Warehouse Shift Manager

**Warehouse Shift Supervisor - £31,064 + Benefits - Gloucester to support the Warehouse Manager to run the department effectively to enable daily, weekly and monthly objectives to be met - £500 Attendance Bonus About Bensons forBeds** We're Bensons for Beds We put Sleep Wellness at the heart of everything we do. With 100 years of experience in sourcing the best quality beds, frames and mattresses, at Bensons we understand how to design the perfect, tailored sleep experience. We have170+ locations and employ c 1800 colleagues. Under new ownership of Alteri Investors we have an ambitious 3 year plan to grow the business further and achieve our mission.

**The Role - Warehouse Shift Manager** We are currently looking for an experienced warehouse shift supervisor to join our Gloucester team. They will be responsible for managing the warehouse shift team to ensure all inbound and outbound activities are completed to plan to deliver excellent service,whilst maintaining high standards of health and safety and cost control. They will also be required to liaise with other departments to ensure all customer orders are completed on time and in full.

Daily Responsibilities will include : --Setting and communicating the daily warehouse plan in line with available resource
- Monitors progress of the plan ensuring high standards of performance are achieved
- Be active in preparing the Warehouse Management System (WMS) to schedule work in the correct sequence to achieve best results, both inbound and outbound
- Follows all company procedures and processes relating to HR and Health and Safety legislation
- Attends meeting where necessary to report on departmental performance (Daily Ops Call, Inbound Supply Call)
- Develops the team, identifying training gaps and performance issues and instigating a plan to improve
- To ensure that all new employees receive induction training according to Company Procedures and that it is properly signed off and recorded

**Skills needed** We are looking for an experienced Warehouse Shift Manager with the following skills, experience and attributes to be successful in this role:

- Previous experience of working in Warehousing/Logistics with Supervisory experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Good understanding of logistics processes and procedures
- Good problem-solving skills
- Demonstrates continuous improvement qualities
- Experience of Warehouse Management Systems
- Hard working and conscientious
- Team worker
- Flexible working to meet strict deadlines

**Our Benefits** In return for your contribution to the team’s performance, we offer a competitive base salary plus _all these extra benefits:_
- *Employee discount scheme for Bensons products
- *‘Perks’ discounts from numerous high street and online retailers and service providers to save you money on your everyday purchases and bigger expenses such as holidays and travel, electrical goods, motoring and leisure products etc.
- *Pension scheme - provided by Legal & General
- *Bupa Healthcare
- *Healthshield cashback options for Health and wellbeing services (dental, optical, virtual GP, other hospital services and more)
- Access to Retail Trust services (guidance and support on retail issues, mental health, wellbeing & financial topics)
- Learning and development programmes to gain new knowledge and skills
- Career progression - access to internal opportunities to build your career within Bensons for Beds
- *Long service awards and ‘Love to Shop’ voucher rewards to spend as you like
- 31 days holiday

(*qualifying periods apply)