• Job Description

  Req#: 345481

  Are you a Shift Manager looking for a new challenge or maybe you’re ready for your next step? Do you enjoy providing guidance to your colleagues, enabling them to develop their skills? If so, we want to hear from you.

  We are looking for a Warehouse Shift Manager to join us at our Waitrose contract based in Brinklow, Milton Keynes on a full-time, permanent basis. You’ll provide leadership and guidance for the shift warehouse team, ensuring that they have all the tools they need to do their role and that the operation runs smoothly. You’ll be working on the night shift, 11pm to 7am, on an any 5 nights from 7 shift pattern.

  Pay, benefits and more:

  We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £40,295.42 inclusive of night shift allowance and 33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical & dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more!

  You’ll also have access to a subsidised on-site gym, Colleague dining room and shop! Our GXO University which provides you the opportunity to learn new skills and gain qualifications at a pace that you’re comfortable with.

  What you’ll do on a typical day:

  • Manage and coordinate the work activities within your team of up to 360 warehouse colleagues, whilst ensuring a customer focused approach with a responsive nature to customer requirements
  • Co-ordinate customer requirements, ensuring procedural conformance, customer satisfaction and that contractual obligations are met
  • Carry out the timely reporting of performance KPI and financial information, identifying trends and acting on areas for development
  • Ensuring the operation meets or exceeds budgeted targets set up for export operation with the use of key operational cost drivers and P&L management

  What you need to succeed at GXO:

  • Previous experience supervising or managing a large team in a complex, fast-paced warehouse environment
  • An understanding of key operational cost drivers and P&L or cost centre management
  • Excellent team leadership skills with the ability to develop and coach teams to ensure excellent performance
  • The ability to perform under pressure, efficiently managing conflicting priorities whilst keeping a level head

  We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

  GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are Disability Confident Committed as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

  The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.

• About the company

  GXO Logistics is an American global contract logistics company that manages outsourced supply chains and warehousing.

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