Section Leader Level 3 Warehouse

The British flower market is worth £1.2bn and MM Flowers supplies fresh cut flowers and bouquets to the U.K.’s and Europe’s leading flower retailers. We grow and source the highest quality and most beautiful blooms across the world, delivering colour, passion, and inspiration through breath-taking blooms.

Established in 2007, MM Flowers has grown exponentially every year and is based in a purpose built, state-of-the-art facility in Alconbury, Huntingdon. MM Flowers employs over 900 people who are dedicated to delivering exceptional quality and service to our customers.

To continue our tremendous growth, we need the brilliant people to help us achieve our goals. We aim to deliver excellence at every point in the supply chain from distribution to processing, technical standards through to marketing, with consideration for our people and the planet at the heart of everything we do.

If this sounds like a company that you would like to be a part of, and you have the talent, energy and drive to be a part of shaping our journey, we would love to hear from you.

**We are currently looking for SECTION LEADER LEVEL 3 - INTAKE WAREHOUSE**

To ensure the maintain a clean and tidy working environment ensuring health and safety standards are maintained and improved. Ensure stock flow is managed proactively to and from the stores area correctly, ensuring the flow from intake and production is managed proactively. To work in collaboration and cross functionally across all Operations through the Supply Chain and departments.

In a nutshell, you will be busy.
- Ensuring Health and safety is followed and adhered to.
- Use the Papaya system to record all accident and incidents, as well as all health and safety behaviour conversations.
- Promote and uphold the clean as you go policy.
- Manual handling technique to be followed.
- Planning and deployment of the day-to-day staffing levels
- Absent management and controls including return to works
- Performance management of the team against set KPI’s
- Management of the day-to-day receipt of Stock from various suppliers
- Ensure all stock is palletised correctly
- Ensure all stock received is booked in correctly before it leaves the intake area
- Raise any consignment issues, stock code issues with the correct teams
- Review stock arrived vs stock confirmed for arrival and ensure any discrepancies are communicated to the correct team
- Accurate scanning of stock to and from the warehouse
- Conducting/managing stock counts and investigations where needed
- Manage the teams to ensure we have cover during the day including break times.
- Support with the management of the INV process to ensure maximum stock availability
- Liaise with the logistics team on deliveries that have not arrived within the allocated delivery time frame.
- Working as a team with the other leaders on shift, supporting them to maintain stock accuracy and integrity
- Ensure the team is trained on all the SOPs and processes within the area in accordance with the required the training team.
- MHE control and compliance ensuring that the fleet is correctly operated and report any faults/defects via the correct process.
- Ensure all MHE is clean and free from stickers and rubbish.
- Ensure the flow of equipment returns is managed and controlled, requesting additional collections when required
- Carry out investigations as required into issues that arise
- Carry out 1-2-1 and yearly appraisal for the team
- Ensure you, your team and any visitors comply with all health and safety procedures in the area under your control.
- Correct or report any unsafe practices or conditions.
- Ensure accidents, incidents and dangerous occurrences are dealt with in accordance with company standards.
- Positively promote a health and safety culture.
- Ensure MHE is operated in accordance to training and safe systems of work.
- Develop a team approach to continuous improvement opportunities.
- Lead, support, coach, and mentor your team to successfully implement lean techniques and continuously improve the process.
- Help promote a continuous improvement culture throughout all areas of responsibility.
- Meet targets and maintain KPIs.
- Manage and ensure full and timely completion of assigned tasks.
- Ensure the team clearly understand the quality standards required by our customers and the internal requirements of our quality systems and procedures.
- Ensure that all customers’ specifications are always adhered to, following guidance, as necessary.
- Ensure compliance with hygiene rules and requirements.
- Maintain a hygienic, clean, and tidy working environment always.
- Ensure conformance to work wear requirements.
- Positively promote a culture of hygiene and housekeeping.
- Understand and comply with the company environmental policy.

For this role it would be great if you have.
- Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, whilst maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service.
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