Warehouse Manager

Location:             Nicholas & Harris, Brunel Road, Churchfields Industrial Estate, Salisbury, SP2 7PU

Shift:                    Monday to Friday – 24/7 Flexibility When Required

Salary:                 Competitive with Opportunities for Growth

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team at our Nicholas & Harris site, in Salisbury, in the role of Warehouse Manager.

Nicholas & Harris is part of the Finsbury Food Group and has over 180 years of heritage in craft baking methods. If you like artisanal, organic and speciality breads, or have special dietary or nutritional preferences, our Salisbury has you covered! 

The Warehouse Manager plays a vital role in our Supply Chain, managing both the inbound and outbound flow of goods. The key targets in this role revolve around providing great customer service, the efficient flow of goods through our site and maintaining an accurate stock file. 

We are a modern employer who offer the opportunity of occasional working from home opportunities. We are a 24/7 business, so flexibility to work occasional weekends and nights is a must.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have experience in leading and managing a large team, in a busy 24/7 warehouse environment, ideally within an FMCG environment. People development is at our core, so experience of leadership, development, and retention is essential. Preferably, you will hold some sort of FLT license however this is not essential. 

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to join one of the UK’s leading bakery businesses, with great opportunities for growth and development, both at a site and group level. 

This is what you’ll actually do!

As a Warehouse Manager, you will oversee the efficient receipt, storage and dispatch of a wide range of finished goods and raw materials. In order to effectively achieve this, you will require a proactive, collaborative approach to managing an efficient and safe operation. You will also need to be continually looking at how we can improve and move our operation forward.

This is a very fast paced working environment, so you must be able to prioritise workload and react quickly to new challenges, whilst delivering short, medium and long term operational and supply chain efficiency benefits. 

Strong communication skills will be critical to your success with our customers, suppliers and 3rd party service providers.

We pride ourselves on providing a safe working environment for our colleagues and you will be responsible for maintaining these high standards of health & safety, hygiene and security within the warehouse.

You will work within the wider site team at Nicholas & Harris, working closely and cross-functionally, but will report into the group supply chain team.

Ideally this is you!

• Forklift license holder (Preferable)
• Effective communication skills
• Previous experience leading a fast paced warehouse team
• Able to maintain a flexible approach to day-to-day workload; capable of working under own initiative & direction
• Self-motivated with ability to work to tight deadlines within a fast-moving environment
• Attention to detail with a commitment to high standards
• IT literate. Particularly around MS Excel, Word, M3 preferable
• Team player with a hands on attitude with people, product and process.

What’s in it for you!

• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival!
• Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees
• Death in Service Benefit
• Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families)
• Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform!
• Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral – T&C’s dependant)
• Employee Recognition Awards
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course!)

An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more!

Our vision is to be the leading speciality bakery group in the UK, and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!

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Last updated on Sep 26, 2024