Warehouse Manager

Warehouse Manager

If you are you highly organised, proactive, and hands on, our client is looking for a Warehouse Manager to lead their warehouse operations. Ensuring efficiency, accuracy, and smooth flow of stock from supplier to customer, you will head up a small team and thrive on working in a fast paced environment.

Some key duties and responsibilities will include:

• Keeping stock levels on target with regular checks, investigations into discrepancies, and full stocktakes.
• Managing purchase orders, forecast stock needs, and ensuring timely, accurate orders while maximising supplier price breaks.
• Optimising stock placement and warehouse space.
• Building strong relationships with suppliers, handling queries, negotiating best pricing, and managing discrepancies effectively.
• Overseeing international shipments, tracking stock in transit, and resolving any import/export issues.
• Ensuring all incoming stock meets quality standards and is correctly allocated.
• Maintaining a safe, hazard free workspace and ensuring all lifting equipment is properly maintained.
• Working closely with sales, production, and other teams to prioritise orders and communicate stock availability.
• Managing, training, and developing warehouse and dispatch staff, handling recruitment, holidays, and day to day team needs.
• Being the go to person for packaging requirements, pricing, and cost saving initiatives.

Skills and Experience required:

• Proven warehouse management experience.
• Strong stock control, procurement, and supplier management skills.
• Confident leading a team and managing cross department collaboration.
• Strong Excel and reporting skills.
• Confident at using an ERP system.
• Detail oriented with a focus on accuracy and efficiency.
• Excellent customer facing and relationship building skills.

Based in Leominster, our client is offering a competitive salary of c£35k.

Hours of work Mon - Thurs 8.30 - 5.30pm and 5pm finish on a Friday.