This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of GEM Partnership who are currently trading as a recruitment and training agency. The Logistics Team Leader will be responsible for leading the Despatch area within the plant, supporting the day-to-day management to ship product to the customer. Overseeing a group of team members and ensuring material is received, supplied, stored and transported to meet the business needs.

Duties:

• Conduct starts of shift brief with team members with focus and safety, people, quality, cost, delivery and environment, compete role call and re-assign tasks as required.

• Communicate KPI’s so that each employee is aware of expectations and deliverables.

• Applications of company policies and procedures including appraisal, discipline, grievance, timekeeping, attendance, training matrix, production reports and figures and substance mis-use etc.

• Maintain the required company quality standards ensuring both internal and external customer satisfaction.

• Communicate with the teams by utilising the visual management boards delivering shift briefs with focus on quality cost delivery and gathering ideas for improvement.

Key Requirements:

• Possess the ability to lead and motivate a team of people to succeed by utilising appropriate interpersonal styles including leading by example.

• Qualified or willing to progress to a Supervisory Management and Business improvement National Qualification at Level 3.

• Able to drive and embrace change by demonstrating a positive attitude towards change, with a willingness to be flexible and adapt to new circumstances particularly with regard to lean manufacturing methodology.

• Build effective relationships with work colleagues by demonstrating good participation as a team member, effective contributor and an awareness of other people and the impact on them.

Pay Rates and Times

£35,000

Monday to Friday – 7am – 3pm (the role will change to 2 shift, 2nd shift being 3pm – 11pm)

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