Warehouse Shift Manager

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 6 May 2026
LOCATION
Ruddington
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
SALARY
£38,000 / year
CATEGORY
Transportation & Logistics
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SKILLS

Warehouse Operations Management Team Leadership Stock Record Accuracy Health & Safety Compliance Performance Management Shift Management Labour Resource Planning Incident Management

FULL DESCRIPTION

Warehouse Shift Manager

Company: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Ltd
Location: Ruddington, Nottinghamshire
Salary: Up to £38,000 per annum
Shift Pattern: Shift-based role (days/nights as required)
Reporting to: Site Manager

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and motivate a team of Warehouse Supervisors and Operatives across all areas of the Distribution Centre
  • Take full accountability for shift performance, ensuring all contracted KPIs are achieved
  • Drive Stock Record Accuracy (SRA) through audits, accuracy checks, reporting and corrective actions
  • Manage labour resources effectively, including permanent and temporary labour, forecasts, budgets and productivity
  • Own and maintain operational documentation including SOPs, SSOW, training plans and returns processes
  • Ensure full compliance with health, safety and site controls, protecting colleagues, equipment and facilities
  • Manage professional incident response and escalation across site operations
  • Own and maintain fire evacuation and safety procedures
  • Work collaboratively with the site Transport operation to ensure effective warehouse-to-dispatch execution
  • Support operational failure recovery across people, processes and communications
  • Control contractor activity on site as required

People Management & Leadership

  • Ensuring all colleagues are fully trained and skilled to meet customer requirements, with a strong focus on wellbeing
  • Managing all people processes including: Attendance and sickness management, Return-to-work meetings, Performance improvement and colleague development plans, Investigations and disciplinary processes
  • Driving colleague engagement and improving engagement scores year-on-year
  • Delivering regular shift briefings and departmental briefings
  • Attending management meetings as part of the site leadership team

Financial & Operational Control

  • Manage daily, weekly and monthly operational expenditure
  • Ensure payroll accuracy and swift resolution of any exceptions
  • Support workforce capacity planning and lead regular performance reviews
  • Review and maintain Business Continuity Plans
  • Support and deliver warehouse change control initiatives, driving benefit for both the customer and the business

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