Warehouse Supervisor

Mitsubishi Power EMEA is part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, a global engineering and technology group with a proud heritage and a significant role in supporting critical infrastructure around the world. Within Mitsubishi Power, our focus is on the energy sector, providing specialist service, engineering and technology solutions that help customers operate power generation assets safely, reliably and efficiently. Across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, we support customers throughout the lifecycle of their assets, helping to maintain performance, improve reliability and respond to the changing needs of the energy market.

At our Leeds Service Centre, plays an important role in supporting field service, customer projects and operational delivery by ensuring the right parts, tooling and equipment are available, controlled and ready when needed.

We are looking for an organised, proactive and hands-on Warehouse Supervisor to join our Leeds Service Centre. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced warehouse professional who enjoys leading a team, maintaining high operational standards and supporting the safe, accurate and efficient movement of goods, stock, tooling and equipment. Working as part of our service centre operations, you will play a key role in supervising warehouse staff, maintaining inventory accuracy, supporting order fulfilment, ensuring compliance with safety requirements and helping to drive continuous improvement across the warehouse environment.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Supervise the daily activities of warehouse staff, ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently and in line with operational requirements.
• Allocate and coordinate tasks across the warehouse team, including picking, packing, stock control, shipping, goods movement and general warehouse duties.
• Support, train and guide warehouse employees to ensure procedures, safety standards, equipment usage and working practices are understood and followed.
• Monitor workload, priorities and daily operational requirements to ensure deadlines and service expectations are met.
• Support inventory control by ensuring stock levels are accurate and items are correctly recorded within the warehouse management system.
• Oversee and assist with stock counts, cycle counts and inventory audits to maintain accurate warehouse records.
• Supervise the order-picking process, ensuring items are picked accurately, efficiently and in line with customer, project or operational specifications.
• Oversee packing activities to ensure items are packed securely, correctly and appropriately for dispatch.
• Maintain high standards of quality control across warehouse processes, including goods handling, storage, picking, packing and shipping.
• Ensure the availability, control and condition of required tooling and equipment to meet service centre and project demands.
• Enforce warehouse safety regulations and procedures to reduce the risk of accidents, injuries and operational hazards.
• Maintain a clean, organised and well-structured warehouse environment that supports safe and efficient working.
• Identify and resolve day-to-day warehouse issues quickly and practically to minimise disruption.
• Communicate effectively with warehouse staff, management and other departments to support smooth coordination across the Leeds Service Centre.
• Support operational planning to ensure resources, stock, tooling and equipment are aligned with business needs.
• Contribute to continuous improvement activity, identifying ways to improve warehouse efficiency, accuracy, safety and overall performance.
• Ensure compliance with relevant internal procedures, health and safety standards and COSHH regulations.

• Previous warehouse experience, warehouse-related training, or an equivalent combination of education, training and practical experience.
• Experience supervising, coordinating or leading warehouse staff would be highly advantageous.
• Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate, guide and support others.
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to keep warehouse operations running smoothly and efficiently.
• Strong attention to detail, particularly in relation to stock accuracy, order fulfilment, quality control and record keeping.
• Good problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify issues quickly and implement practical solutions.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work confidently with colleagues, managers and wider business teams.
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritise workload and meet operational deadlines.
• Good working knowledge of warehouse management systems, stock control processes and barcoding technologies.
• Computer literate and fully conversant with common office software packages, including Microsoft Office.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
• Good knowledge of mechanical tooling.
• Knowledge of COSHH regulations.
• Physically able to work in a fast-paced warehouse environment and support practical warehouse activities where required.
• Forklift truck licence, including Counterbalance and Reach Truck or Reach Stacker, would be preferred

At Mitsubishi Power, diversity, equity and inclusion are central to our values. We value our people's unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experience, and know this diversity create better outcomes for our clients.  We seek to attract, develop, and retain the best talent, inclusive of sex, ethnicity, disability, socio-economic background, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, and faith. We select candidates based on skills, knowledge, qualifications, and experience and aim to support all our team