Warehouse Team Leader

Warehouse Team Leader | Tuxford with occasional travel to Lincoln Head Office | Full Time | Monday – Friday 8:00 am – 5:00 pm or 9:00 am – 6:00 pm | £35,000 - £40,000 per annum

Our client is a fast-growing designer, importer and distributor of premium cabinet hardware, serving the Kitchen, Bedroom and Bathroom (KBB) industry.

The Role

As Warehouse Team Leader, you will play a key role in ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of warehouse operations. Leading a small team, you will oversee goods in, order fulfilment, stock accuracy and operational performance while maintaining high standards of safety and efficiency.

This is a hands-on leadership position suited to someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and takes pride in delivering operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Promote a strong health & safety culture, ensuring all activities are carried out in line with safe systems of work, site procedures and compliance standards
• Take accountability for coordinating operational activities across your designated area, ensuring productivity, accuracy and service levels are consistently delivered in line with customer expectations
• Lead, motivate and support warehouse colleagues, proactively managing performance, providing real-time feedback and driving engagement to achieve team and individual targets
• Prioritise and delegate workload effectively, adapting plans in line with operational demand to ensure deadlines and KPIs are consistently met
• Oversee Goods In operations, booking in of deliveries and ensuring stock is received accurately
• Ensure all customer orders are picked, packed and dispatched correctly, on time and in full
• Team leadership and development, conducting shift briefings, onboarding new hires, training staff, and managing attendance, performance or conduct issues
• Inventory and system controls, leading stock integrity processes, including cycle counts, audits and handling discrepancy investigations using the warehouse enterprise resource planning (ERP) system
• Resolve any stock or order discrepancies in collaboration with customer services and supply chain teams in a timely manner

Requirements

Essential

• Previous experience in a warehouse or logistics Team Leader or supervisory role within a KPI-driven environment
• Strong understanding of warehouse operations, with the ability to manage workflows and maintain operational standards
• Proven people management skills, with experience motivating small cross-functional teams, managing performance and supporting development
• A hands-on leadership style that takes ownership and responsibility for areas of responsibility
• Confident communication skills, with the ability to influence, challenge and build relationships across all levels
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving, time-critical environment
• Good knowledge and experience working with warehouse ERP systems

Desirable

• Previous experience using the Orderwise ERP system

What’s In It For You

• 28 days per annum inclusive of statutory Bank Holidays
• Supportive and team-focused work environment

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