Warehouse Supervisor

About The Role:

We are seeking a proactive and hands-on Warehouse Supervisor to help lead our logistics team and ensure the smooth running of daily operations. You will be responsible for ensuring that our delivery and installation runs are prepped to go out each morning and supported via tracking any issues which may arise throughout the day.

A hands-on approach is required to support our self-loading depot and you will ensure that all our vehicles are road worthy, legal and compliant whilst providing on-going support to our Drivers, Quality and People teams.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Team Leader ready to take the next step in their career and play a key role in a growing and dynamic business.

Salary: £30,763.20 per annum 

Hours: 5 on 3 off, 5 on 2 off (40 hours per week)

Start and finish time: 1pm- 10pm (PM Shift)

Job Type: Full time and permanent contract

Location: Chittening Industrial Estate, Greensplott Road, Avonmouth, BS11 0YB

Here's What You Can Expect To Be Doing:

Complete in-house reports for the Depot Manager daily

Check that all vehicles leaving the depot are secure and meet required transport legislation requirements

Supervise and motivate a team both employed and self-employed drivers and ensure they are complying with the training that they have received

Complete alcohol testing when required

Communicate with our Drivers, handling any queries efficiently and in a professional manner

Transport Debriefing duties of vehicles returning from delivery and installation runs

Provide hands on support and take responsibility for managing the transhipping and reloads

A Few Things About You:

Understand transport legislation and logistics operation

Able to build good relationships with people even when under pressure

Challenge any vehicle issues or damages with our Drivers

Able to make decisions in the absence of the Depot Manager to drive performance and service

React quickly to information and be able to solve problems independently

Good communication skills both verbally and written

Competent use of Microsoft, particularly Excel

Our Benefits:

31 days holiday

5% contribution pension scheme

Healthcare Cashback Scheme

Exclusive Staff Discount

Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Packages

Expression of wish service

Make a difference days (x2 fully paid charity days a year)

Share-save Scheme

To see all our benefits and perks, visit our AO Benefits page