Warehouse Supervisor

Are you an experienced warehouse professional ready to take the next step into leadership? Do you enjoy motivating teams, driving performance, and delivering exceptional service in a fast-paced environment? If so, GXO has the opportunity for you!

We're looking for a Warehouse Supervisor to join our WHSmith operation in Birmingham. As one of our department leaders, you'll be responsible for supporting either the Inbound or Outbound operation, ensuring the safe, accurate, and efficient movement of products through the warehouse. You'll play a key role in developing colleagues, driving operational performance, and helping to deliver an excellent service for one of our newest retail customers.

This is a full-time, permanent role, working the afternoon shift (2pm to 10pm), any 5 days from 7. Flexibility will be required to support the needs of the operation because, after all, this is logistics!

Pay, benefits and more:

You’ll be paid a salary of up to £29,203 per annum, plus an additional monthly shift allowance of £243.75. You’ll also receive 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), as well as the option to buy additional days so you can enjoy a positive work-life balance. Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical and dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more. You’ll also have access to our GXO University which provides you with the opportunity to learn new skills and gain qualifications at a pace that you’re comfortable with. There’s also our continued focus on internal promotions, over 55% last year!

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Lead, coach, and support a team of warehouse operatives to achieve productivity, quality, and service targets
• Ensure departmental compliance with health & safety procedures, company policies, and operational standards
• Carry out quality checks and monitor performance to ensure customer requirements are consistently achieved
• Support Shift Managers with continuous improvement initiatives and operational planning activities
• Use warehouse management systems and operational data to drive efficiency and support service delivery

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Previous experience working within a warehouse environment and delivering against operational targets
• Experience coaching or supporting colleagues to achieve performance objectives
• Good understanding of warehouse operations, safe working practices, and compliance requirements
• Strong IT skills, including experience using warehouse management systems
• IOSH Managing Safely qualification or the willingness to work towards one

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

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.

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