Warehouse Manager
About the Company
Cranswick PLC is a leading UK food manufacturer, focussing on Continental specialities. Our unwavering commitment to first-rate quality and service, alongside our passion for food, has put us at the forefront as a trusted partner working with most of the UK’s national retailers. We are devoted to nurturing talent and cultivating an inclusive working environment where driven professionals can excel and advance. The site processes olives, antipasti, slices continental charcuterie and cooked meats.
What does the day to day look like for this role?
The Warehouse Manager is responsible for leading the overall strategy and daily operations of the warehouse, ensuring alignment with company goals and compliance with safety, quality, and financial standards. This role requires overseeing performance across multiple shifts, managing improvement initiatives, and developing the workforce to optimise productivity and ensuring that the department operates efficiently, within budget, and meets KPIs.
Key Duties
•Compile and analyse key performance indicators (KPIs) for the warehouse
•Present and discuss KPI performance with Senior Management and use insights to guide decision making and strategy
•Monitor department spending against the budget, ensuring operational costs are controlled.
•Identify opportunities for cost saving initiatives and lead the creation and implementation of improvement plans
•Regularly review safety statistics, including incident reports and near misses
•Develop and oversee the implementation of safety improvement plans, ensuring a safe work environment and full compliance with health and safety regulations.
•Oversee the review of quality and accuracy metrics ensuring that errors and inefficiencies are minimised
•Implement improvement plans focussed on increasing accuracy in inventory management, order in inventory management, order picking and shipments.
•Represent the warehouse department in site- level meetings ensuring alignment with broader company goals and sharing progress on key initiatives.
•Collaborate with cross- functional teams to resolve issues, implement new processes and drive continuous improvement.
•Develop and deliver the overall strategy for the warehouse department ensuring it supports the company’s long-term goals.
•Align operational priorities with company objectives focussing on efficiency, growth, and customer satisfaction.
•Lead and manage various improvement projects from concept to implementation aimed at optimising warehouse operations and driving innovation
What We Offer
- Free parking
- Enhanced company pension scheme
- Share Save scheme — buy Cranswick shares at a discounted rate
- Option to buy 5 additional holidays
- Retail and supermarket discount portal
- Excellent opportunities for personal and professional development
- A chance to make a real impact on the future of sustainable food production
We are an equal opportunities employer. At Cranswick we know that diverse teams are more likely to have greater innovation, creativity and understand of our customer needs. These are many of the things we are passionate about.
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