Warehouse Team Leader

**A bit about the role.**
As a Warehouse Team Leader at Rudie’s Kitchen (our site near Doncaster), you’ll make sure that our team deliver healthy meals and treats to dogs and their humans all over the world.

Butternut have big plans for growth and expansion and this is your chance to be a key player in making this happen. As a Warehouse Team Leader you help lead will activity in our stores and inbound/outbound operations. Reporting into the Warehouse Manager you’ll support the other Team Leaders in Production and Order Fulfilment.

As part of the role, you will:

- Be accountable for upkeep and delivery of high safety, quality & hygiene standards.
- To provide supervision, support and leadership to the warehouse team to meet key operational metrics of quality, stock accuracy, pick rates and waste
- Monitor & improve your teams performance in order to achieve growth, accuracy in a supportive environment
- To lead continuous improvements and problem solving initiatives which contribute to savings within the department / company
- Accurately plan daily tasks to ensure sufficient team members are in place to meet demand
- Work well with multiple functional teams including Engineering, Technical, Production and Order fulfilment.
- A bit about you.*
- Demonstrated experience in a Warehouse Team Leader role and in a high-speed volume manufacturing environment
- Passionate about creating and promoting a people-focused culture with quality at its heart
- Determined to lead through example with a drive to develop your team
- Humble and approachable for all employees being the first point of contact
- Excellent communication and organisational skills, including an ability to communicate with employees at all levels in a warm and understanding manner
- Creative and analytical thinker
- Resilient and adaptable, faces into challenges and keen to help growth
- Someone who loves the pace and excitement of FMCG manufacturing
**A bit about us.**
At Butternut, we put the food back into dog food. We believe dogs deserve to eat the healthiest, most natural and tastiest food with none of the nasties. That’s why we make freshly prepared dog food. Cooked like you would at home. Delivered in perfect portions.

Our goal is to help dogs live healthier, happier and longer lives whilst leaving humans smiling after every interaction. We’ve come a long way since our co-founders (Kev & Dave) hand-delivered the first Butternut Box, we now feed a lot of dogs across the UK - but we want to feed dogs everywhere. And to do this, we need a team of brilliant people who share that ambition to come and work with us.

Are you up for the challenge?
- A bit about what we offer.*
- 257.5 hours per year - includes statutory bank holiday entitlement
- Butternut Box employee discount
- Pension with NEST
- Discounted private medical insurance with Vitality
- Cycle to work scheme
- £500 personal learning & development budget
- Payday pizzas and Saturday breakfast for those of shift
- Daily free tea, coffee, squash and fruit
- Cool events and celebrations including our annual Butternut Get Together
**A few things to note.**
- This role is 100% based in our kitchen in Blyth, Doncaster.
- The interview process will be in three stages; phone interview with a member of the recruitment team, online video interview with the hiring manager, face to face interview onsite with the hiring manager and wider team with a site tour.
- Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
Location: Unit1,Symmetry Park, Doncaster