First Line Manager - Nights

First Line Manager - Nights

We are seeking a full time, permanent First Line Manager to join our Nightshift Team.

Shift Pattern

4 nights on, 4 nights off, working 6pm to 6 am.

Pay rate

To be discussed at interview stage

What makes working for this leading brand different? Well, that’s easy

1 – They are a Sunday Times Top Track 100 company and one of the UK’s fastest growing privately owned companies.

2 – The Range has grown enormously since it’s inception in 1989, and now has over 200 stores nationwide. People are at the heart of their retail concept, and they want to invest in their staff and make the future extraordinary.

3 – As a result of their success and ongoing expansion plans,they opened their brand-new distribution centre in Stowmarket and this investment will create great opportunities with excellent onsite facilities and employee benefits.

What does the role entail?

• Working as part of a large workforce reporting to a Shift Manager.
• Leadership of own team circa 50 colleagues
• Disciplines include inbound receiving, stock put-away, picking, despatch and inventory management.
• Drives process change and improvements whilst maintaining Health & Safety as a priority and developing standard operational process ensuring accuracy of stock is optimised.
• Work in close cooperation with peer group including inventory, H&S, planning and HR Manager.
• Achieve and exceed operational KPIs and work with other departments on any deviations and corrective action plans.
• Driving operational efficiency across multiple disciplines and time frames ensuring resources coordinated in line with changing demands and deadlines.
• Supports & identifies process improvements whilst maintaining Health & Safety as a priority and developing standard operational process ensuring productivity targets exceeded.
• Stand in for Shift Manager including shift handovers when required .
• Staff engagement including pre-shift briefings supported by up-to-date KPI display and dialogue.
• Review performance and support Shift Manager with any underperformance through appropriate Management intervention

What skills & experience do we seek?

• Experience of managing in a warehouse environment
• Warehouse systems with Red Prairie knowledge an advantage
• Microsoft excel, word & PowerPoint as you will be refining procedures and policies and procedures in the start-up period.
• Team player and great communicator with a strong work ethic and an engagement enthusiast

What’s in it for you?

• Excellent salary based on experience and qualifications.
• 6.2 weeks annual holiday including bank holidays. All holidays dates including bank holidays have to be booked in advance
• Canteen heavily subsidised
• Gym on site free to employees
• Parking on site free. Electrical charge units available
• Bike parking secure and undercover along with cycle to work funding scheme.

Staff discount in The Range stores plus other shops & stores