Warehouse and Distribution Manager

Salary: £36,000 – £42,000 per year

Bates & Bradshaw are recruiting on behalf of a major Construction & Maintenance company in the Hull area who operate as one of the leading building, repairs, and maintenance contractors. They are presently employing around 500 people and have a turnover of £50m and they have some ambitious plans in place to grow this again over the coming years.

Role Description

You will be responsible for ensuring our 300+ strong mobile workforce have the right materials at the right time in the right place. Workforce productivity is reliant on efficient materials handling. The successful candidate will therefore play a central part in ensuring efficient service delivery.

You will manage the warehouse team and initially the successful candidate will report to the Chief Finance Officer and work closely with the Procurement team.

The role involves balancing sometimes conflicting requirements of the mobile workforce, supervisors, managers and clients. Strong person management skills are a pre-requisite.

In summary, you will be skilled in the control of warehouse resources; be able to lead and motivate a team to achieve set tasks efficiently, communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, have experience of customer interaction and control, be capable of problem solving, possess a flexible and positive can-do attitude and be relied upon to deliver consistent results.

Key Duties:

* Provide an efficient and cost-effective stores and distribution function for the business ensuring that the mobile workforce has the correct materials at the right time in the right place.

* Work with the procurement team, ensuring supply chain efficiency is maximised.

* Continually improve the warehouse and distribution services whilst maintaining a safe and secure working environment.

Benefits

* Pension – Career Average Earnings Defined Benefit Scheme with generous employer contributions

* Contract Term – Permanent

* Full Time (40 hours per week)

* Core hours – Monday to Friday between the hours of 8am and 6pm

* Holiday Allowance – 28 Days + 8 Bank Holidays