Shift manager rushden - united kingdom, rushden, northamptonshire

are you a shift manager looking for a new opportunity?

has anyone ever told you that you are outstanding at what you do? are you an organised people-person who can lead from the front?

we're searching for new colleagues to work in our highly motivated, inclusive, and productive fulfilment team in rushden that deliver high-quality, cost-effective fulfilment services for established businesses, providing a high-quality, seamless experience from the first click to final delivery.

working with internationally recognised and market leading brands, this shift manager role will push you to your limits and enable you to grow in capability and confidence.

reporting to the operations manager, the shift manager runs part of our busy operation for the depot including all activity for the organisation and management of staff, process, and the resources required in the depot for their shift.

as an experienced shift manager, you'll ensure consistent achievement of the volume, quality, and efficiency targets on a shift-by-shift basis so that whistl continues to deliver the highest quality, most cost-effective offering for its customers.

over time you will establish yourself as the go-to person and will join a long list of predecessors that have gone on to inspire the next generations of people under you.

all of our work is target-driven, so it's essential you'll take responsibility for critical processes, including goods-in and escalation, replenishment, picking/packing, returns, despatch, and providing guidance and support for the shift supervisors and team leaders on process, resource and stakeholder and people management activities.

you will have an overall view and look after each process and will be on site where and whenever possible. as a shift manager, you will discuss strategy, quality kpi's, processes, staffing, communication, health and safety, security, and hr issues.

you'll also support the senior management team with critical staffing level information, such as request for additional temporary labour, ensuring third party agency workers are engaged, trained appropriately and are made to feel part of the whistl family.

we would welcome applications with the following skills: shift manager, supervisor, fulfilment, operations manager, distribution, operations, management, communication, it literate, ms office, people management, fmcg, flt, risk assessment, kpis, slas, security, hr.

benefits

enhanced annual leave entitlement, starting at 31 days (including public holidays), increasing up to 36 days with long serviceaccess to our prestige benefits and rewards portal including discounts on high-street shopping, days out, entertainment, and food & drink, including popular brands such as apple, samsung, and buyagift.long service rewards: both financial and leave based.health cash plan: in which you can get money back on health treatments such as prescriptions, eye care, dental, and more.life assurance scheme: a scheme that may provide a lump-sum payment should you die whilst employed by the company.career development opportunities: through e-learning, management development programmes, and apprenticeships in which you can gain professional qualifications during working time at no cost to yourself.access to a well-established employee assistance programme provider, who provides support to our people and their families in areas such as their health and wellbeing.and other excellent benefits you'd expect from a market leader.

essential skills

excellent communication skillsability to motivate and direct a team of supervisors to help in achieving the shared goalstrong excel and outlook skillsmanage labour and cost budgetsability to provide kpi dataquality and qualitative experience in dealing with best practices within an operational environmentset measurable objectives for supervisorscome and be a part of a winning team, working with like-minded people who want to make a difference.

desirable skills

5 years' experience within a 3pl or fmcg environment of managing a medium sized teameducated to gcse (or equivalent) math and english 'c' grade or aboveflt licencerisk assessment trainingmanual handling trainingabout company

whistl are a delivery management company providing efficient, high-quality, and competitively priced services across business mail, parcels, fulfilment and doordrop media both in the uk and internationally. distributing more than 4 billion items annually, we are market leaders in downstream access mail (dsa) services handling over 50% of bulk business mail in the uk.

whistl is a disability confident employer and is committed to equal opportunities for all in all of our employment policies and practices.

due to the nature of our business, this role may be subject to a basic dbs check.

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