Team Leader, Team Leader - Southall

Job summary

Pilgrims Windmill lane are looking for a Team Leader to join their Warehouse team, to lead the team in achieving their required metrics for the area, with a key focus on team member safety and ensuring that appropriate systems are used.

Responsibilities

• To lead the team in achieving their required metrics for the area, with a key focus on team member safety and ensuring that appropriate systems are used including; delivery, put away, stock management, picking & despatching, providing daily support and coaching to all team members.
• Fully support the activities that are defined within the master schedule for the area, maintaining a key focus on the metrics of the area and any deadlines along with the impact of change on any team members.
• Work cross functionally and build relationships to maximise performance.
• Ensure that each team member understands their role in delivering our business goals.
• Deliver value for the business and for the customer.
• Use visual management to communicate to the team performance issues and what you are doing about correcting them.
• Deliver value; hourly, daily, and weekly maintaining picking accuracy & stock control - trigger the escalation process for any deviation in safety, material flow or customer impacts (internal & external).
• Ensure that start-ups are documented, and the appropriate checks have been made and escalated as appropriate.
• Ensure that shift handovers documented and communicated effectively.
• Optimise labour minimise waste and distribution costs while maximising stock management, and attainment of picking targets.

Skills & Knowledge

• Proficient written, numerical, and verbal skills.
• Fluency of English language (Oral and Written).
• Experience in a Supply Chain operation.
• Problem solving and troubleshooting.
• Absence Management.
• Freezer Management.
• Stock Controls/ Warehouse layout management.
• Haulage Management.
• Delivery scheduling/ booking.
• Team management experience.
• Proficient with MS Office tools.
• Proficient in SAP & Innova.
• Understanding of lean tools and formal problem solving.
• Detailed understanding of the processes in the area of responsibility.
• Forklift License.

Qualifications

• Foundation level Health and Safety, Food Safety and HACCP - Desirable.

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