary:

• Always ensuring legal and regulatory compliance, including Health & Safety, ensuring required quality standards are met by all staff
• Monitoring daily KPI’s, staff performance and desired targets
• Ability to communicate with team members effectively
• Daily management of the replenishment of products required for customer orders in both the WMS and KNAPP environments, including any reports, to ensure availability
• Daily management of the collection and put away of Goods In deliveries
• Ensuring sufficient, adequately trained staff are available to handle the daily workload
• Resource and Equipment management
• Reporting any defective equipment or equipment issues to the Warehouse Management or on-site engineers
• Management & allocation of the Stock Counting & date Checking procedure
• Ensuring FEFO practices take place at the time of replenishment/goods in put away
• Ensuring all SOPs are always adhered to
• Manual Picking of orders in both the KNAPP & WMS environments using scanners
• Packing & Repacking (where required) of orders in a way which protects the integrity and quality of products
• Management of the Goods Out Zones – Including order resolution, sortation and storage
• Spot Checks on tasks performed by the team you are responsible for

This is a fantastic opportunity – we look forward to your application.