About this role
Pay Rate: £42,000.00
Grade: K
Contract Type: Permanent (Full-Time) 40 hours per week
Shift patterns: Monday - Friday
Location: Basingstoke, RG21 3NB
Think you know DHL? Think again! We're not just about delivering parcels. DHL Supply Chain is the world's leading logistics company and our people are the unsung heroes who keep the cogs turning and the country running smoothly.
We're looking for an experienced Warehouse Site Manager to help lead our fast-paced, high-volume warehouse in Basingstoke. You'll drive operational performance, develop our people and build strong relationships with our customer, Wella through clear, effective communication with both your team and the customer.
If you have a proven background in warehouse operations, health and safety, commercial management and finance, alongside strong communication and leadership skills, we'd love to hear from you!
✅A TYPICAL DAY MAY INVOLVE
- Managing daily warehouse operations, ensuring service levels, productivity and contractual KPIs are achieved.
- Leading, motivating and developing management teams, Team Leaders and warehouse colleagues.
- Planning labour requirements and balancing permanent and agency resources against changing volumes.
- Maintaining high health and safety standards, ensuring compliance and investigating incidents.
- Managing budgets, labour costs and productivity to maximise commercial performance and profitability.
- Building strong customer relationships and working closely with HR, Finance, Quality, Transport and Health & Safety teams.
- Driving continuous improvement, strategic change and operational excellence initiatives.
✅THIS ROLE WOULD SUIT PEOPLE WHO
- Have proven warehouse management experience in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
- Have experience across Warehouse Operations, Health & Safety, Commercial Management and Finance.
- Understand warehouse safety legislation, risk management, budgeting, cost control and profitability.
- Are confident using KPIs, data and forecasting tools to improve operational performance.
- Have strong leadership skills and experience coaching, developing and managing teams.
- Can manage fluctuating volumes, labour requirements and customer expectations.
- Are proactive problem-solvers with a passion for continuous improvement.
- Are flexible, adaptable and comfortable working in a demanding operational environment.
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- Free parking and on-site staff facilities
- Join our generous pension scheme and benefit from an 8% employer contribution, alongside a 4% employee contribution
- Free confidential 24/7 GP consultations
- Hundreds of retail and lifestyle discounts
- Affordable loans, savings schemes and free mortgage advice
- Visit https://careers.dhl.com/global/en/working-at-dhl-supply-chain to learn more
✅WHO WE ARE
We're the global leaders in supply chain management with 188,000 people in over 50 countries. Our expert teams work together to deliver for our customers across a range of industries including retail, automotive, healthcare and more.
✅BUILDING AN INCLUSIVE WORKPLACE
At DHL, we're all about creating a workplace where everyone's skills and experiences matter, and where you can be your true self every day.
As proud supporters of the Armed Forces Covenant, we value the skills and experience of ex-service personnel and are dedicated to helping our veterans find jobs.
Please be aware that interviews are provisionally scheduled to take place during the week commencing 23 November. Applications received after this date may not be considered but will be added to our talent pool for future opportunities, subject to your consent. Please also be aware that we review applications continuously and where we have a large number of applications the application period may close ahead of the provisional interview date. To ensure your application is considered we recommend submitting it as early as possible.
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