Warehouse First Line Manager

Are you a proven leader who thrives in a warehouse environment? Does motivating and developing a team come naturally to you? Would you like to put this experience to use with an ambitious and growing operation at the forefront of their industry? Let us entertain your ambition!

GXO are looking for two Warehouse First Line Managers to join The Entertainer site in Banbury. Here you’ll be responsible for leading your team to achieve business goals through focussing on continuous improvement and promoting a team-based culture.

This is a full time, permanent position, where you’ll be working on an ‘any 5 from 7’ shift pattern. There are two shift patterns available, 1 x earlies 06:30 – 15:00 and 1 x lates 14:30 – 23:00.

Pay, benefits and more:

You’ll be paid a salary of up to £31,000 per annum, you’ll also receive 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), as well as the option to buy additional days so you can enjoy a positive work-life balance. Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical and dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more. You’ll also have access to our GXO University which provides you the opportunity to learn new skills and gain qualifications at a pace that you’re comfortable with. There’s also our continued focus on internal promotions, over 55% last year!

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Take full responsibility for the day-to-day running of the warehouse in your area. You’ll lead, motivate and develop your team to achieve targets


• Ensure effective communication is delivered to colleagues and management teams on a daily basis


• Proactively support the site and customer’s continuous improvement initiatives, acting as an advocate on site for cultural change


• With a good understanding of health & safety, you’ll strive to make sure all operational processes are fully compliant with our policies, while accurately identifying risks and escalating your findings

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Experience of working in a supervisory position, within a fast-paced warehouse environment


• Be a natural leader, able to coach others to drive and implement change


• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written


• Experience managing conflicting priorities, with the ability to plan and organise a warehouse operation


• Strong IT skills, including warehouse systems and Microsoft Office

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

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