Shift Manager

Following years of accelerated growth Culina Group is now a £2.2billion+ turnover business, employing over 22,000 staff, with a fleet of more than 5,000 vehicles. Culina Group operates from over 100+ depots across the UK and Ireland, serving more than 1,000 clients over its framework of chilled, ambient, contract packaging solutions and fresh and baked goods.

iForce (Part of the Culina Group) is at the forefront of e-commerce fulfilment, returns processing and carrier management. With its own in-house technology infrastructure this underpins the iForce offering to customers.

At Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive… A place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired!

Due to continued growth, we are now seeking a Warehouse Shift Manager to join our Warehouse Operations team on a interim basis at our Corby (Geddington Road) site. 

As Warehouse Shift Manager you will be responsible for managing staff and other resources in the safe and profitable delivery of the services required by the client.

Maintain statutory and company standards with regard to safety, welfare and security within all aspects of shift activity and deputise for the Operations Manager where necessary.

This is a Fixed Term Contract running until Jan 2025

Shift Pattern: Nights, Any 5 from 7, 10:00pm to 06:00am. 

Job responsibilities of Warehouse Shift Manager include:

• Understand the SLA aspects of the client contract and the commercial impact of their own decision making
• Manage the standard shift inbound and outbound operational processes within the constraints of the required services, operational cost, accuracy and timelines
• Maintain appropriate administration of processes for reporting and tracking key information
• Within the scope of the shift activity, ensure that all processes, daily checks, defect reporting, training and operations are conducted in line with both company and legislative health and safety requirements
• Adhere to relevant performance management processes in line with the company policies
• Provide guidance, support, instruction and training for the development of skills, knowledge and awareness relative to operational requirements, health, safety and welfare of all staff within your areas of responsibility
• Conduct investigative processes and where appropriate take relevant disciplinary action up to final written warning.
• Provide improvement suggestions to operational deficiencies and the implementation of change
• Carry out any other duties, which from time to time may be reasonably requested from the management team.

To apply for the role of Warehouse Shift Manager, you will possess the following skills, experiences and qualifications:

• Experience of managing and developing a team
• Knowledge of maintaining health & safety
• Experience of managing performance, disciplinary and grievance procedures and absence
• Customer focussed and commercial awareness of managing client SLA’s, measuring and monitoring performance using various IT systems
• Intermediate knowledge of Word, Excel and Powerpoint
• General warehouse management experience (minimum 1 year experience)
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience of mobilising change in people and processes

As part of our drive to make Great Bear a great place to work. We are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Our People are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

• Annual Leave – Competitive holiday entitlement
• Company Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When we achieve our goals you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme
• Private Medical Cover – This gives you peace of mind, you have choice, flexibility and speed of access to the most clinically appropriate care via Bupa
• Pension scheme – we want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirement so we offer a great contribution of 5% employee and 8% employer
• Life Assurance -  4 x your annual salary
• Wellness – Via our Employee Assistance Programme we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year
• Eye Care Vouchers – We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses
• Reward & Recognition – We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the month and year, special recognition and long service awards.
• Everyday discounts - via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!

If you meet the requirements for the above role and are looking for your next career opportunity please apply now and become a part of our #WinningTeam