Warehouse Manager
Posted 3 hours 54 minutes ago by Mirus Aircraft Seating
Department: Operations
Salary: Competitive
Hours: Full time/permanent - 37 hours per week (Mon - Thurs: 8hrs/ Fri: 5 hrs - finish early)
About the roleThe Warehouse Manager will lead day to day material flow across a busy manufacturing environment. You'll manage a small team, driving high performance while ensuring all inbound, outbound and internal movements run efficiently, safely and in full compliance with aerospace and AS9100 requirements.
In this role, you'll own stock accuracy, material availability to production and the optimisation of warehouse processes, layout and performance. You will be a hands on leader who can motivate people, improve operational flow and work closely with Production and Supply Chain to keep manufacturing running smoothly, playing a critical part in optimising warehouse performance, supporting lean manufacturing practices and ensuring materials and finished goods flow seamlessly to meet production targets and customer delivery requirements.
In your role as our Warehouse Manager, you will:- Lead and develop a warehouse team, setting daily priorities and maintaining a high performance culture
- Oversee all receipt, inspection, storage, picking and dispatch activities, ensuring efficient and compliant material handling
- Support manufacturing by ensuring timely delivery of materials to production and maintaining accurate stock levels
- Maintain strong AS9100 traceability, non conformance control and ERP/MRP data accuracy
- Drive improvements in stock accuracy, warehouse layout, safety and workflow
- Implement Lean initiatives to reduce waste and enhance warehouse efficiency
To help Mirus continue our journey of growth, you'll bring solid experience in manufacturing warehouse operations, with a track record of successfully leading a team, running efficient, safe and accurate logistics processes. A natural team leader with excellent organisational skills and attention to detail, you'll take ownership of performance and lead your team to deliver consistent results and demonstrate the following skills, experience and attributes.
- Proven experience in warehouse, inventory
- Experience within manufacturing/serial production line manufacturing
- Strong working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems for stock management
- Understanding of traceability, documentation and quality standards ideally within regulated industries
- Experience in logistics management around material flow/goods in and out
- Aerospace, automotive or other regulated industry experience
- Knowledge of AS9100 or other aerospace quality standards
- IOSH certificate (or willingness to work towards)
- Forklift licence and experience with warehouse equipment
- Understanding of Health & Safety and COSHH guidelines
- Experience supporting process improvements or system rollouts
- Excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills
- Reliable and conscientious, demonstrating excellent organisational skills
- Ability to effectively prioritise and execute tasks in a high pressure environment
- High level of personal accountability and desire to succeed
- Enhanced company pension - up to 8% contribution (4% employee / 4% employer)
- 25 days annual leave with an additional day off on your birthday, plus bank holidays
- Option to buy one week's additional annual leave each year
- Agile working - flexible start and finish
- Early finish on a Friday
- Full company Christmas shut down
- Training and development
- Generous family friendly benefits
- SimplyHealth (covers opticians, dental and GP)