Job Title: Assistant Warehouse Manager
Location: Chelmsford
Salary: £30,000 per year
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
The Company/Role:
The Plumbing Distribution Company Ltd is a thriving B2B distribution business known for delivering high quality plumbing products and superior service to our customers. With a strong commitment to excellence and customer satisfaction, we have been serving our merchants for 17 years and with a focus on continuous improvement, our family run business is seeking a dedicated and experienced Assistant Warehouse Manager to join our team and lead our operations to new heights.
Job Summary:
- Good customer service skills
- Strong daily planning and organization skills
- Energy and passion
- Excellent attention to detail
- Health and Safety knowledge
- Motivational skills to drive the team to meet targets.
Key Responsibilities:
- Using software to record, communicate, help efficiency.
- Co-ordinate activities to achieve business performance.
- Being able to use and understand the transport sector of the business, with the ability to route and schedule deliveries.
- Knowledgeable in Health and Safety and upholds the highest expectation.
- Management of the receipt, storage and despatch of stock using inhouse systems
- Coordinating and enforcing operational and personnel policies and procedures.
- Overseeing inventory control, including implementing processes such as physical inventory counts and reconciling inventory data with data management systems.
- Establishing and monitoring security procedures to ensure the safety of the warehouse operation, personnel, inventory, and other warehouse assets.
- Optimizing the warehouse layout, inspecting equipment, and ensuring ongoing maintenance procedures are followed.
- Ensure environment, health and safety standards are set up correctly and achieved on anon- going basis and actively promote individual responsibility for environment, health and safety.
- Responsible for the physical appearance and safety of the working environment.
- Actively promote and take responsibility for embedding a culture of employee engagement within the team, ensuring high levels of team morale through constant communication
- Ensure that the team delivers Key Performance Indicators that line with company operations data.
- Ensure processes have a relevant standard operating procedure and that these are continually improved to drive improvements in quality and performance.
- On occasions liaise with customers, colleagues, suppliers and transport companies.
- Have a clear understanding of the company’s policies and vision and how the warehouse contributes to these.
Required:
- Forklift
- First aid trained (desired but not essential)
Please note that this role will be office based within a warehouse environment Monday – Friday working either 9:00 am – 6:00 pm or 7:00 am – 4:00 pm so there is a requirement for flexibility due to business needs.
You must be a Driver with permanent access to a car as we are not accessible in any way via public transport!
Additional benefits:
- 28 days Holiday (20 days plus Bank Holidays), increasing by one day after one year’s service and every year up to a maximum of five years.
- Healthy snacks and drinks provided.
- Christmas shutdown (deducted from annual entitlement)
- Free parking.
Please note:
All Applicants must provide Right to Work evidence at Interview.
Salary offered based on current experience and potential.
Please click the APPLY button to submit your CV to apply for this role.
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Senior Warehouse Operative, Warehouse Supervisor, Goods Inwards Warehouse Manager, Warehouse Assistant Manager, Warehouse Coordinator, Senior Process Operative, Processing, Senior Line Operative, Production Operative, Servicing Operative, Forklift Licence, Driver, Warehouse Driver, FLT Driver, Warehouse Components, Senior Distribution Assistant, Logistics Co-ordinator, Logistics Operative, Distribution Team Leader will also be considered for this role.
