Warehouse Team Manager

Do you have what it takes to lead and inspire a team? Can you balance people management with operational excellence? Are you ready to make a real impact in a fast-paced environment?

Here at GXO, we’re looking for a First Line / Warehouse Team Manager to join our Screwfix contract, based in Stafford (ST16 1GY). You’ll play a key role in planning, coordinating, and supervising the activities of a team of operatives. You’ll provide leadership, motivation, and training to ensure operational effectiveness and that all daily targets are met. This is a hands-on role in a dynamic environment where flexibility, problem-solving, and strong communication skills are essential.

This is a full-time, permanent position.You’ll be working Monday to Friday, on rotating shifts of 06:00 till 14:00 & 14:00 till 22:00.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £32,000 per annum and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and option to purchase further annual leave). In addition to generous remuneration, we really value our people and offer a friendly, safety-first working environment, along with other benefits including company pension scheme, generous holidays, cycle to work scheme, employee benefits also include; online discount platform, onsite gym and much more. 

Our people are at the core of our business and what makes us great. That’s why we also provide significant opportunities for career development and progression, as well as training enrichment and multiskilling, in a dynamic working environment.

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Responsibility for all issues relating to Health & Safety and the Environment during shift
• Support colleagues through excellent communication and active leadership
• Translate, analyse and deliver customer needs through effective operations
• Effective leadership, management and communication with all warehouse departments
• Responsible for ensuring high levels of excellence in culture and behaviours
• Recognise and proactively manage continuous improvement initiatives
• Ensure all internal / external KPI’s are achieved and regularly reviewed

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Excellent organisational/time management skills
• People Management including experience of disciplinary investigations and other people processes
• Good analytical and numerical skills
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, motivation and planning skills
• Knowledge of Health & Safety requirements
• Team Development
• Computer literate; experience with WMS systems
• Work within a team and able to interact at all levels

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.