Warehouse Team Leader

Warehouse Team Leader
Northampton, Northamptonshire
£28,501 to £32,290 per annum, depending on experience
40 hours per week, 5 days out of 7, which may include early, late and weekend shifts
This role will be predominately working a 2pm – 10pm shift, Monday – Friday

About us

An award-winning, market-leading 3PL (third-party logistics provider), ILG specialises in high-quality order fulfilment and delivery services. Our customers are premium brands, many in the beauty, fashion and wellbeing sectors. Our mission is to help them succeed.

We are a people business, investing in training and development, recognising and rewarding our people’s achievements and creating opportunities for them to progress within our business. So, if you want to develop an exciting career, learn from a friendly team and realise your full potential in a fast-growing company, this is the role for you.

The role

As a Warehouse Team Leader, you WILL be responsible for overseeing and executing key tasks within the warehouse to ensure efficient operations. This role is task-oriented and involves organising, coordinating, and driving the completion of essential warehouse functions, including shipping. The Team Leader will act as a “hands-on” resource, ensuring that daily operational tasks are carried out with accuracy, safety, and in line with company procedures, including adequate staffing and process improvement.

What we are looking for

- Previous experience of successfully operating in a supervisory role in a warehouse operation (desirable).
- Sufficient experience and knowledge of warehouse operations to effectively manage a designated area and provide an excellent level of service to the customer.
- Ability to identify issues related to stock, shipping, and workflow bottlenecks and take the initiative to resolve them.
- Used to working with KPIs and understanding their importance.
- Experience of leading a team to carry out tasks to completion, able to coordinate and delegate within the team whilst remaining operationally “hands on”.
- Where needed, able to support the Manager in the performance management, development, training or support of team members.
- Methodical with proven ability to prioritise workload and tasks.
- Familiarity with warehouse management systems and MS Office365. Competent in operating warehouse equipment.
- Understanding of workplace safety and security regulations and a commitment to maintaining a safe working environment.
- Ability to react within a complex and growing operational environment.
- Forward thinking with the ability to “think on their feet”.
- Financial understanding.
- Exposure to continuous improvement techniques.
- Understand the value of the service they and their team are providing.

Benefits

- Discretionary company bonus scheme.
- Pension, Life Assurance, Healthshield Cash Plan and Discount Perks.
- 22 days’ holiday (plus Bank Holidays), increasing to 25 days after 2 complete holiday years, with the option to buy/sell holiday.
- Birthday leave.
- Free on-site parking, with electric car charging at certain locations.
- Range of employee awards.
- Uniform and full PPE provided.
- Regular social events.
- Employee assistance programme to promote mental health wellbeing.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.

Job Application Requirements - We welcome your application and look forward to considering you for this role. Please note the following important requirements for all applicants:

- Right to Work in the UK & Basic DBS Check – You must have the legal right to work in the UK (we are not able to sponsor you). If successful, you will also need to pass a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before starting employment. We use a
third-party checking service for each of these, so you will need to provide them with relevant information if offered a role with us.
- References - We reserve the right to request two or more references to cover the past five years of your employment history. Please ensure you can provide accurate contact details for each of your referees.
- English Language – You must be able to work in English, enough to fully understand spoken and written work instructions, follow health and safety guidance and participate in discussions with your manager or colleagues.

If you meet the role requirements, as well as the above, and are ready to take the next step in your career, we encourage you to apply.

Please be aware, we will be considering applications as we receive them and arranging interviews accordingly. Depending on the volume of applications we receive, we may close this advert ahead of the advertised closing date.

For more information about our company or employee benefits, please visit our website.

Other organisations may call this role Logistics Team Leader, Warehouse Supervisor, or Production Team Leader