Warehouse Supervisor

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 7 May 2026
LOCATION
Sunderland
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Transportation & Logistics
This employer holds a UK Home Office sponsor license — sponsorship for this specific role is at the employer’s discretion

SKILLS

Warehouse Operations HSE Standards Inventory Management WMS/ERP/MRP Systems Continuous Improvement (Kaizen, Kanban, 5S) Microsoft Excel Team Leadership Quality Control

FULL DESCRIPTION

Warehouse Supervisor

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Corporation is seeking a Warehouse Supervisor for its Sunderland location. This permanent, full-time position reports to the Warehouse Manager and involves leading warehouse operations, inventory management, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

  • Represent [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] in a professional, positive, and customer-focused manner
  • Ensure safe, efficient, and compliant warehouse operations in line with HSE standards
  • Plan, coordinate, and monitor receipt, storage, movement, and dispatch of goods
  • Drive zero tolerance for quality deviations to meet customer deliverables
  • Maintain accurate inventories through physical counts and system reconciliation
  • Ensure accuracy of all goods-in / goods-out documentation and stock labelling
  • Ensure warehouse IT, WMS, and automated systems are accurate and up to date
  • Optimize warehouse layout, space utilization, and future capacity planning
  • Identify, recommend, and implement process and system improvements
  • Reduce waste and drive continuous improvement, cost reduction, and efficiency
  • Maintain best-practice logistics standards, policies, and procedures
  • Lead, coach, and develop warehouse staff and team leaders to meet KPIs and deadlines
  • Monitor and manage time and attendance for the materials team

Key Skills & Qualifications

  • Strong knowledge of logistics KPIs
  • Experience working with WMS / ERP / MRP systems
  • Hands-on experience with continuous improvement methodologies (e.g. Kaizen, Kanban, 5S, PDCA, Gemba)
  • Solid PC skills: Excel, Word, Outlook
  • Preferred experience with MRP systems, ideally AS400 / BPCS

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Corporation is a global automotive technology leader. For more information, visit [Employer hidden].com.

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