Warehouse Team Leader

We’re a team of drinks industry obsessives, driven by supporting the trade – day in and night out. Passion paired with unparalleled industry insight mean we’re always moving forward, collaborating with our customers to understand the needs of their business and to ensure we’re supporting their future growth. We are one of the UK’s largest drinks wholesalers, supplying drinks to several thousand venues in every part of the UK and every segment of the trade, from luxury hotels and world-class event spaces to local restaurants and community pubs. With over 200 years of on-trade experience behind us, and unique insight into the future of our industry, our experience matters.

About the Role

To lead a warehouse picking team ensuring they efficiently complete their duties in order to achieve agreed customer service and productivity targets.

Key Accountabilities

• Assign work to the warehouse operation with defined levels of performance, both quantitative and qualitative, following up on actual performance taking corrective action as required.
  
  
• To ensure that inventory is put away picked, checked, loaded and replenished in an efficient and effective manner, complying with all appropriate procedures, to meet customer service and KPI targets.
  
  
• Able to use in house systems to check and hunt down Out of Stocks, Look up Products, Pick Locations, Load Vehicles, and Ship Loads.
  
  
• To ensure adherence to Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) using them to plan and lead the team working practices.
  
  
• To ensure all equipment (property, vehicles, mechanical handling equipment and racking) is operated in a safe and effective manner, with cognisance of statutory requirements, and in accordance with Company Policy.
  
  
• Ensure all operations staff receive appropriate training before commencement of duties, maintaining detailed records and identify further training / retraining requirements.
  
  
• Train all Temporary Staff (Agency) Picking, Loading, Manual Handling, Security and Health and Safety
  
  
• Maintain the agreed high standards of housekeeping, ensuring that all activities undertaken on site comply with all relevant Health & Safety and Fire Regulations.
  
  
• To ensure that all administration related to the running of the warehouse is completed accurately and on time.
  
  
• Inspect all equipment on a regular basis in accordance with Company and Statutory regulations, record any damage and take appropriate remedial action.
  
  
• Assisting with Employee relation matters, eg: - Carry out Disciplinary / Capability Investigations, Note taking at Disciplinary and Capability meetings.
  
  
• Carry out 1-2-1s with operatives supplying feedback, dealing with issues as they arise and being pro-active on the shift to identify any potential issues and dealing with them appropriately.
  
  
• Provide cover for the Warehouse Controllers as required.
  
  About you
  
  
• Experience of Warehouse Management and WMS.
  
  
• Ideally hold Reach and Counterbalance Licenses.
  
  About Us
  
  Operating through the Matthew Clark, Bibendum, Tennent’s and Bulmers Ireland brands, the Group has a market leading range, scale and reach including an intimate understanding of the markets it serves.
  
  From grass to glass, and everything in between, we grow, brew, manufacture, market, and deliver some of the world’s favourite drinks. C&C Group’s portfolio of owned/exclusive brands include: Bulmers, the leading Irish cider brand; Tennent’s, the leading Scottish beer brand; Magners the premium international cider brand; as well as a range of fast-growing, premium and craft ciders and beers, such as Heverlee, Menabrea, Five Lamps and Orchard Pig.
  
  We seek to champion and embed sustainability in everything that we do at C&C. While delivering joy to customers, we always shine a light on people and the planet. We have a clear ESG vision delivering to a better world. We respect, support, and develop all our people to be their best, with a focus on results by creating a culture of winning together.
  
  We also recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to delivering on our mission. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process.
  
  C&C Group (and inclusive companies) do not accept unsolicited CVs from recruiters or employment agencies in response to any of our roles