About this role
Warehouse Shift Manager (Nights)
Location: Canterbury
Salary: £40,582 per annum
Shift Pattern: 6:00pm - 6:00am
Job Type: Permanent
Are you an experienced Warehouse Team Leader or Shift Manager looking for your next challenge? We are seeking a hands-on Warehouse Shift Manager to lead a fast-paced operation, ensuring service levels, productivity targets, and customer expectations are consistently achieved.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing business where you will play a key role in driving operational performance, developing teams, and maintaining the highest standards of safety and compliance.
As Warehouse Shift Manager, you will take full responsibility for the day-to-day warehouse operation, ensuring all goods-in and goods-out activities run efficiently while meeting KPIs, SLAs, and budget targets.
Key responsibilities include
- Leading and motivating warehouse teams to achieve operational excellence.
- Managing staffing levels and shift schedules in line with business demands.
- Monitoring warehouse performance, productivity, and labour costs.
- Producing and analysing operational and financial reports.
- Ensuring all health & safety, HACCP, and compliance standards are maintained.
- Overseeing warehouse equipment, MHE, racking inspections, and maintenance.
- Managing stock flow, dispatch accuracy, and on-time deliveries.
- Driving continuous improvement projects to increase efficiency and reduce costs.
- Building strong relationships across departments to ensure seamless operations.
- Promoting a positive team culture focused on performance, accountability, and development.
We're looking for a proactive leader who can inspire teams and deliver results in a fast-moving warehouse environment.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Minimum 5 years' warehouse management experience.
- Experience within FMCG, food production, manufacturing, produce, or a similarly fast-paced environment.
- Proven ability to lead, motivate, coach, and develop teams.
- Strong understanding of warehouse operations, KPIs, and budget control.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience implementing operational improvements and delivering against business plans.
- Strong English and Maths skills.
- Full UK Driving Licence.
- Comfortable operating in a hands-on management role.
If you're a driven warehouse professional with a passion for operational excellence and team development, we'd love to hear from you.