Warehouse Manager

Warehouse Manager

Salary: £13ph / £27,000 per annum + 25 days holiday & bank holidays

Type: Full time, permanent

Hours: 40 hours a week, 5 days per week, start time 07.00am, overtime/weekend working available as per business needs

Location: Ashford, own transport required due to client location

Manpower UK are currently looking for a Warehouse Manager to join a leading fresh produce and confectionery business. This will be a fast-paced role that is ideal for someone who has previous experience of working in a production environment or facility.

The Warehouse Manager will be responsible for the management of the stores staff, storage and receipt of raw materials, despatch of finished products. This will be a hands-on role.

Other responsibilities include:

• Maintaining all storage areas over two sites in good, clean, and tidy condition, they include: dry stores, chill stores (incoming and outgoing products) and cold stores
• Maintaining forklift trucks in good condition, with appropriate daily maintenance checks, in accordance with the suppliers recommended schedules
• Maintaining correct storage for all raw materials including organic and all allergen products by segregation to prevent any cross contamination, plus manage and maintain strict stock rotation
• Completion of vehicle collection checks and paperwork
• Ensure picking of orders and loading/unloading of vehicles are executed to deadlines and ensure all documentation of incoming raw materials is recorded for trace-ability and intake checks
• Control inspection of all raw materials and packaging before release to production
• Segregation into quarantine areas for non-conforming materials as directed by Technical Dept
• Managing all customer despatches of finished product
• Control of movements in the yards and housekeeping of the areas
• Ensure optimum utilisation of labour by effective planning and development of all staff

The ideal person:

• Experience of food manufacturing logistics and distribution preferable
• Effective problem solving
• Positive attitude and a professional approach
• Energy, enthusiasm, commitment, and a can-do flexible attitude
• Excellent communication skills both verbally and written, with the ability to deliver direction and motivation in an effective manner

If interested please apply ASAP.