GIK Assistant Warehouse Manager

Job description

• Are you a hardworking, motivated and hands-on warehouse professional looking for your next challenge?
  
  We're seeking an experienced Warehouse Assistant Manager to join and help grow our new team in Bellshill and drive operational excellence across our warehouse function.
  
  This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the continued growth of our business unit, with excellent scope for both personal and professional development.
  
  About the Role
  
  Working closely with the GIK Warehouse Operations Manager, you will support the day-to-day management of our Bellshill warehouse, ensuring operations run safely, efficiently, and effectively.
  
  You will lead, coach, and develop the warehouse team, ensuring the right people, processes, and resources are in place to meet business needs. A key part of the role will be maximising the value of corporate donations received by Gifts in Kind (GIK), helping to support the continued success of the operation.
  
  The successful candidate will bring strong warehouse leadership experience, a proactive approach to problem-solving, and a passion for driving high standards across safety, productivity, and team performance.
  About the Role
  Working closely with the GIK Warehouse Operations Manager, you will take responsibility for the day-to-day management of our Bellshill warehouse, ensuring the operation runs safely, efficiently and effectively.
  
  You will lead and support the warehouse team, helping to ensure we have the right people, processes and resources in place to meet business demands and maximise the value of corporate donations received by Gifts in Kind (GIK).
  Key Responsibilities
  • Lead, motivate and manage the warehouse team, ensuring high standards of performance and engagement.
  • Support the recruitment, onboarding and training of warehouse staff.
  • Manage day-to-day warehouse operations and ensure targets and objectives are achieved.
  • Maintain appropriate staffing levels in line with sales and operational requirements.
  • Monitor and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) and warehouse performance.
  • Identify opportunities to improve warehouse processes, productivity and efficiency.
  • Investigate operational issues and implement effective solutions.
  • Develop and introduce new ways of working and best practices.
  • Use warehouse management systems, spreadsheets, databases, email and other software to support effective operations.
  • Work closely with the GIK Warehouse Operations Manager to deliver a profitable and efficient operation.
  • Ensure the warehouse operates in a safe, organised and professional manner.
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  Are you a hardworking, motivated and hands-on warehouse professional looking for your next challenge?
  
  We're seeking an experienced Warehouse Assistant Manager to join and help grow our new team in Bellshill and drive operational excellence across our warehouse function.
  
  This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the continued growth of our business unit, with excellent scope for both personal and professional development.
  
  About the Role
  
  Working closely with the GIK Warehouse Operations Manager, you will support the day-to-day management of our Bellshill warehouse, ensuring operations run safely, efficiently, and effectively.
  
  You will lead, coach, and develop the warehouse team, ensuring the right people, processes, and resources are in place to meet business needs. A key part of the role will be maximising the value of corporate donations received by Gifts in Kind (GIK), helping to support the continued success of the operation.
  
  The successful candidate will bring strong warehouse leadership experience, a proactive approach to problem-solving, and a passion for driving high standards across safety, productivity, and team performance.
  About the Role
  Working closely with the GIK Warehouse Operations Manager, you will take responsibility for the day-to-day management of our Bellshill warehouse, ensuring the operation runs safely, efficiently and effectively.
  
  You will lead and support the warehouse team, helping to ensure we have the right people, processes and resources in place to meet business demands and maximise the value of corporate donations received by Gifts in Kind (GIK).
  Key Responsibilities
  • Lead, motivate and manage the warehouse team, ensuring high standards of performance and engagement.
  • Support the recruitment, onboarding and training of warehouse staff.
  • Manage day-to-day warehouse operations and ensure targets and objectives are achieved.
  • Maintain appropriate staffing levels in line with sales and operational requirements.
  • Monitor and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) and warehouse performance.
  • Identify opportunities to improve warehouse processes, productivity and efficiency.
  • Investigate operational issues and implement effective solutions.
  • Develop and introduce new ways of working and best practices.
  • Use warehouse management systems, spreadsheets, databases, email and other software to support effective operations.
  • Work closely with the GIK Warehouse Operations Manager to deliver a profitable and efficient operation.
  • Ensure the warehouse operates in a safe, organised and professional manner.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible

Pay & Reward Framework

We appreciate our colleagues' dedication and their commitment to delivering excellence in the vital work we do, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values . We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

We are committed to a rounded colleague experience with an approach to both pay and rewards that are fair, attractive, and progressive. This is in support of our strategic ambition to ensure Barnardo's is a place everyone can belong, grow and thrive.

The salary range advertised is in line with our pay principles, for consistency and fairness while recognising the skills and experience applicants bring to the role. Appointing salaries can be discussed further at appointment stage; we do seek to appoint within this range always exercising responsible stewardship.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.