Despatch Supervisor - Afternoon shift

You will assist the Despatch Manager with the safe and efficient running of the Despatch area, meeting customer quality requirements whilst delivering KPI's.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include the following:

To ensure all orders requested to ship do so in accordance with their delivery instructions and service level agreements

Support / manage all areas of the picking operation to make sure their responsibilities are completed in a timely manner

Maintain and verify delivery paperwork and vehicle schedules

To liaise with and support other departments within the business to ensure a consistent and reliable service is delivered to our customers

To ensure all members of the team specifically conform and adhere to all Health & Safety regulations and internal procedures pertaining to a distribution environment

Manage team holidays and deal with absences and sickness

Ensure close interaction and sharing of responsibility between team members, with effective hand over and communication around all shifts

Ability to organise resources to suit the operational needs

Ability to monitor progress and performance, taking action where necessary

Be able to promote flexibility through skills training and personal development

Ability to problem-solve and adapt to changing scenarios

Work under pressure

Ability to work extra hours/weekend when required

Capable of controlling all direct activities and relevant standard operating procedures, ensuring they are actively pursued

To be able to operate forklift, electric pallet truck and tug (only required during shunter driver holidays/sickness)

Ability to use Microsoft office: outlook, word and excel at a basic level

The safe loading/placement of material on trucks

Communicate with transport & sales representatives about freight details, delivery times, and special handling requests.

Other relevant duties as assigned

Ideally you will have:

Experience in warehouse operations

Forklift and electric pallet truck experience is beneficial however, full training will be provided

Ability to organise resources to suit the operational needs

Ability to monitor progress and performance, taking action where necessary

Competitive Rates of Pay!

Pension Scheme

Refer a friend Scheme

Subsidised on site canteen!

Contract Type: Full-Time Permanent

Life Assurance

Free parking

28 holiday days each year. Additionally, we offer a holiday purchase scheme

Access to Employee Welfare Platform & Exclusive employee discounts & much more!