Team Manager

Are you ready to lead a high-performing warehouse team and drive operational excellence? Do you have experience managing people, productivity, and performance within a fast-paced logistics or FMCG environment? Can you inspire colleagues, champion safety, and consistently deliver outstanding customer service?

Here at GXO, we’re looking for two Team Managers to join our established operation in Rotherham. Reporting to the Senior Operations Manager, you’ll lead a team of approximately 15 colleagues, ensuring the safe, efficient, and cost-effective delivery of warehouse operations while maintaining exceptional service standards for our customers.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a long-standing operation with a reputation for operational excellence, strong customer partnerships, and a culture that puts people, safety, and continuous improvement at the heart of everything we do.

These are full-time, permanent positions. We have 2 shift patterns available, Monday to Friday, 14:00 till 22:00 OR 4-on-4-off, 06:00 till 18:00.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £35,000 per annum, and 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical & dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also 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!

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Lead, coach and develop a team of warehouse colleagues, creating a positive, high-performing and engaged working environment
• Drive operational performance by monitoring productivity, achieving KPIs, and ensuring customer service expectations are exceeded
• Champion health and safety, ensuring compliance with company policies and promoting a culture of safe working practices
• Manage resource planning, operational priorities, and peak activity periods to maximise efficiency and service delivery
• Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives that enhance productivity, quality, and cost performance

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Previous experience in a warehouse, logistics, FMCG, or customer-focused operational environment with people management responsibility
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to motivate teams and influence stakeholders at all levels
• Experience managing performance, productivity, absence, and change within a fast-paced operation
• Strong problem-solving skills and confidence using Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Word and Outlook
• A proactive, customer-focused approach with the ability to work flexibly and take ownership of operational outcomes

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.

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.